Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting, currently appearing in The Masked Heroine, started training in the art form in her ...

Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a ...

BEIJING — The curtain is about to fall on Beijing’s oldest opera house, as China’s unstoppable push for development forces the closure of the Ming Dynasty Peking Opera stage at the Guanghe tea house.

Scenes from Man Jiang Hong and The Tale Under the Willow Shade (top and below). Photos Provided to China Daily China National Peking Opera Company presents five award-winning productions to celebrate ...

On a Sunday afternoon in Beijing, applause rises from a modern theatre as Zhang Wanting performs a breathtaking pose in The ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Peking Opera is debuting in Chinese classrooms as part of an effort to promote traditional arts, drawing mixed reviews from students who find it hard to learn the complex gestures ...

When a staging of the classic Chinese opera “Farewell My Concubine” performed by the Shanghai Peking Opera Company sold out at Princeton University in September 2017, Jianping Mei, a 1990 graduate ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has made clear that a pilot program teaching traditional Peking Opera in schools would not be compulsory after it drew criticism from Internet users who said forced ...

Stepping into Huguang Huiguan, or Huguang Guild Hall in Beijing, people who come to watch a resident musical may find the venue a heart of tradition and innovation. It comes alive with Jinfeng Yulu, ...

BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Under the global epidemic situation, in order to further promote overseas cultural exchanges, Beijing Culture and Tourism Bureau held the 2022 "Happy Spring Festival" cloud ...

SCHENECTADY — Linghui Tu, director and creator of “Journey of Love and Hope,” may have a seat front and center for rehearsal. But when something excites her — which is frequent — she is quick to bound ...