The Tibetan dance drama Hero Gesar was staged at Shanghai Oriental Art Center in eastern China's Shanghai, Oct. 24, 2012. A Tibetan dance drama Hero Gesar was staged at Shanghai Oriental Art Center in eastern China's Shanghai, Oct. 24, 2012. Lasting for over 100 minutes, the drama narrates how Gesar arrives from heaven to help Tibetans by punishing evil.The drama was created by an art troupe in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, and adapted from the Tibetan epic King Gesar known as the "Oriental Homer". King Gesar, the world's longest epic, is a symbol of Tibetan culture and listed as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages. [Photo/Xinhua]

The Tibetan dance drama Hero Gesar was staged at Shanghai Oriental Art Center in eastern China's Shanghai, Oct. 24, 2012. A Tibetan dance drama Hero Gesar was staged at Shanghai Oriental Art Center in eastern China's Shanghai, Oct. 24, 2012. Lasting for over 100 minutes, the drama narrates how Gesar arrives from heaven to help Tibetans by punishing evil.The drama was created by an art troupe in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, and adapted from the Tibetan epic King Gesar known as the "Oriental Homer". King Gesar, the world's longest epic, is a symbol of Tibetan culture and listed as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages. [Photo/Xinhua]