(XINHUA)

Chinese contemporary writer Bai Xianyong, 74, recently published a new book to commemorate his father Bai Chongxi, a famous Chinese Kuomintang general. In the book, Bai published 500 pictures of his father, recording important moments in history.

Bai was born in 1937 in Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. He has published a number of books, including Lonely Seventeen, Taipei People, and The New Yorker.

Bai has volunteered in promoting the kunqu opera, China's oldest opera with a history of more than 600 years, for more than two decades. He adapted Peony Pavilion, a classic of kunqu, and it received great success. His version is called the youth edition of the play because the performers are younger and it is targeted at young audiences. First staged in Taiwan, the youth edition has toured China's mainland and Hong Kong, the United States, Britain, Greece and Singapore. He also delivers courses on ancient art in universities.