Touring players from Chongqing Sichuan Opera House opened a workshop and staged a show at the museum on Saturday as one of the Spring Festival activities to welcome the Chinese New Year of the Monkey. The young museum visitors were wowed by lavish costumes, elaborate makeups, quick acrobatics of the opera, which is one of the renowned schools of the Chinese opera with a history of more than three hundred years.

作为“欢乐春节”活动之一，2月13日，重庆川剧团走进伦敦博物馆，给了当地民众近距离欣赏中国传统艺术的机会，特别是当地的萌正太和罗莉们不仅可以看表演，还参观了演员化妆，试穿戏服，并且跟着演员学起了台步和手势。

A girl puts on a Sichuan opera hat while her mother takes a photo at the Museum of London Docklands in London on Feb 13, 2016.  [Photo by Song Wei]