Peking opera, inscribed in 2010 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, is a performance art dating back to the late 18th century and incorporates singing, reciting ...

Editor's note: Peking opera, a performing art that integrates singing, reciting, dancing, acting and acrobatics with instrumental accompaniment, is regarded as China's national opera. In 2010, it was ...

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 ...

Zhang (left), blending martial arts and acrobatic movements, performs during a show at Jixiang Theatre in Beijing. Photo: AP Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang ...