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Jin Opera reproduces the legend of an ancient heroine

( chinadaily.com.cn )

Updated: 2017-08-23

The legend of an ancient heroine Hua Mulan was staged in Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi province, on Aug 21.

The play, produced by a Jin Opera (a kind of opera originating from Shanxi province and popular in North China) troupe in Yuxian county, Yangquan city, tells the stories Hua Mulan, a warrior who disguised herself as a man to replace her father in military service during the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-581).

The opera was one of 55 dramas staged during the first Shanxi Art Festival which takes place between Aug 18 and Sept 26.

Jin Opera reproduces the legend of an ancient heroine

A scene from Mulan Joins the Army, a Jin Opera telling the legend of heroine Hua Mulan -- a warrior who disguised herself as a man to replace her father in military service during the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-581), in Taiyuan on Aug 21. [Photo/sxgov.cn]

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