Cheng Yanqiu and Yan Huizhu

Cheng Yanqiu

Still from the Northern Kunqu Opera

“Dream of the Garden” — Shan Wen

South Korea’s “Commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of the Passing of Literary Master Tang Xianzu” series of events

China International Online reports (Reporter Yang Ning): On September 3, a lecture titled “The Living Heritage of Kunqu Opera,” co‑presented by Wang Fang, Vice President of the Suzhou Kunqu Opera Troupe of Jiangsu Province, and Chen Weipeng, Associate Professor at the School of Humanities of Tsinghua University, was successfully held at the China Cultural Center in Seoul, officially kicking off the series of cultural events commemorating the 400th anniversary of the passing of the literary giant Tang Xianzu.

The “Approaching Lord Tang” lecture series has been warmly received at Tsinghua University.

This newspaper reports, by Liang Jiatian: On the evening of October 17, Room 106 of Tsinghua University’s Fourth Teaching Building was packed to capacity. Wu Fengchu, former deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Fuzhou Municipal People’s Congress, a renowned scholar of Tang Xianzu, and director of the Fuzhou Tang Xianzu International Research Center, delivered a special lecture titled “Approaching Master Tang.” Throughout the two-hour session, the audience remained fully engaged from beginning to end, savoring a truly enriching intellectual feast.