British students learn Kunqu Opera in E China

2009-04-09 03:40:56 GMT2009-04-09 11:40:56 (Beijing Time)  Xinhua English

A British middle school student learns how to play the "Jingubang", a stage property, from an actor of Kunqu Opera in Suzhou city of east China's Jiangsu Province, April 8, 2009.(Xinhua/Xu Zhiqiang)

Some British middle school students learn to perform Kunqu Opera from a Chinese Kunqu actress (L 1st) in Suzhou city of east China's Jiangsu Province, April 8, 2009.(Xinhua/Xu Zhiqiang)

Some British middle school students learn to perform Kunqu Opera from a Chinese Kunqu actor in Suzhou city of east China's Jiangsu Province, April 8, 2009.(Xinhua/Xu Zhiqiang)

Some British middle school students view an ancient Kunqu Opera Stage in China Kunqu Opera Museum in Suzhou city of east China's Jiangsu Province, April 8, 2009.(Xinhua/Xu Zhiqiang)

Over thirty British middle school students visited China Kunqu Opera Museum in Suzhou on Wednesday and learned impromptu some skills of Kunqu performance, when they were on cultural exchange visits to Suzhou Foreign Languages School.