Tradition under the spotlight

By Chen Nan | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2026-05-30 00:00

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With handmade masks, ceremonial dancing and pop music, a new television show is exploring how intangible cultural heritage can thrive in contemporary entertainment, Chen Nan reports.

Qin Renjun (center, top), a Nuo Opera artist from Guizhou province, has been preserving his family's tradition of performing Nuo Opera for decades. The opera, a form of traditional Chinese theater, is distinguished by the use of vivid hand-carved masks. CHINA DAILY

It took Qin Renjun two days from his home in Yinjiang Tujia and Miao autonomous county, in Southwest China's Guizhou province, to reach Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, the long journey winding through mist-shrouded mountains and sleepy villages.

He carried his hand-carved Nuo Opera masks and a quiet resolve.

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