Concert in tribute to Hong Kong cinema coming to Beijing

Yao Shuo can still recall the time he first watched the Hong Kong movie, A Chinese Ghost Story, in his university dormitory along with classmates. He was impressed by the comic horror story, the performance of the leading actors, Leslie Cheung and Joey Wong, and one of the songs from the film by the same name and performed by Cheung, has become one of his favorites.

Since then, he has become a big fan of Hong Kong films, such as Once Upon a Time in China series, which is based on the stories of Cantonese martial artist Wong Fei-hung.

Now, the 38-year-old Yao has brought all his memories about Hong Kong films into his latest musical project, entitled A Musical Night of Hong Kong Cinema, which premiered in November in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, and will be staged at Beijing's Tianqiao Performing Arts Center on April 1.