During a five-minute video, Liu Ruying, 13, introduced Peking Opera in fluent English and performed several classic pieces.

Liu, a seventh-grade student at No 9 Middle School in Shizuishan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, has been interested in Peking Opera for much of her young life because of the influence of her grandfather, who is a fan.

At age 8, when she learned that a Peking Opera association was being organized at her primary school, she signed up and began to practice the classic art.