Opera professor turns classrooms into performance stages

An optional college course named "Appreciation of the Jiangxi Opera" has been taught in a packed house recently at Nanchang University in East China's Jiangxi province due to the professor's innovative way of teaching — putting on actual opera performances in her classrooms.

Waving water sleeves, and spinning folding fans while wearing traditional makeup and costumes, Chen Li, the instructor of this course, displayed the enchanting charm of Jiangxi Opera, a several-hundred-year-old local opera, in front of the students.

Many of performers recorded the performances and posted the video clips of the class on social media platforms, receiving millions of views and likes from netizens.