"Most young people show little interest in Jingju. People can learn about face painting, try on costumes and take pictures. She was born into a family of Jingju performers and has had 10 years of stage experience.īesides the performances, the 5,000-square-meter theater has an area for people to experience the Jingju culture. "I feel today's performance is very special," Zhang said. "Good art should keep pace with the times, so does Jingju," said Zhang Zishang, a 22-year-old performer of "the Drunken Beauty," one of the classic Jingju plays performed in the theater. But in recent decades, the place was once used as a restaurant and a teahouse, and it even left unused for some time after its golden age in the early twentieth century. It has attracted more than 2,000 audiences members, mostly young people, according to theater staff.įamous Jingju masters such as Mei Lanfang and Cheng Yanqiu had once performed in the theater, which was built for folk art shows in 1785. Tianleyuan reopened to the public on June 18, with a Jingju art experience section and fashionable performances. The opera, with a history of more than 200 years, combines instrumental music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics. The centuries-old Tianleyuan Theater in the Qianmen area in downtown Beijing, has introduced fashionable performances of Peking Opera, or Jingju in Chinese, to promote the drama form. The theater is not large and has several levels of seats at different prices many seats are at tables where you can dine while watching the show.BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) - Using modern sound, light and digital stage effects, China's traditional Peking Opera is appealing to young people in a fashionable and innovative way, as the classic art faces an aging audience. The show is in Chinese but with English opening and comments between the acts. Before the opera show starts, you also get a chance to watch a performer applying his face makeup. The music is performed live by a small band using traditional Chinese instruments. The show involves traditional singing, dancing, fighting, acrobatic actions, and stunningly vivid costumes and face painting. The show lasts about an hour and contains two or three extracts from classic operas.
There is a small museum at the entrance showing photos of famous performers as well as robes and costumes. The Huguang Guild Hall is a historic opera house dating back to 1807. If you are interested in Peking Opera and want to spend an evening experiencing traditional Chinese opera culture, then the Huguang Guild Hall opera show is a good choice. Peking Opera, once a popular entertainment form that few young Chinese people listen to these days, is an experience usually appreciated only by its buffs.
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