Finland's Moomins stepping onstage in China debut

"I just want to live in peace, and plant potatoes and dream." That is the most-beloved quote by Moomintroll, a popular fairy-tale character in Finland, who is coming to life onstage in China.

Along with his family, the Moomins, Moomintroll - a little boy, who is a white creature resembling a hippopotamus - lives in a place called Moominvalley. His family enjoys freedom and adventures. He likes making friends.

Ever since Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson introduced those characters in a series of books in Swedish between 1945 and 1993, the stories of the family have been translated into more than 40 languages and adapted into movies, TV series, musicals and theatrical works.