摘要
On January 22,residents of Changqiao Community in Changsha,Hunan Province in central China,were treated to a real opera feast.Artists from the Hunan Provincial Xiangju Opera Troupe performed several classic works,including Wu Song Fighting in the Inn,a thrilling acrobatic act with the hero being Wu Song,a fictional character from the classic Chinese novel Outlaws of the Marsh who is most famous for killing a tiger with his bare hands while drunk,and Welcoming Caishen,a deity responsible for people's economic and financial fortunes in ancient Chinese folklore.Xiangju is a centuries-old form of theater popular in parts of Hunan,which was added to the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2008.
