Tanzuowan village, located in Jiangxia district, Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, seems like just another of the country's numerous villages.

Except that, instead of getting together for poker or Mahjong during the slack season, the residents of Tanzuowan gather to sing the songs of Peking Opera.

While a century-old tradition, it was hardly known outside the village until the arrival last month of descendants of Peking Opera master Tan Xinpei (1847-1917).