You Asked for Sichuan Opera Face-Changing, So Why Did I Turn Into a Giant Panda?

“Who let the post-00s generation take over traditional culture?” “Sichuan opera face-changing, but the face they change into is a panda meme? Zhang Fei’s black face is called ‘Loser’?” “They perform shadow puppetry, and Sun Wukong turns into a pine tree while Yang Jian becomes Bald Qiang with a chainsaw?” “They sing opera to the tune of ‘Drawing Swords,’ not only going all out right in the face of the Japanese, but also singing about the Prime Minister capturing Megatron seven times?” Lin Yun became famous, and made money too. But the netizens were fuming. Their fists were fuming. “Joking about opera isn’t the same as talking nonsense, and adapting it isn’t an excuse to butcher it!” “We urgently need a word more serious than the collapse of rites and music!” “How is this innovation? It’s a downright affront to me!” “So that old-fashioned official who flew into a rage and shouted that the laws of the ancestors must never change was actually me?” Also known as I Really Am the God of Opera, It’s a Bit Twisted, but at Least It Lives On, and How Chinese Opera Won Over Foreign Kids