Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre, a renowned professional troupe in northern China dedicated to the traditional art form that dates back some 600 years, will stage its original production, titledGuo Feng, at Tianqiao Theatre in Beijing on June 20 and 21.Guo Fengis a combination of two Chines...

Legislative measures will be put in place to preserve Qinqiang Opera, a genre of Chinese folk opera, in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.A regulation on the preservation, inheritance, and development of Qinqiang Opera was approved Friday by the Standing Committee of the 13th Shaanxi Provincial...

A new drama —Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed— was presented on Sunday night in Dunhuang, Gansu province. [Photo by Zhang Xiaoliang/For chinadaily.com.cn]A new drama —Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed— was presented on Sunday night in Dunhuang, Gansu province, known worldw...

Standing in the middle of the stage, Dampa Phuntsok, 13, sang a melody from a centuries-old Tibetan opera. His young but vibrant voice enlivened the Dzongyab Lukhang Park at the foot of the majestic Potala Palace in Lhasa.Tibetan opera troupes across southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region oft...

This photo taken shows fossilized footprints of carnivorous dinosaurs discovered in Ordos, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua)A total of 53 fossilized dinosaur footprints dating back to about 120 million years ago were discovered in north China's Inner Mongol...

Tenzin Mengnam, a 13-year-old actor dressed in a deep green traditional costume of Tibetan opera, was kneeling on the center stage, holding his unconscious "younger brother." Teary-eyed, the child sang a mournful melody in his low-pitched voice, easily touching the audience's hearts.Wh...