Peking Opera artist finds new stage online amid COVID-19

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Peking Opera artist finds new stage online amid COVID-19

STORY: Peking Opera artist finds new stage online amid COVID-19 DATELINE: May 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: DALIAN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ren doing performing online 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): REN SIYUAN, Actress, Dalian Peking Opera Theater STORYLINE: Although the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a sudden stop to theaters' activities, a Peking Opera artist from northeast China's Dalian City has found her new stage online. In early 2020, affected by the outbreak of COVID-19, Dalian stopped live performances to avoid social gatherings. Encouraged by her enthusiastic fans, Ren Siyuan started to try performing online. Every night at 8:30, she begins livestreaming performance on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. Traditional Chinese operas generally have four types of roles, namely "Sheng," "Dan," "Jing" and "Chou." Unlike most Peking Opera actress, Ren plays the "Jing" roles, also known as the painted-face male roles. This type of role entails rough or mighty male chara

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