[Photo/womenofchina] Hui was born in Huangling, a county in Yan'an, a city in Shaanxi province, in 1971. Influenced by her father, she began developing an interest in Qinqiang Opera when she was 5.

The musical was staged eight times this year in Xi'an, drawing more than 13,500 viewers and generating 10 million yuan (about 1.39 million U.S. dollars) in revenue, a record high in the city, ...