Arts in focus at capital's cultural fiesta

The upcoming Spring For Chinese Arts, an annual arts festival by the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in Beijing has a wide variety of musicals, concerts, and dance shows on offer

Naomi Chung first watched Cantonese Opera as a child along with her parents in Hong Kong. But she can still recall the music performed with traditional Chinese instruments - such as cymbals, drums, the erhu and the bangzi - besides the actors' elaborate makeup, costumes and acrobatic techniques.

Recalling those days, she says: "Though Hong Kong is often associated with the image of a metropolitan city. Cantonese Opera has a large and stable fan base."