A scene from Xi Fushan featuring 25-year-old Peking Opera actor Xu Zhouyi (front) in the leading role. ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY "These young people started learning with me when they were just kids ...

"Wuxi, or martial play, is the cornerstone of the fighting and movement aspect in Peking Opera. It blends traditional Chinese ...

The backstage was busy and noisy. Young male Peking Opera performers in their 20s were applying makeup, adjusting costumes, stretching, and clearing their throats. The air was filled with the ...

In a sunlit studio in Beijing, Phoebe Haines, a British mezzo-soprano with 15 years of Western opera experience, gently curls her wrist into a lanhua zhi, or "orchid finger," a quintessential ...

Beijing, April 29 -- A group of international journalists gathered at the Chaoyang Peking Opera Culture and Art Center recently to witness a captivating performance of Peking Opera, one of China's ...

Chinese Shows, Chinese Sentiments: Showcasing traditional Chinese operas such as Beijing Opera, Yue Opera, and Beijing Quju Opera. New Space, New Trend: Presenting avant-garde works, including ...

Q: Where can you enjoy Peking Opera and Chinese tea in Beijing? Storytelling, Peking Opera and tea, you can enjoy all this at the newly opened Beijing Qianmen Dawancha Opera Tower. Standing to the ...

Thanks to its enduring popularity, the crowd-pleaser has also been adapted into various other xiqu genres, including Peking Opera. The Butterfly Lovers is a classic Chinese legend with countless ...

But I want to highlight Peking Opera Blues, a special film that I hope this restoration gives the attention it deserves. An ode to the Chinese opera that was the childhood foundation for many ...

Guests also enjoyed immersive experiences such as crafting Chinese lanterns, colouring Beijing opera masks, papercutting, exploring the Chinese zodiac, making Chinese fans, and designing bookmarks ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The 2025 "Knowing Hubei, Echoes of Peking Opera Around the World" Peking Opera Gala was staged at the Civic Theater in New Zealand's largest city Auckland on ...

along with Tsui Hark’s “A Better Tomorrow III” (also July 8); Tsui Hark’s “Peking Opera Blues” (July 22); Joh Woo’s “The Killer” (July 22); Tony Ching’s “A Chinese Ghost ...