Dance drama "Flower Rains along Silk Road" staged in Beijing
2009-07-30 08:43:11 GMT2009-07-30 16:43:11 (Beijing Time)
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Dancers from the Gansu Provincial Song and Dance Company perform the Chinese classic six-scene dance drama "Flower Rains along Silk Road", an episode on the Silk Road, in Beijing, capital of China, July 29, 2009. As a performance to greet the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China, which falls on Oct. 1, the dance drama was staged here on Wednesday in its 1,600th performance. It debuted at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Oct. 1, 1979. (Xinhua/Zhang Yanhui)
Dancers from the Gansu Provincial Song and Dance Company perform the Chinese classic six-scene dance drama "Flower Rains along Silk Road", an episode on the Silk Road, in Beijing, capital of China, July 29, 2009. (Xinhua/Zhang Yanhui)
Dancers from the Gansu Provincial Song and Dance Company perform the Chinese classic six-scene dance drama "Flower Rains along Silk Road", an episode on the Silk Road, in Beijing, capital of China, July 29, 2009. (Xinhua/Zhang Yanhui)
Dancers from the Gansu Provincial Song and Dance Company perform the Chinese classic six-scene dance drama "Flower Rains along Silk Road", an episode on the Silk Road, in Beijing, capital of China, July 29, 2009. (Xinhua/Zhang Yanhui)
Dancers from the Gansu Provincial Song and Dance Company perform the Chinese classic six-scene dance drama "Flower Rains along Silk Road", an episode on the Silk Road, in Beijing, capital of China, July 29, 2009. (Xinhua/Zhang Yanhui)
Dancers from the Gansu Provincial Song and Dance Company perform the Chinese classic six-scene dance drama "Flower Rains along Silk Road", an episode on the Silk Road, in Beijing, capital of China, July 29, 2009.