NYC enjoys Peking Opera

NEW YORK - An authentic Peking Opera show staged by performers from both China and the United States drew a crowd of over 500 enthusiastic fans in New York on the afternoon of Nov 17.

The three-and-a-half hour show, entitled The Battle of Red Cliffs, brought together some big names from modern Peking Opera circles, such as Ma Shaoliang, Liu Yonggui and Zhang Jingtao, at a Pace University theater in lower Manhattan.

The show is on the story of a decisive battle in ancient China from around 1,800 years ago, which led to the emergence of three separate states in the country, historically known as the Period of the Three Kingdoms.