Twenty-six students from Wuxi Yangjian Primary School give a Wuxi opera performance at the 2019 New Year's Opera Party on Dec 29. [Photo/wxrb.com]

Twenty-six students from Wuxi Yangjian Primary School gave a Wuxi opera performance at the 2019 New Year's Opera Party on Dec 29 at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing.

The performance, in celebration of the New Year, was a party for traditional Chinese opera lovers and performers. It was recorded on Dec 29 and broadcasted on Jan 1, 2019.

A student dresses up before the performance. [Photo/yjxxjy.com]

Wuxi opera is the only local opera with children taking part. During the about one-minute performance, students with an average age of eight blew the audience away with their songs and voices.

Wuxi Yangjian Primary School has included Wuxi Opera in its school-based curriculum for years. In 2010, it was listed as one of the first nationally-recognized cultural schools in the country and has been invited to participate in a number of CCTV programs.

Yangjian town, the birthplace of Wuxi Opera, is considered to be the hometown of folk art in Jiangsu province by the provincial department of culture.

The program performed by children is the highlight of the opera night. [Photo/yjxxjy.com]