Huangmei opera: from tea songs to a stage tradition
A regional theatre took shape in Huaining when visiting tea songs met local performance and Anqing speech.
Anqing.
A Yangtze city where theatre, tower inscriptions and mountain geology connect cultural and natural histories.
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Tianzhu Mountain: granite, deep time and the geopark community
Granite peaks, metamorphic rocks and ancient fossils sit within a geopark that also invests in public education and protection.
Zhenfeng Pagoda: visitor inscriptions inside a river landmark
More than fifty stone inscriptions turn the pagoda’s interior into a record of visitors and donors, while exposed carvings face wear.
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Two performers appear in a Huangmei Opera scene: one sits in embroidered costume while the other leans toward her on a dark stage. This 2007 performance photograph was taken in Shanghai, not Anqing.Bin Shen (Lavastyle) · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Photograph by Bin Shen (Lavastyle), dated 17 January 2007; the Commons file page records CC BY-SA 2.0. The saved file is the standard 500px thumbnail (500×685), not the upstream original (531×728); no enlargement, crop or retouching.
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The pale granite summit of Tianzhu Peak rises above the darker forested ridges of the Dabie range.N509FZ · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Photograph by N509FZ; the Commons file page records CC BY-SA 4.0. The saved file is the standard 1280px thumbnail (1280×852), not the upstream original (4000×2664); no enlargement, crop or retouching.
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The base of Zhenfeng Pagoda in Anqing during a service, photographed by Angus Cepka in 2008.Angus Cepka · GNU Free Documentation License 1.2+ and Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic (also older versions) Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Photograph by Angus Cepka (26 September 2008); licensed CC BY-SA 2.5; GFDL 1.2+. The saved file is the standard 1280px Wikimedia thumbnail (1280×960), not the upstream original (2,272 × 1,704, 860 KB); no enlargement, crop, or retouching.
