American students from Western Carolina University visited Beijing's Liyuan Theater on the evening of the 23rd to watch the traditional Peking Opera performance "Stealing the Silver from the Treasury" as part of their summer language and culture program at Beijing University of Technology. The students also viewed a Peking Opera exhibition outside the theater and…
This article invites audiences to experience live Peking Opera at Beijing's Liyuan Theater, featuring two classic excerpts: Dismounting the Horse and The Story of the Black Pot. It highlights the visual splendor and martial arts excitement of the first piece, and the engaging storytelling and dark humor of the second. The article emphasizes that even…
Liyuan Theater, Beijing's first teahouse-style theater, reopened on April 26 with a performance of the Peking Opera classic "The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea" by the Beijing Jingju Theater Company. The theater, which has hosted over 6 million visitors in more than 30 years and welcomed world leaders and celebrities including Stephen Hawking, had been…
