Peking opera is a performance art incorporating singing, reciting, acting, martial arts. Although widely practised throughout China, its performance centres on Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai. Peking ...

The tradition dates back to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) when scholars and nobility gathered in the gardens at Prince Gung's ...

The outsider might think of Chinese Opera as a Chinese version of Opera; just singing and dancing to the music with the ...

Zhao Yanxia, a renowned Peking opera artist, died from an illness at the age of 97 in Beijing on Wednesday, according to the Jingju Theater Company of Beijing. Born into a Peking opera family in ...

798 Art Zone, in northeast Beijing, is the lively color-splattered heart of the capital’s arts scene. The area took root shortly after the turn of the millennium, building up in and around ...

There's far more to Chinese opera than the flashy costumes, dramatic makeup and distinctive singing style often associated with this type of musical theatre. The traditional art form, which can ...

Peking Opera is one of the oldest and most popular forms of traditional Chinese opera. We watch young students at the capital’s prestigious Peking Opera School practising for a performance in ...