Entertainment

Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s Practical A-Z

The home-grown entertainment is Běijīng opera (京剧, Jīng jù) for which the usual great antiquity is either claimed or assumed, but which is an early-19th century or at best late-18th century amalgam of ideas from puppet theatre…

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Ornate 19th-century Běijīng opera theatre
Part of A Better Guide to Beijing’s coverage of South of Qián Mén

The building is a short walk south down Nán Xīnhuá Jiē from the Liúlichǎng ‘antiques’ street…