Private Puxian Opera

Troupers from a private Puxian Opera troupe perform in a rating exam in Putian, southeast China's Fujian Province, Nov.3, 2010. Rating exams are being held until next January for 132 private Puxian Opera troupes, in which experts and professionals rank them as "first class", "second class" and "third class" according to the troupers' voices and performing skills as well as music effect. Those disqualified troupes will be ordered to make improvements. Puxian Opera is listed as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages.