In recent years, the No 3 Experimental Primary School of the Rugao Economic and Technological Development Zone in Rugao, Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province, has introduced Peking Opera classes as part of its school-based curriculum.

The school has set up a children's Peking Opera Club and hired professional Peking Opera teachers to teach two Peking Opera classes a week, involving general information about Peking Opera, singing, movements and role playing, allowing children to experience the charm of Chinese culture from an early age.

Students practice Peking Opera's fan dance at the Peking Opera Club of the No 3 Experimental Primary School of the Rugao Economic and Technological Development Zone in Rugao, Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province. [Photo/IC]

A teacher instructs students on the movements of a Peking Opera called Yezhulin at the Peking Opera Club of the No 3 Experimental Primary School of the Rugao Economic and Technological Development Zone in Rugao, Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province. [Photo/IC].

Students practice the Peking Opera Water Sleeves at the Peking Opera Club of the No 3 Experimental Primary School of the Rugao Economic and Technological Development Zone in Rugao, Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province. [Photo/IC]