Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting performs poses that can take months to perfect, and leave more than a few bruises.

The old and nuanced art of Peking opera is working hard to flourish in an era of digital entertainment and incessant screens.

A show at Beijing's Tianqiao Performing Arts Center slated for May 6 - part of the 18th Meet in Beijing Arts Festival - promises to be a feast for fans of the ancient art. Chen Nan reports With ...

A record 21 Peking Opera films from the Peking Opera Film Project are being screened during the 15th Beijing International Film Festival, with two new productions having premiered Monday. Ren Yue, ...

BEIJING — Qiu Jirong sits at a mirror in his dressing room, painstakingly applying his theater makeup. First the white, then firm strokes of gold, black and finally red -- the face paint that will ...

A special Chinese New Year gala celebration will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, in Hall Auditorium. Music and dance highlights include stars of the China National Peking Opera Company, YouTube ...

BEIJING – “Why are you going to a Peking opera? It’s slow, boring and you can’t even understand what they’re saying half the time!” That was the reaction Karolina Shab, a 26-year-old Polish student ...

Editor's note: The hope for the China-U.S. relationship lies in the people, with grassroots connections as its foundation. While the two countries have experienced ups and downs in their bilateral ...

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 ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The 2025 "Knowing Hubei, Echoes of Peking Opera Around the World" Peking Opera Gala was staged at the Civic Theater in New Zealand's largest city Auckland on ...

BEIJING, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's central bank on Monday announced that it will issue a commemorative coin featuring Chinese Peking Opera art on Nov. 25. The brass alloy coin has a denomination of ...