DINGAN,May4(Xinhua)--QiongOperacouldbetracedbacktoacenturyagoinDinganCountyinsouthChina'sHainanProvince,whichisreferredtoasQionginabbreviation.Theopera,nowdeemedatraditionalheritage,hadoncelostitsattractiontomostyoungstersduetotheimpactsofpopcultureuntilrecentyearswhentheDinganCountyQiongOperaTroupemanagedtoreinventitbydrawinginspirationfromotherschoolsoftraditionaloperaaswellasfolklorestories.FreshbloodsincludingChenKehanandLinFangarealsobeinginjectedintotheTroupeasQiongOperaregainsitspopularityinthecounty.Chen'sfamilyhasbeenworkingfortheTroupeforthreegenerations,whileLinstartedtolearntheoperaatageofsix.VariouskindsofactivitiesarealsobeingheldatprimaryandsecondaryschoolsinthecountysothatthestudentsthereareexposedtoQiongOperaintheirearlyages.LinFang(R)andChenKehan(C)arepicturedduringastageperformanceinDinganCounty,southChina'sHainanProvince,April23,2024.(Xinhua/ZhangLiyun)ChenKehan(1stR)putsonmakeupbeforetheperformanceatLingmeiVillageinHaikou,southChina'sHainanProvince,May2,2024.(Xinhua/ZhangLiyun)ActorsoftheDinganCountyQiongOperaTroupechangetheircostumesatthebackofthestageduringaperformanceinDinganCounty,southChina'sHainanProvince,April23,2024.(Xinhua/ZhangLiyun)ChenKehan(L)andhisfatherChenLiuboposeforaphotobeforetheperformanceinDinganCounty,southChina'sHainanProvince,April23,2024.(Xinhua/ZhangLiyun)ChenKehan(Cfront)andhiscolleaguesrehearseashisfatherChenLiubo(1stL)looksoninDinganCounty,southChina'sHainanProvince,April24,2024.(Xinhua/ZhangLiyun)LinFangputsonmakeupbeforetheperformanceinDinganCounty,southChina'sHainanProvince,April23,2024.(Xinhua/ZhangLiyun)LinFang(R,front)andhercolleaguesrehearseinDinganCounty,southChina'sHainanProvince,April24,2024.(Xinhua/ZhangLiyun)ResidentswatchaperformanceofQiongOperaatHoushanVillage,DinganCounty,southChina'sHainanProvince,Feb.21,2024.(Xinhua/ZhangLiyun)ChenKehan(R)andhiscolleaguesrehearseinDinganCounty,southChina'sHainanProvince,April24,2024.(Xinhua/ZhangLiyun)ActorsoftheDinganCountyQiongOperaTroupeputonmakeupbeforetheperformanceatHoushanVillage,DinganCounty,southChina'sHainanProvince,Feb.21,2024.(Xinhua/ZhangLiyun)ProducedbyXinhuaGlobalService■Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.