In 2001, when Kunqu Opera was listed as one of the masterpieces of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity by UNESCO, Yang Fengyi, artistic director and head of the Northern Kunqu Opera Theater, traveled with her performers to the UNESCO headquarters in Paris to witness the historic moment.They...

A Russian rendition ofFrog,based on the work by contemporary Chinese writer and Nobel laureate Mo Yan, premiered at the Pskov Pushkin Drama Theatre on April 19 and 20, to a sold out audience. The two-day premiere was great success with a full house audience, strong on-site response and p...

An artifact of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) that was unearthed in Xisiya village of Yuncheng, Shanxi province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]The Shanxi Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology published new archaeological excavation information on Tuesday about an ancient tomb datin...

Twelve years from the launch of the Peking Opera Film Project, a program teaming up prestigious artists and top troupes to produce cinematic remakes of repertoires has recently released its second batch of four new movies at the China National Film Museum.The four films, titledSilang Visits Hi...

The Tibetan girl bkra-kun-mtsho who comes from Tibetan Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Ngawa, Sichuan Province, has a fairy voice. She loved music since she was a child. Although she has no professional knowledge of music, her completely original voice is so clean and ethereal that it has attracted m...

From centuries of being passed down through mentorship, to the modern day, when the youth edition ofThe Peony Pavilionignited fervor among university students, Kunqu Opera's history has been closely connected with the continued effort of generations of young people.As China places a...