Intangible Culture - Passing on the Tradition [antikvár]

ForewordOn the evening of May 12, 2007, in the Beijing Exhibition Hall Theater, the youth version of The Peony Pavilion, a kunqu opera, was being staged for the 100'^ time.The curtain rose slowly and the sound of the bamboo flute bubbled forth like water. Purples and reds blooming everywhere Give way to walls in disrepair At such beauty we helplessly stare, Our worries will always our joys impair. As the heroine Du Li'niang sang these lines in the scene, "Visiting the Garden," the audience fell silent.An endless stream of bright-hued sets and exquisite costumes pass before me. The fluttering long sleeves of the actors and actresses with their graceful gestures and delicate make-up gives the production a unique feel. The intricate, touching plot