A 1.8m-tall man dressed in a majestically embroidered traditional opera outfit walks out of Chinatown MRT. "Woah!", a boy immediately exclaims.
The man's eyes were painted black in contrast to the white base of his face make-up, leading onlookers to snap away on phone cameras.
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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 06, 2018, with the headline Home in focus: The many faces of Yang Derong. Subscribe