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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Huzhou opens its longest water tourism route

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: Oct 29, 2024 A vessel brings visitors on the "West Tiaoxi River-Taihu Lake" water tourism route. The first water tourism route of Anji county, Huzhou, Zhejiang province, linking West Tiaoxi River to Taihu Lake, set sail on Oct 27. Zhu Haibing, deputy director of the Anji West Tiaoxi River Basin High-Quality Development Service Center, noted the route's …

River West Tiaoxi River Huzhou Opens

4 months, 1 week ago

Culture in motion takes heritage for a spin

China Daily

LI MIN/CHINA DAILY The "Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Deepening Reform Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernization" adopted by the third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee called for improving the institutions and mechanisms for promoting the integration of culture and tourism. This strategy has not only revitalized the city's tourism …

Culture Heritage Heritage Sites Development Cultural Heritage Integration Cultural Tourism

4 months, 1 week ago

Culture in motion takes heritage for a spin

China Daily

LI MIN/CHINA DAILY The "Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Deepening Reform Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernization" adopted by the third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee called for improving the institutions and mechanisms for promoting the integration of culture and tourism. This strategy has not only revitalized the city's tourism …

Culture Tourism China Heritage Sites Development Cultural Heritage Integration

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Yueju Opera talent hopes for broader audience

China Daily

Yueju Opera actress Chen Lijun looks stunning in various styles in the show Riding Wind, which drew wide attention on traditional culture. The hit music reality show Riding Wind is a stage production showcasing female talent. Holding a folding fan and radiating an heroic aura through eyes, the performer presented a Yueju Opera song with delicate vocals, portraying the image …

Yueju Opera

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Yueju Opera talent hopes for broader audience

China Daily

Yueju Opera actress Chen Lijun looks stunning in various styles in the show Riding Wind, which drew wide attention on traditional culture. The hit music reality show Riding Wind is a stage production showcasing female talent. Holding a folding fan and radiating an heroic aura through eyes, the performer presented a Yueju Opera song with delicate vocals, portraying the image …

Yueju Opera

9 months ago

Pushing her boundaries

China Daily

Under the direction of Qiao Liang, the art-house film Off the Stage has earned He Saifei the best actress award at the 36th Golden Rooster Awards. It features her as a former Yueju Opera star who yearns to reconcile with her long-estranged son, portrayed by actor Yuan Wenkang. In late 2021, He took on one of the most challenging roles …

Opera Yueju Opera

9 months ago

Pushing her boundaries

China Daily

He Saifei's role won her a Golden Rooster and forced her to find a way to connect to a character unlike any she'd played before, Xu Fan reports. Under the direction of Qiao Liang, the art-house film Off the Stage has earned He Saifei the best actress award at the 36th Golden Rooster Awards. It features her as a former …

Film China China Daily Son Role Zhejiang Stage

9 months ago

Pushing her boundaries

China Daily

Under the direction of Qiao Liang, the art-house film Off the Stage has earned He Saifei the best actress award at the 36th Golden Rooster Awards. It features her as a former Yueju Opera star who yearns to reconcile with her long-estranged son, portrayed by actor Yuan Wenkang. In late 2021, He took on one of the most challenging roles …

Opera Yueju Opera

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Art house winner screened on International Women's Day

China Daily

A still featuring He Saifei, a Yue Opera actress, provides guidance to a troupe. Off the Stage, the acclaimed art house film that won He Saifei the Best Actress award at the 36th Golden Rooster Awards, opened in domestic theaters on March 8, International Women's Day. Adapted from Ai Wei's award-winning novella Guo Wang, the story follows a former Yueju …

Yueju Opera Saifei Yue Opera

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Art house winner screened on International Women's Day

China Daily

A still featuring He Saifei, a Yue Opera actress, provides guidance to a troupe. Off the Stage, the acclaimed art house film that won He Saifei the Best Actress award at the 36th Golden Rooster Awards, opened in domestic theaters on March 8, International Women's Day. Adapted from Ai Wei's award-winning novella Guo Wang, the story follows a former Yueju …

