Touch of the young in the old

Updated: 2013-08-23 10:31

(China Daily)

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The Peking Opera Little Eagles Spread Up Wings has high requirements on singing and acting. He Cheng / Xinhua

Teenage fans of Peking Opera help to preserve this traditional cultural heritage

As one of the best-known Chinese performing arts, Peking Opera is gaining more and more popularity among foreigners, even as it loses appeal to the Chinese. Fortunately, there are some young fans passionate to inherit this art. Recently, a competition in Tianjin attracted many young performers.

 Touch of the young in the old

Li Junruo, one of the best 10 teenage performers, is ready to step on the stage. Liu Dongyue / Xinhua

 Touch of the young in the old

A teenager performs at the opening ceremony of the competition. Around 1,000 teenage performers registered and only 66 made it into the final round. Liu Dongyue / Xinhua

 Touch of the young in the old

Zhao Jiayi performs in wang er lou, an excerpt of a Peking Opera program that shows a mother missing her son. He Cheng / Xinhua

 Touch of the young in the old

Cao Wenjing, right, from Shandong province, prepares to go on stage. Liu Dongyue / Xinhua

(China Daily European Weekly 08/23/2013 page4)