Woman of the Chinese Garden

While walking through a Chinese Garden in Pasadena, California, my wife @denisechips and I came across a woman in traditional Chinese costume and doing some sort of quiet and graceful performance. I felt a great sense of respect, even though I did not fully understand what she was doing. My wife thinks that she was not actually Chinese, but rather wore her makeup and hair to make it look like she was Asian. I did not fully understand that either. Yet on this day, for us, and all the others who appreciated her performance, she was Chinese--through and through.