Portraits of Dec. 2018

An artist puts on makeup ahead of the performance at Shijiazhuang Grand Theatre in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 13, 2018. Pingju opera "Qin Xianglian" was staged here on Thursday by the members of a Shijiazhuang Pingju opera troupe. (Xinhua/Liang Zidong)