A 5-Year Old at the Chinese Opera

While in Chengdu, I was invited to a Chinese opera. I've been to a few of these, and I honestly don't like them. Well, I find them interesting for about 30 minutes, and then I get really fidgety and need to get up to take photos because the performance isn't really pushing my buttons. Anyway, at one point, I snaked around backstage and there was this little girl getting all ready to go on stage. She was there with her mom who spoke a little English. I found out she was five years old and had always wanted to go on stage. I told her that with all that makeup, she looked at least 6 years old. After mom translated, the little girl laughed sheepishly. Chengdu, China