Chinese opera is an important genre of performing arts along with Chinese history. It is complex as it is combined with music, dance, acrobatics, and drama. Cantonese opera is a well-known form of Chinese opera in Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong area, and Cantonese-speaking communities overseas. Cantonese opera becomes a window for understanding ancient Chinese culture like how moral values are presented throughout the stories. Meanwhile, Cantonese opera undergoes the process of cultural exchange between the east and the West in the twentieth century.