A young performer welcomes guests at the Liu Laogen Grand Stage in Shenzhen on Saturday. The theater, started by leading Chinese skit and sitcom actor Zhao Benshan and operated by Zhao’s performance company, is the 9th in the country and the largest one in South China. Errenzhuan, a song-and-dance duet performance with a history of more than 300 years in Northeast China, is staged in the theater. Sun Yuchen