People perform at the opening of Tang Xianzu Drama Festival and International Drama Exchange Month in Fuzhou, East China's Jiangxi province, Sept 24, 2017. [Photo/IC]

An array of parallel cultural activities will also be held, such as the Tang Xianzu International Tourism and Gourmet Festival, Panorama of Fuzhou Intangible Cultural Heritages and Exhibition of British and Chinese Photography.

Tang Xianzu, hailed by his followers as "China's William Shakespeare", was a Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) playwright. He composed more than 2,000 poems and essays during his lifetime, particularly remembered for four plays - The Peony Pavilion, The Purple Hairpin, Record of the Southern Bough, and Record of Handan.