![Liu Shihu, a Sichuan opera performer, paints the finishing touches to a mask with the Beijing 2008 Olympic emblem in Suining, Sichuan July 7, 2008. Face-changing, or 'bianlian' in Chinese is a stunt where performers change masks in the blink of an eye in Sichuan opera. [Asianewsphoto]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080710/000802c98ccc09dfc7031a.jpg "Liu Shihu, a Sichuan opera performer, paints the finishing touches to a mask with the Beijing 2008 Olympic emblem in Suining, Sichuan July 7, 2008. Face-changing, or 'bianlian' in Chinese is a stunt where performers change masks in the blink of an eye in Sichuan opera. [Asianewsphoto]")
Liu Shihu, a Sichuan opera performer, paints the finishing touches to a mask with the Beijing 2008 Olympic emblem in Suining, Sichuan July 7, 2008. Face-changing, or "bianlian" in Chinese is a stunt where performers change masks in the blink of an eye in Sichuan opera. [Asianewsphoto]