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...

Mogao Grottoes, a world cultural heritage site in Dunhuang of Gansu province. It has 735 caves, 2,415 colored clay statues and 45,000 square meters of murals, making it the largest and richest art treasure trove in the world. [Photo by Ren Shichen/cpanet.org.cn]In 1900, a great discovery was made at...

Mild, exquisite, sentimental and melodious, Kunqu Opera has distinctive features, which make it one of the most popular traditional Chinese operas.In 2008, it was inscribed on UNESCO's representative list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity.Kunqu became widely popular during the Ming Dyn...

Chinese playQu Yuan, a production by Changjiang People's Art Theater, will be staged at the China National Opera House in Beijing on March 22 and 23.The play, directed by Guo Xiaonan, is based on the life story of Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet from the State of Chu during the Warring States Pe...