Actors perform at the opening ceremony of the Seventh Tang Xianzu International Theatre Exchange Month in Fuzhou city, East China's Jiangxi province, on Oct 25. [Photo/Xinhua]
NANCHANG β For 22-year-old Zou Yu, a student in the opera class at Fuzhou Vocational Technical College in East China's Jiangxi province, the day usually begins at 5 am.
Every day, she and her classmates undergo eight hours of intensive training, covering everything from basic skills and body movements to singing and stage rehearsals.
Studying the 600-year-old Kunqu Opera is by no means easy.
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