1? Excerpt from Huangmei Opera’s “A Fairy’s Match”
The birds on the trees are in pairs, / Green water and green mountains bring smiles, / You plow the fields and I will weave, / You choose Water comes to me to water my garden, / Even though the cold kiln is broken, it can shelter from wind and rain, / The love between husband and wife is bitter and sweet, / From now on, I no longer have to suffer the pain of slavery, / Both husband and wife return the home.
2? Excerpt from the Peking Opera "Yutangchun"
Su San left Hongdong County and came to the main street. / I feel miserable before I speak. / The gentlemen of the past listen to me: / Which one is going to Nanjing, / and pass the message with my Saburo. / It is said that Su San cut off his life, / I will repay him by being transformed into a dog or horse in the next life.
3? Excerpt from the Henan opera "Mulan"
What Brother Liu said (ah) is too unreasonable, / who said women enjoy leisure. / Men fight at the border, / Women weave at home. / Farming during the day, spinning cotton at night, / Working hard day and night, / Only then can the soldiers have such food and clothing. / If you don’t believe it, please look here, / Our shoes and socks, / And our clothes and shirts, / Thousands of needles and threads are all made by them! / There are many heroines, / They also take the credit Jian, / Killing enemies for the country is to produce heroes from generation to generation, / These women are not as good as men in any way.