Highlights / General details
Peking opera of China is a national treasure with a history of 200 years. In the 55th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1790), the four big Huiban opera Troupes entered the capital and combined with Kunqu opera, Yiyang opera, Hanju opera and Luantan in Beijing's theoretical circle of the time. Through a period of more than half a century of combination and integration of various kinds of opera there evolved the present Peking opera, the biggest kind of opera in China, whose richness of repertoire, great number of artists of performance and of audiences, and profound influence are incomparable in China.
Peking opera is a synthesis of stylized action, singing, dialogue and mime, acrobatic fighting and dancing to represent a story or depict different characters and their feelings of gladness, anger, sorrow, happiness, surprise, fear and sadness. In Peking opera there are four main types of roles: sheng (male) dan (young female), jing (painted face, male), and chou (clown, male or female). The characters may be loyal or treacherous, beautiful or ugly, good or bad, their images being vividly manifested.
Inclusion
Private car/coach for transfers service and sightseeing program; Local English-speaking driver; Entrance Fees.
Exclusion
Gratuities to the tour guide & driver.
Hours of operation
Available: Daily; Pick up around 6:30pm.
Duration
Approximately 3 hours.
Location
Your driver will pick you up from your hotel around 6:30pm.
Itinerary
6:30pm - Pick-up from your hotel and transfer to the theater.
7:30pm - Show begins.
9:30pm - Show ends and then transfer back to your hotel.
Policies
Tour requires a minimum of 2 people to operate.
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