Performers stage Yangzhou Opera special performance for citizens in Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 10, 2008. Taizhou Hailing Chinese traditional drama amateur troupe, which was made up of over 30 amateurs including undergraduates and senior citizens and staged some 50 no benefit performances per year, performed for citizens in these days for Spring Festival celebration. Performers stage Yangzhou Opera special performance for citizens in Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 10, 2008. Taizhou Hailing Chinese traditional drama amateur troupe, which was made up of over 30 amateurs including undergraduates and senior citizens and staged some 50 no benefit performances per year, performed for citizens in these days for Spring Festival celebration. A performer makes up before a Yangzhou Opera special performance for citizens in Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 10, 2008. Taizhou Hailing Chinese traditional drama amateur troupe, which was made up of over 30 amateurs including undergraduates and senior citizens and staged some 50 no benefit performance per year, performed for citizens in these days for Spring Festival celebration.

(Xinhua News Agency February 11, 2008)