Young actors bring new vitality to Hui Opera

Young Hui Opera actors practice their basic skills in the Huangshan Hui Opera Theater in east China’s Anhui Province, April 29, 2025.

Hui Opera is a traditional form of Chinese opera originating from the ancient Huizhou area and is one of the major local opera genres in Anhui Province. In 2006, it was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Since 2023, the Huangshan Hui Opera Theater has selected and recruited a group of young Hui Opera actors, addressing the shortage of inheritors and improving the preservation system of Hui Opera.

These young actors have steadily gained experience, improved their skills, and expanded the influence of Hui Opera through performances in village opera festivals and promotion events held in rural areas and schools. They have developed a confident stage presence, bringing new vitality to this ancient art form with their solid foundations and richly expressive singing. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

Young Hui Opera actors practice their basic skills in the Huangshan Hui Opera Theater in east China’s Anhui Province, April 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

Young actors perform Hui Opera during a rural opera festival in Huangshan, east China’s Anhui Province, Sept. 23, 2023. (Photo by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua)

Young Hui Opera actors practice their basic skills in the Huangshan Hui Opera Theater in east China’s Anhui Province, April 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

Young actress Xu Yijie demonstrates Hui Opera movements in the Huangshan Hui Opera Theater in east China’s Anhui Province, April 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

Young Hui Opera actors practice their voices in the Huangshan Hui Opera Theater in east China’s Anhui Province, April 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

A Hui Opera actor puts make-up on at a theater in Huangshan, east China’s Anhui Province, April 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

Young Hui Opera actor Du Jinhao (front) practices basic skills in the Huangshan Hui Opera Theater in east China’s Anhui Province, April 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

Young Hui Opera actors put their make-up on at a theater in Huangshan, east China’s Anhui Province, April 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

Young actors perform Hui Opera on an ancient stage in the Huangshan Hui Opera Theater in east China’s Anhui Province, April 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

Young Hui Opera actors practice their basic skills in the Huangshan Hui Opera Theater in east China’s Anhui Province, April 29, 2025. (Photo by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua)

An aerial drone photo shows young Hui Opera actors practicing movements in the Huangshan Hui Opera Theater in east China’s Anhui Province, April 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

An aerial drone photo shows young Hui Opera actors practicing movements in the Huangshan Hui Opera Theater in east China’s Anhui Province, April 29, 2025. (Photo by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua)

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20250501/4ca832a87c294ef9b7981254995df150/c.html

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…