To put it half-jokingly, Quyi (Chinese Opera) is the “Chinese rap”. It is a unique art form that has evolved from oral folk literature and the art of singing. In Tianji, Quyi has over 600 years of history. In Tianjin, a city where the land and the sea meet, many forms of opera were devised, developed, and performed, attracting every year millions of audiences from all over the world. In this lesson, we will get to know more about this special type of art, appreciating the beauty of rhyme and other acoustic features of the Chinese language.