Album of Memory: Appreciating Chinese opera performances

BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, is regarded as the most celebrated holiday among Chinese, which signifies a time of joyful family reunions and a slew of cultural events. Among these celebrations, watching Chinese opera performance has been an important custom.

Traditional Chinese opera encompasses a diverse range of traditional opera genres, such as Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera and Sichuan Opera, as well as other distinctive performances by professional actors.