Dunhuang destined to dazzle onstage
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Dunhuang destined to dazzle onstage

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Singer-actor Zhang Yixing and main cast members of the theatrical production The Summoning of Dunhuang perform a song at the media event on Oct 30. One of the most eminent Chinese artists to study in France, Chang discovered a book containing photographs of hundreds of Dunhuang paintings and manuscripts in an old bookstore in Paris in 1935. Young actors and actresses of the National Theatre of China, who will play major roles in The Summoning of Dunhuang, at the media event on Oct 30. Her admiration for Chang's courage and determination prompted Tian to write a script, which has been turned into the musical drama, The Summoning of Dunhuang.

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