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Opera "A Dream of Red Mansions" Staged in China
Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Artistes of the Phibada Opera Troupe of the DPRK staged opera "A Dream of Red Mansions" at the Tungfang Grand Theatre in Changchun, Jilin Province, China from June 30 to July 2.

Appreciating the performances were senior party and government officials of the province and the city and citizens.

Sun Zhengcai, secretary of the Jilin Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, said that the performance is, indeed, wonderful, adding the province is a significant place where President Kim Il Sung waged the revolutionary struggle.

The chief of the Cultural Agency of the province said:

China and the DPRK are friendly neighbors linked by the same mountain and rivers.

The province has close relations with the DPRK and is conducting many-sided cultural exchanges with it.

The Phibada Opera Troupe successfully portrayed "A Dream of Red Mansions" as opera loved by the Chinese people and put it on the stage.

The fascinating performance will contribute to boosting the cultural exchange and traditional friendship between the two countries.

The performance helped us to understand that noble and beautiful art would broaden the market of culture and keep it afloat. The Korean artistes taught a lot of things to us in this aspect.

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