Dressed in the costume of a young female lead, she delicately crushed the broken steps underfoot, her standard orchid fingers both enchanting and supple. Her graceful figure, shrouded in mist, appeared ephemeral as her water sleeves danced, embodying the worldly joys and sorrows, the separations and reunions.
"...Qin Ying's tyranny shatters the realm, heroes from all corners rise in revolt, since ancient times it's said don't deceive me, the rise and fall happens in an instant, let your heart be at ease and drink wine seated in the treasured tent..."
The aria she sang was from the famous Peking Opera piece "Farewell My Concubine".
Unlike "Concubine gets Drunken," "Farewell My Concubine" tells the story of the haughty King Xiang Yu of Western Chu, who ignored wise counsel only to part from his beloved wife in life and death, and ultimately lose the war to Liu Bang.