The third National Peking Opera Festival closed Sunday in Nanjing, the capital of the east China's Jiangsu Province.
Gold medals were awarded to five operas performed by Peking Opera troupes from Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Nanjing and the China Peking Opera Theater.
During the 15-day festival, 24 operas with traditional and contemporary themes were staged by artists from around the country.
Jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and the city government of Nanjing, the festival aims to invigorate Peking Opera, a treasure of the Chinese nation and a jewel in the world art treasury.
(People’s Daily December 17, 2001)
