As a national political adviser, Zhou is dedicated to promote traditional Chinese opera education.[Photo provided to China Daily] Zhou, 49, sees the art as forging resilience in youth, with her own ...

Peking opera is a performance art incorporating singing, reciting, acting, martial arts. Although widely practised throughout China, its performance centres on Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai. Peking ...

Peking Opera developed in early 19th-century Beijing and presents singing, music, chanting, dancing and martial arts all in one stage performance. The dramatic masks and costumes of Peking Opera ...

It all began with a wooden-bodied, hand-cranked camera, a Peking Opera star, and a man with a vision named Ren Qingtai.

Another martial arts legend, Lam Ching-ying, gives a great performance as the ageing Beijing opera performer who is forced to turn to stunt work. Lam represents how the times are changing.

In 2008, Kunqu opera was officially inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of ...

Later, Zhang performed with the National Peking Opera Company during tours of European, American and Southeast Asian countries. During the tours, she started to make full use of Western theatrical ...

We watch young students at the capital’s prestigious Peking Opera School practising for a performance in celebration of the school’s 50th anniversary. Entry into the school is very competitive ...

A Peking Opera practitioner since age 10, Zhou earned the Plum Performance Award in 2013, China's top honor for traditional Chinese theatrical art. She sees traditional Chinese opera as a powerful ...

We watch young students at the capital’s prestigious Peking Opera School practising for a performance in celebration of the school’s 50th anniversary. Entry into the school is very competitive ...