Yongjia Kunqu Opera ecstasies locals and visitors

Yongjia Kunqu Opera ecstasies locals and visitors

（People's Daily Online）  15:38, August 15, 2012

A Kunqu Opera Troupe stages the Peony Pavilion at the Ancestral Hall of Chen Family in Daitou Village of Yongjia County in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province on Aug. 11, 2012.(People's Daily Online/ Xu Xinghan)

As an important school of Kunqu Opera, Yongjia Kunqu Opera rose in the Wanli Era of the Ming Dynasty in Wenzhou area. Now, it has become the intangible heritage. Journalists from more than 50 media from home and abroad and photographers from around China gathered to Nanxi River Scenic Spots in Yongjia County and conduct two-day photography creation activities.(Xu Xinghan)

Edited and translated by Ye Xin, People's Daily Online

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（Editor：叶欣、雪萌）

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