Han Zaifen, a winner of the Plum Performance Award (China's highest award on opera performance), sings a famous Huangmei Opera The Emperor's Female Son-in-law at the closing ceremony of the 9th China Qinqiang Opera Arts Festival on June 24. [Xinhua]

The 9th China Qinqiang Opera Arts Festival concluded in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province, on June 24. Starting on June 13, this 12-day opera festival presented 73 fine Qinqiang Opera works from 33 troupes. Diversiform online and offline activities, such as excellent opera performances and opera forums, were held. These activities not only were a feast for audiences' eyes, but also showcased the inheritance and development of Qinqiang opera, a thousand-year-old opera genre in China.

Actors perform excerpts from Hebei Bangzi Opera, Qinqiang Opera and Henan Yuju Opera at the closing ceremony of the 9th China Qinqiang Opera Arts Festival on June 24. [Xinhua]

Actors perform a Wu Opera at the closing ceremony of the 9th China Qinqiang Opera Arts Festival on June 24. [Xinhua]

Actors perform a Wu Opera at the closing ceremony of the 9th China Qinqiang Opera Arts Festival on June 24. [Xinhua]

Xie Tao, a winner of the Plum Performance Award (China's highest award on opera performance), sings a Jin Opera at the closing ceremony of the 9th China Qinqiang Opera Arts Festival on June 24. [Xinhua]

This photo shows the closing ceremony of the 9th China Qinqiang Opera Arts Festival on June 24. [Xinhua]

This photo shows the closing ceremony of the 9th China Qinqiang Opera Arts Festival on June 24. [Xinhua]

This photo shows the closing ceremony of the 9th China Qinqiang Opera Arts Festival on June 24. [Xinhua]

(Source: chinadaily.com.cn)