For music lovers around the world, sunny skies and warmer weather can only mean one thing: music festival season has arrived. And increasingly, China's no exception. BON's Matt Shrader recently took a trip to north Beijing to take in one of the county's most popular music festivals - and see what's getting young Chinese music fans' blood pumping.
Comprising more than 70 bands, the First Great Wall Tanglewood Forest Music Festival played out this August. Kelda Yuen goes backstage to meet the artists and the organizers.
The distinguishing soft-sounding Yue Opera, also known as the Shaoxing Opera, is native to the Zhejiang area. Capturing the interests of millions of viewers, the Yue Opera consists of all female performers with some playing male roles - a different appeal compared to the Beijing Opera.