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 — The curtain is about to fall on Beijing’s oldest opera house, as China’s unstoppable push for development forces the closure of the Ming Dynasty Peking Opera stage at the Guanghe tea house.

The result is a poetic masterpiece that captures the intersection of the natural world and human cultural heritage, offering ...

From Mei Lanfang’s groundbreaking U.S. tour in 1930 to today’s fusion of Beijing opera with Western genres, Chinese music has long been a bridge across cultures. These exchanges have sparked ...