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Celebrating love, the universal language
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The Peony Pavilion is among the four major classics in Kunqu opera, a genre widely considered the 'mother' of all traditional Chinese operatic art forms. (HT Photo/Saumya Khandelwal)
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In its original form, The Peony Pavilion is a tale of forbidden love, heartbreak and death. (AFP Photo)
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The original tale of The Peony Pavilion has a run-time of 20 hours, with 55 scenes. (HT Photo/Saumya Khandelwal)
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Zhang Yuanyuan plays the female lead Du Liniang in The Peony Pavilion. (HT Photo/Saumya Khandelwal)
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