A total of 18 Peking Opera films will be screened during the 14th Beijing International Film Festival. [Photo provided to China Daily] As the Peking Opera Film Project enters its 14th year, organizers ...

BEIJING — Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a rosewood chair. She bends forward, lifts her other leg high and ...

Around 70 expats living in Beijing, including embassy staff, international chamber of commerce personnel and students, attended a Peking Opera salon on Saturday to get a taste of traditional Chinese ...

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This year marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of Peking Opera artist Cheng Yanqiu, one of the "Four Great Dan Actors." To honor his legacy, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, along ...

A Peking Opera actress applies makeup backstage before a show in Beijing, China, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) I quit my job to care for my sick husband. A little-known program ...

It is painful beyond all belief, at least the "Peking Opera" that I saw. (And I am very much an aficionado of Western opera.) In Peking opera, there is no story. There is no mise-en-scene. There is, ...