A month-long extravaganza of music, dance, drama, opera, Chinese opera, and acrobatics is reviewed in photos taken by Zhuhai Special Economic Zone Daily News photographers. Performers came from all over China for the 1st Zhuhai Art Festival at Zhuhai Opera House and Huafa & CPAA Grand Theater through Oct 27.

Zhuhai Song & Dance Troupe opens the festival with "Story of Zhuhai" that portrays marine and special economic zone culture

Guangzhou Acrobatic Arts Theater performs "Butterfly Lovers" about the tragic romance of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, the Chinese equivalent to Romeo and Juliet

National Peking Opera Company presents "Kylin Purse," which tells how a warm-hearted lady from a wealthy family gets returns for kindness

Original modern Cantonese Opera "Daybreak of Guangdong" depicts struggle between revolutionary families and faith, and their indomitable spirits

Zhuhai Opera Troupe enacts "Dragon Spanning Lingding Sea," a realistic drama about Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge builders

National Theater of China theatrically displays drama "Yellow Storm," which tells of four generations living under one roof

"Honghu Red Guards," an ode to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, unfolds at the first Zhuhai Art Festival [Photos by Zhu Xi / Zhuhai Daily]