China Daily Yueju Opera Saifei

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Art house winner screened on International Women's Day

China Daily

A still featuring He Saifei, a Yue Opera actress, provides guidance to a troupe. Off the Stage, the acclaimed art house film that won He Saifei the Best Actress award at the 36th Golden Rooster Awards, opened in domestic theaters on March 8, International Women's Day. Adapted from Ai Wei's award-winning novella Guo Wang, the story follows a former Yueju …

Yueju Opera Saifei

1 year ago

Setting the stage for future talent

China Daily

The Peking Opera production Madame White Snake by the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts. Since 2012, the Beijing People's Art Theatre has been working with Beijing No 166 High School to build a theater base, which offers theater training programs to over 40,000 students. During the New Era International Showcase of Campus Theatre, organized by the China Theatre Association …

Art Theater Theatre Opera Play Chinese Beijing

1 year, 1 month ago

Study series sets stage for traditional operas

China Daily

A performer demonstrates puppetry at an event arranged by the Zhejiang Intangible Cultural Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. CHINA DAILY On the afternoon of Nov 10, as the curtain fell on a professional Kunqu Opera performance at the Traditional Theater Hall on the third floor of the Zhejiang Intangible Cultural Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, several novice performers, dressed in …

Traditional Zhejiang Event Stage Yueju Opera Traditional Opera Study Series

1 year, 1 month ago

Study series sets stage for traditional operas

China Daily

A performer demonstrates puppetry at an event arranged by the Zhejiang Intangible Cultural Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. CHINA DAILY On the afternoon of Nov 10, as the curtain fell on a professional Kunqu Opera performance at the Traditional Theater Hall on the third floor of the Zhejiang Intangible Cultural Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, several novice performers, dressed in …

Traditional Opera Zhejiang Event Stage Yueju Opera Traditional Opera

1 year, 1 month ago

Study series sets stage for traditional operas

China Daily

A performer demonstrates puppetry at an event arranged by the Zhejiang Intangible Cultural Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. CHINA DAILY On the afternoon of Nov 10, as the curtain fell on a professional Kunqu Opera performance at the Traditional Theater Hall on the third floor of the Zhejiang Intangible Cultural Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, several novice performers, dressed in …

Zhejiang Event Stage Yueju Opera Traditional Opera

1 year, 1 month ago

Study series sets stage for traditional operas

China Daily

A performer demonstrates puppetry at an event arranged by the Zhejiang Intangible Cultural Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. CHINA DAILY On the afternoon of Nov 10, as the curtain fell on a professional Kunqu Opera performance at the Traditional Theater Hall on the third floor of the Zhejiang Intangible Cultural Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, several novice performers, dressed in …

Zhejiang Event Stage Yueju Opera Traditional Opera

1 year, 1 month ago

Iconic composer and conductor delivers a masterful performance

China Daily

He Zhanhao, 90, leads the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra for his signature piece, The Butterfly Lovers, on Oct 27. HONG KONG — As the final note of The Butterfly Lovers High-pitched Huqin Concerto delicately floated through the air like a graceful butterfly taking flight, 90-year-old He Zhanhao slowly lowered the conductor's baton. He went on to recall the composition of …

Music China Hong Kong Butterfly Opera Chinese Kong

1 year, 1 month ago

Iconic composer and conductor delivers a masterful performance

China Daily

He Zhanhao, 90, leads the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra for his signature piece, The Butterfly Lovers, on Oct 27. HONG KONG — As the final note of The Butterfly Lovers High-pitched Huqin Concerto delicately floated through the air like a graceful butterfly taking flight, 90-year-old He Zhanhao slowly lowered the conductor's baton. He went on to recall the composition of …

