As the summer holiday has begun, four famous "Made in China” movies of different types will be on show on the big screen.

Dance drama is a kind of stage art which fuses (融合) dance, drama and music. There are many excellent original Chinese dance dramas, bringing audience visual feasts. Here are four representatives.

The Red Detachment of Women

Premiered (首映): in 1964

The National Ballet of Chin

The dance drama of a story is adapted from the movie of the same name. I narrates the tale of a servant girl growing into a female soldier with firm Communist faith. Combining the Western ballet with Chinese ethnic dances, it is a milestone in the history of Chinese ballet.

Dunhuang Dream

Premiered: in 2000

Lanzhou Song and Dance Theater

Dunhuang Dream is a legendary four act dance drama which sets the thousands of years’ creation history of Dunuang art treasure as the background. It follow the storyline of the emotional journey of a poor young painter (Mogao) and the daughter of a senior general (Yueya).

Confucius

Premiered: in 2013

China National Opera Dance Drama Theater

The dance drama Confucius is directed by Kong Dexing, a direct descendent (后裔) of Confucius. The six-part dance drama describes Confucius’ journey of spreading his philosophy and his efforts to preserve traditional culture and history. The dance drama has been staged in a number of countries including the United States, Japan, Italy and Australia.

Princess Zhaojun

Premiered: in 2016

China National Opera Dance Drama Theater

Princess Zhaojun is an epic stage production that is adapted from a true historical event, bringing to life a household story of one of China’s “Four Great Beauties”, Wang Zhaojun. She helped bring peace to the northern border over 2,000 years ago in the Han Dynasty.

As a teenager working at part-time jobs in New York City in 1939，Stan Lee never expected to become a legendary talent behind some of the world’s most memorable super-heroes．

“I never looked that far ahead，”says Lee．“In fact，I never thought I’d get into the comic book business．I applied for a job at a publishing company and I thought they published regular magazines，which they did also．But the one place they had an opening was in the comic book department，so that’s where I went．”By the time the company became known as Marvel Comics，in the 1960s，he was art director and about to revolutionize comics．

Unlike the perfect comic book superheroes of other companies，Lee made Marvel’s new characters faulty，more human．“And I tried to show that even though they had super power，everything wasn’t perfect in their lives．They still had to worry about earning a living．About their relationship with other people，about their families and their health and so forth，”Lee says．The characters that Lee and the Marvel artists created are so popular，more than two billion comic books based on their adventures have been published，in 75 countries and 25 languages．

Looking back over his 70 years in comics，Lee sees other changes，too．“When we did the comics years ago，we tried to make them so they were suitable for every age．We had a lot of action，but we didn’t really have what we’d call violence，”he says．“I tried to write them，so they were intelligent enough for an older reader，but a young kid could also understand them and enjoy them．”

Interest in stories about Marvel’s superheroes is growing，especially in Hollywood．Next year，Captain America and The Mighty Thor will bring their adventures to the big screen．following in the super-footsteps of The X-Men and Spiderman．

Lee is no longer surprised at the popularity of the characters he helped create．“Now I expect it．In fact，if people talk about some of the great characters in the world today and they don’t mention Marvel’s characters，I get very upset”