<?php echo strip_tags(addslashes(Zhao Xichun works on Peking Opera mask artwork in his workshop in Shaorao city, Jiangxi Province on Sept. 2, 2018. (Photo/Asianewsphoto)

<p>Zhao Xichun, a retired man from Shaorao city in Jiangxi Province, has created a 56-meter-long scroll painted with 288 different Peking Opera masks. This makes it the longest Peking Opera mask scroll nationwide, as the previous record was only 30 meters long.

<p>The scroll, based on figures from classic novels such as Investiture of the Gods, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West and fairy tales such as 