Tang Xianzu theater festival begins in Fuzhou

The Tang Xianzu International Theater Festival started in Fuzhou, East China's Jiangxi province, on Sept 24, with artists and scholars from China and Britain, the United States, Spain, Singapore and Thailand, among other countries participating in the monthlong event that is being held in the hometown of the renowned playwright of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) after whom it is named. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily]