Producer: Chengdu Sichuan Opera Theatre

Lead performers: Wang Chao, a winner of last year's Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award; Chen Qiaoru, a famous Sichuan opera artist

Introduction: The play, based on a novel with the same name written by A Lai, a famous novelist in China, tells the declining process of the chieftain system in the Tibet autonomous region.

The drama highlights the distinctive music that combines Sichuan opera and folk songs of the Tibetan ethnic group.

With its long history, Sichuan Opera is a popular national and folk art in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. Sichuan Opera consists of high-pitched music, Kunqu opera melodies, huqin (Chinese fiddle) music, low-pitched tunes and Sichuan dengxi (a folk playlet). Many elements were introduced into Sichuan from other provinces between the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and mid-Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).

Time and venue: Nov 9, Poly Theatre