When I was little, I was surprised to find that a certain Peking opera singer named Chen Yang Lin was extraordinarily handsome. At the time, I did not know that Chen was actually an actress playing male roles. I just thought that she had a certain quality men did not usually have. I secretly wished that my future boyfriend would be like him. Later, thanks to Young Li Hwa , Taiwanese opera on TV became very popular. Each time my grandmother, mother and I watched her perform, we were like teenage girls in love. We were crazy about her. So many times, mother said she wanted to go to Taipei to see Young because she could not believe the “rumor” about Young being a woman.
In the year of 1991, I watched Taiwanese opera singer Shei Yuei Sha on stage for the first time. She always played the handsome young men on stage whom had his ways with women. I was so fascinated by her that I visited her soon after the performance. When the door opened, I saw an old woman in her pajamas. The vision in front of me could hardly match the passion in my heart. Yet, after we started talking, I was charmed. I could not help but thinking that I was actually talking with a handsome man. When I excused myself to the restroom, I found my face flushed like a love-crazed woman with moisture in my eyes. More surprisingly, when I finally had the chance of working with the opera crew, I realized that many male musicians were also enchanted by Sei---a man in our eyes on stage or off. These men all blossomed around her and wanted to take her out for a date. I was so surprised. How did she do it? How could she play the two opposite genders so well? Could it be that we all have both Ying and Yang inside us, if capable, we can call out either character by will?
In the year of 1991, I watched Taiwanese opera singer Shei Yuei Sha on stage for the first time. She always played the handsome young men on stage whom had his ways with women. I was so fascinated by her that I visited her soon after the performance. When the door opened, I saw an old woman in her pajamas. The vision in front of me could hardly match the passion in my heart. Yet, after we started talking, I was charmed. I could not help but thinking that I was actually talking with a handsome man. When I excused myself to the restroom, I found my face flushed like a love-crazed woman with moisture in my eyes. More surprisingly, when I finally had the chance of working with the opera crew, I realized that many male musicians were also enchanted by Sei---a man in our eyes on stage or off. These men all blossomed around her and wanted to take her out for a date. I was so surprised. How did she do it? How could she play the two opposite genders so well? Could it be that we all have both Ying and Yang inside us, if capable, we can call out either character by will?