China Hong Kong Butterfly Opera Kong Hong Lovers

1 year, 7 months ago

Yueju Opera production sings the praises of Song Dynasty official

China Daily

Zouma Yushi, an original play by the Xiao Baihua Yueju Opera Troupe, hails the integrity of Song Dynasty official Chen He. His integrity, unyielding spirit and devotion to his duties has inspired Xiao Baihua Yueju Opera Troupe, based in Ningbo, Zhejiang province — also Chen's hometown — to produce Zouma Yushi, an original play centering on Chen and the fight …

Opera Song Official Chen Zhejiang Ningbo Yueju Opera

1 year, 8 months ago

Tales of environment protection revealed in Yueju Opera work

China Daily

A scene from Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains. Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains, a contemporary Yue Opera production, by Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe, was staged at the National Theater of China in Beijing on April 8. Directed by Yang Xiaoqing and composed by Liu Jiankuan and Yang Haoping, Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains, with leading performers including the award-winning …

Opera Zhejiang Zhejiang Province Yue Yue Opera Lucid Waters Lush Mountains

2 years, 1 month ago

Staging a successful college activity

China Daily

And another play, Pottery Figure Reviving, co-produced by Communication University of China and the National Museum of China. Martin Lau, dean of the School of Chinese Opera of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, talked about the development of Yueju Opera online during the forum. Yueju Opera combines Mandarin operatic traditions and Cantonese dialect, rooted in Cantonese-speaking places, such …

Theater China Hong Kong Opera Kong Hong Macao

2 years, 4 months ago

Yueju Opera maestro celebrated in Shaoxing

China Daily

A poser featuring Yueju Opera maestro Yuan Xuefen is seen in Shaoxing, East China's Zhejiang province on Aug 1. Sheng Yuechun, Party secretary of Shaoxing, said the city will help build county- and city-level Yueju opera troupes by allocating 10 million yuan every year to the creation of new Yueju plays. During the festival, 45 plays, including 20 traditional ones …

Festival Opera Zhejiang Shaoxing Yueju Opera Yueju Yueju Opera Festival

2 years, 8 months ago

Opera gets online boost

China Daily

Cheng Cheng dresses in traditional costume for a livestreaming performance of Huangmei Opera in a park in Huanggang, Hubei province. Starting in April last year, Chen Yu began to perform excerpts of Yueju Opera, a traditional art form popular in Zhejiang province and Shanghai, by livestreaming on short-video platform Douyin, which is known as TikTok overseas. During a livestreaming session …

Art Performing Traditional Online Opera Chen Zhejiang

2 years, 8 months ago

Opera gets online boost

China Daily

Cheng Cheng dresses in traditional costume for a livestreaming performance of Huangmei Opera in a park in Huanggang, Hubei province. Veteran performers and amateurs alike are promoting traditional art forms via livestreaming, Ye Zizhen in Beijing and Liu Kun in Wuhan report. Starting in April last year, Chen Yu began to perform excerpts of Yueju Opera, a traditional art form …

Art Traditional Chen Livestreaming Yueju Opera Opera Gets Form Yueju

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Huzhou opens its longest water tourism route

Culture in motion takes heritage for a spin

Culture in motion takes heritage for a spin

Yueju Opera talent hopes for broader audience

Yueju Opera talent hopes for broader audience

Pushing her boundaries

Pushing her boundaries

Pushing her boundaries

Art house winner screened on International Women's Day

Art house winner screened on International Women's Day

Art house winner screened on International Women's Day

Setting the stage for future talent

Study series sets stage for traditional operas

Study series sets stage for traditional operas

Study series sets stage for traditional operas

Study series sets stage for traditional operas

Iconic composer and conductor delivers a masterful performance

Iconic composer and conductor delivers a masterful performance

Yueju Opera production sings the praises of Song Dynasty official

Tales of environment protection revealed in Yueju Opera work

Staging a successful college activity

Yueju Opera maestro celebrated in Shaoxing

Opera gets online boost

Opera gets online boost