Deputy and veteran Yuju actor all about being close to the people

After decades of ups and downs, Jin Buhuan, deputy to the 14th National People's Congress, says that Yuju Opera is gaining in vitality and has a big role to play in promoting cultural tourism.

Jin, a Yuju Opera performer himself, and director of a Yuju Opera research institute in Hebi, Henan province, has been involved in the art for more than four decades. Even at 57, he continues to give 300 public performances a year.

As a form of traditional opera popular in Henan, Hebei and Shandong provinces, Yuju Opera is known for its richness, delicacy and a strong rural flavor. Jin knows precisely that the soil in which Yuju Opera grows is in the grassroots.