Costumes of Peking Opera play a pivotal role in helping viewers understand and appreciate the opera as a whole. Known in Chinese as "xingtou" (costumes of actors and actresses) or "juzhuang" (Peking ...

Spending some 1,000 -2,000 yuan, many local people choose to go to a photo studio, dressed in Peking Opera costumes, to have a picture taken of their operatic image. Early in the morning ...

This historical event led to the birth of Peking Opera. Based on the attire of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing dynasties, the costumes of Peking Opera underwent a transformation spanning over 200 years.

The Beijing Opera Costume Factory, the only State-run opera costume producer in the capital, lies at the northern end of a small lane, a 5-metre-wide street. Next door is a construction site where ...

“Peking opera was born in agrarian times ... He’s weary of the costumes his grandfather wore, singing the same dated arias. Nearly every day, he struggles to muster the enthusiasm to come ...

BEIJING — “Watch out for that sword ... with performers in astonishing costumes leaping and somersaulting in midair, twirling, jabbing, tossing and juggling an arsenal of weapons and ...

An American reporter in a Peking opera costume. These were among the hard journalistic lessons learned on a weekend bus tour arranged by the media center of China’s 18th Communist Party Congress.

Spending some 1,000 -2,000 yuan, many local people choose to go to a photo studio, dressed in Peking Opera costumes, to have a picture taken of their operatic image. Early in the morning ...