Chicago Chinatown's seniors preserve a tradition of over 300 years to liven the community

 
alt text By Carolyn Chen, Arts & Culture Editor, The Real Chi
 
 

Zhaoqiu He, the founder of an arts center based in Chicago's Chinatown, performs Cantonese Opera alongside with over 20 other senior immigrants from the southern part of China. They find a community of common roots and celebrate their later years with music.

By performing at the library regularly, they also showcase the traditional culture to a younger Chinese American generation as well as all the other people around the city.