BEIJING (AP) — Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a rosewood chair. She bends forward, lifts her other leg high ...

BEIJING — “Watch out for that sword,” the rehearsal director shouted. “I don’t want anybody’s head getting cut off because you don’t know what you’re doing.” Lots of weapons were on stage at the ...

Marking the 15th anniversary of the city's flagship cultural tourism brand, the showcase transformed part of Chaoyang Park's ...

BEIJING — When “The Legend of the White Snake” opens Wednesday at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, an American audience will get its first glimpse of Zhang Huoding, one of China’s biggest ...

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!” Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

https://doi.org/10.5325/shaw.39.1.0076 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/shaw.39.1.0076 Copy URL I would like to thank Stanley and Rodelle Weintraub for their ...

In a Breakneck Digital Era, the Ancient Art of Peking Opera Works Hard to Keep Flourishing BEIJING (AP) — Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one ...