Students' art society earns enthusiastic fans

A Peking Opera society at the Linheli Primary School in Beijing's Tongzhou district has found enthusiastic support among students and fans across the city at festivals where they have performed.

The school is among those that have diversified their extracurricular activities by introducing Peking Opera courses in cooperation with instructors from private organizations, who can help students develop their skills.

About half of Linheli's 870 students participate in the Peking Opera society, which the school funded with money from the district's education bureau and has been free of charge to students since it was founded in 2011.