Fighting for tradition

How to save Peking Opera? With all the challenges modern entertainment provides, how to attract the young generation and pass the old art on to the next?

The National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts and the China Peking Opera Foundation have just jointly held a workshop to discuss these topics with Peking Opera teachers in Beijing.

The week-long workshop involved 30 young teachers from leading Chinese folk opera schools, including the National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts, the Beijing Chinese Folk Opera Training School and the Shanghai Theater Academy.

Besides talking about Peking Opera's problems, they gave lessons and demonstrations in the old art and there was also a lecture by the renowned Peking Opera artist Ye Shaolan.