Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting, currently appearing in The Masked Heroine, started training in the art form in her ...

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 and grasps the ...

Fireworks lit up the midnight sky over Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Sydney Opera House, the Juyongguan Great Wall in Beijing, China, and the Lotte World Tower in South Korea.

Wu said the holiday data suggests a "strong start" for the tourism industry in 2026, but emphasized that the sector is moving ...

Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul were among the latest cities around the world to ring in the New Year. Beijing staged a ...

January 1, 2026 marked the beginning of a new year, bringing fresh hopes and new beginnings across the world. The arrival of ...

In a breakneck digital era, the ancient art of Peking opera works hard to keep flourishing. This is a photo gallery curated ...

Liu Ren-haur. In Taiwanese choreographer Lai Hung-chung’s Birdy, the dancers wear 4-foot-long pheasant feathers on their heads. The effect, according to a review in the Vancouver online magazine Stir, ...

Li Jing plays an elderly male Peking Opera performer in the stage drama Empress Dong in Beijing. [Photo/China Daily] Li Jing, 34, a Peking Opera actress and also a teacher at the Donggaodi Youth ...

SCHENECTADY — Linghui Tu, director and creator of “Journey of Love and Hope,” may have a seat front and center for rehearsal. But when something excites her — which is frequent — she is quick to bound ...

Skiers dressed up in Peking Opera costumes pose for a group photo after a themed skiing show at the Lake Songhua Resort of Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province on Nov. 21, 2025. More than 260 ...