This Barbie is inspired by the Peking Opera, with a head-dress similar to that worn on stage. The cyan blue shoes, meantime, reference the signature style and color of the iconic opera company. $54.99 ...

Peking opera originated about two centuries ago in Beijing, which was then the capital of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). It derives its name from the city, and its development was centered there.

The Qingxu Guan Temple in Pingyao, China, houses a collection of a few dozen very unique displays of opera dolls. They’re an important piece of cultural heritage, but nobody knows how best to ...

A well-known Peking Opera artist and her students will perform two famous opera classics in Beijing to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the establishment of the National Academy of Chinese ...

Some twenty years ago, Peking Opera was performed in English for the first time. And later, English transcripts were flashed on screens of traditional opera houses in Beijing. (People’s Daily 05 ...

BEIJING – “Why are you going to a Peking opera? It’s slow, boring and you can’t even understand what they’re saying half the time!” That was the reaction Karolina Shab, a 26-year-old ...

For audiences new to Peking Opera, the movie offers an insight into the art form. Set in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), Sacrifice is based on the classic Chinese tragedy The Orphan of Zhao.

'Traditional Peking Opera, with some 200 years of history, has very simple stage props - usually a table and two chairs - as the art form mainly focuses on the singing and performances of the ...

Chinese opera far predates European opera, but the templates for Peking Opera as it’s practiced today were fixed only in the early 19th century. The Mei Lanfang Jingju Troupe, which first ...

Veteran Chinese actress Li Li-hua, who starred in more than 120 movies between the 1940s and 1970s, including the Hollywood romance “China Doll,” died in Hong Kong on Sunday. She was 92.

A well-known Peking Opera artist and her students will perform two famous opera classics in Beijing to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the establishment of the National Academy of Chinese ...