Chinese Traditional Kunqu Opera Gains New Vitality in New Era
ByWang Weijian December 18, 2020
Young contestants from Kunshan Huaqiao Central Primary School perform a scene of Chinese Kunqu opera masterpiece The Peony Pavilion during a Kunqu contest for children in Suzhou, east China s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 12. [People s Daily Online/Hua Xuegen]
Kunshan City in east China s Jiangsu Province, the birthplace of Kunqu opera, known as the mother of Chinese operas, has been taking measures to bring new vitality to the traditional art form.
In the Kunshan Contemporary Kunqu Opera Theater, The Imitator, the first original Kunqu opera work created by a young team at the theater, is put on stage. The performances given by post-90s artists have won applauses.