For the first time in the history of Peking Opera，four women performed a piece in the China National Peking Opera Company(CNPOC)productions    1    May 27^th at Shanghai’s Majestic Theater. The Peking Opera performance was one of the 51    2    ( produce)showed at the 12^th China Art Festival in Shang-hai. The CNPOC brought together three stories    3    (base)on events (luring the Red Array’s Long March.“They are stories about the    4       (brave)of the Red Army during the Long March，”says Song Chen，head of the CNPOC.“In the play，you can see    5    these soldiers do to sacrifice themselves to help others. People will be    6    (deep)touched by their faith and devotion.”

One of the stories is about three women soldiers    7    (stay)for a night at a farmer’s home in a village. They sleep in the home of a local woman named Xu Jiexiu，and feel sorry for her poor living conditions. When they leave the next morning, a soldier uses a pair of scissors    8       (cut)up the only quilt she has，leaving half of it for the village woman.

Peking Opera styles    9    (develop)over hundreds of years，    10    creates a wide range of roles each featuring distinctive methods of performance and singing styles.