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 ...

From left to right: Cheng Yanqiu, Shang Xiaoyun, Mei Lanfang and Xun Huisheng are recognized as the four great Peking Opera actors in China. Provided to China Daily The early 1900s is widely ...

Peking Opera master performer Cheng Yanqiu and playwright Weng Ouhong once collaborated in the production of Suo Lin Nang, a bittersweet tale with a happy ending. The production premiered in 1940 and ...

When you go to Tears of Barren Hill, a multimedia presentation with Chinese and English text, you are going to more than just a show; you are treated to an onstage tribute to Cheng Yanqiu, one of the ...

Zhang Huoding gives a speech at the Beijing premiere. [Photo by Yang Pengyu/For China Daily] The Beijing premiere of The Kylin Purse (Suo Lin Nang), a production within the Peking Opera Film Project, ...

A poster of the lecture series "Zhang Huoding and Peking Opera Art". Two well-known professors of Chinese culture and literature will give lectures in New York on the theme of Peking Opera artist ...

Peking Opera actress Zhang Huoding (front) is dedicated to training young students of the art form to practice master Cheng Yanqiu's performing style. [Photo provided to China Daily] Training under a ...

Peking Opera actress Zhai Qian, a student of the Cheng performing style, will give two shows at Mei Lanfang Grand Theater in Beijing on Thursday and Friday. As one of the four major nandan performing ...

He works in mysterious ways.