IN 1959 a new type of folkopera appeared in northeastChina.Because it originatedin Jilin Province,it was calledJiju,or Ji opera.Early Ji operas included bothtra
REPOSING as itdoes on thebank of theWest Lake in Hang-zhou,the ZhejiangAcademy of Fine Artsstill manages to be un-pretentious.Ask for di-rections and you will b
IN the western suburbs of Bei-jing a very ordinary buildingcomplex shelters an extraordi-nary group of performers:the Cen-tral Nationalities Song and DanceEnsem
ART has no boundarles,andfolk art from one countrycan easily be appreciated inother parts of the world.Historyshows that a nation’s art and cultureare constant