▁In ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁it ▁was ▁renamed ▁Ji ang su ▁P ek ing ▁Opera ▁Tr oupe . ▁It ▁combined ▁the ▁Nan j ing ▁P ek ing ▁Opera ▁Tr oupe , ▁Nan j ing ▁P ek ing ▁Opera ▁and ▁Yang z hou ▁area ▁P ek ing ▁Opera ▁staff ▁into ▁Ji ang su ▁Province ▁P ek ing ▁Opera ▁Institute ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁It ▁operated ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁ 5 0   year s ▁and ▁was ▁named ▁" National ▁Key ▁P ek ing ▁Opera ▁Tr oupe " ▁by ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Culture ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁Part icip ants ▁included ▁follow ers ▁of ▁multiple ▁trad itions , ▁such ▁as ▁Ch eng ▁School ▁Tan ▁School , ▁Wang ▁Q in sh eng , ▁Lin ▁School ▁and ▁Z ha o ▁Y un he . ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁its ▁staff ▁number ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 2 0 . ▁ ▁Works ▁The ▁the ater ▁supported ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁many ▁plays ▁that ▁interpret ▁the ▁traditional ▁classical ▁works . ▁Major ▁works ▁include ▁The ▁Young ▁Lady ▁D ied ▁For ▁Love , ▁Give ▁B read ▁On ▁Hong q iao , ▁Rick sh aw ▁Boy , ▁Wang ▁X if eng ▁St ife ▁And ▁St rike ▁In ▁N ing gu o ▁M ansion ▁and ▁T ale ▁of ▁the ▁Green ▁S nake . ▁ ▁Awards ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁Tre asure ▁Cand le ▁won ▁the ▁first ▁Cultural ▁New ▁Play ▁Award . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁T ale ▁of ▁Green