At that time, the sorcerers involved in the ceremonies wore a special mask on ... part of Chinese opera make up is that for Jing, with background colours for character’s face being mostly red, white, ...

VIENNA, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Opera Season 2025 opened here on Saturday night with a performance of the traditional Wu Opera "The Legend of the White Snake", marking the beginning of a ...

Editor's note: Kunqu opera is one of the oldest and most refined forms of traditional Chinese opera. Renowned for its graceful movements, poetic lyrics and elegant melodies, Kunqu has had a ...

As part of the larger festival, there will also be a Chinese Opera Festival featuring six different types of opera, including Cantonese, Peking, Yuediao, Qingqiang, Yue, and Kunqu. If you’ve ...

A student paints a traditional Chinese opera mask for her classmate at Zhangye Yucai Middle School in Gansu province on March 25, 2025. The event was part of a cultural activity launched by the ...

Peking Opera is not only a mode of cross-cultural communication, but also an emotional bond that connects overseas Chinese with their ancestral homeland. Peking Opera performer Zhang Yanyan has been ...

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 ...

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is attempting to conceal the ongoing Uyghur genocide and create a false sense of freedom and cultural vibrancy in the area by staging these performances under the ...

But my patience gradually got better. And, of course, my Chinese, too.” Despite these positive traits, perhaps the best way for Cantonese opera to survive and thrive might simply be for us to ...

Ahead of this Mid-Autumn Festival, Kwai Chai Hong in Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur is shining a light on the traditional Chinese opera. Despite its rich heritage, the art form, which incorporates music ...