Liyuan Opera(梨園戱) is considered to have inherited the tradition of Nanxi(南戱), and is also regarded as the oldest Chinese local opera with centuries of history. Quanzhou(泉州), a port city in Fujian(福建) province where Liyuan Opera was formed and developed, has been the center of international trade and commerce since Song dynasty resulting such performing arts to flourish. On the other hand, Fujian province being relatively cut off geographically and culturally from other parts of China made it possible for Liyuan Opera to develop stably for centuries. Liyuan Opera retains the most traditional Nanxi repertoire and keeps its own distinctive performing conventions of acting and music. In 1954, Fujian Province Liyuan Experimental Troupe(福建省梨園戱實 驗劇團) received huge attention when it participated in the Huadong(華 東) opera performance festival. Since the 1990s, excellent playwright Wang Renjie(王仁杰) has created many masterpieces such as < Scholar Dong and Madam Li(董生與李氏) > and < Lament of the Melancholy Widow(節婦吟) >, which were performed by the outstanding actress Zeng Jingping(曾靜萍) who has won “Meihua Awards(梅花獎)” two times. The remarkable success of Liyuan Opera results from performances based on the spirit of “Return to the Tradition and Open up the New(返本開新)” which was pursued by playwright Wang Renjie and actress Zeng Jingping. It shows the values and directions that many Chinese local operas should follow.