Yan'An beckons

The old center of China's Communist Revolution is a magnet for tourists

Dong Jinxian teared up as she watched a musical in Yan'an, set during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45) and the Chinese Civil War (1946-49).

Yan'an Nursery tells the true story of a school which took care of the children of soldiers during the war. Some kids who lost their parents spent their childhood in the nursery. There are separation, sacrifice and love in the play.