Beijing Opera Museum

Beijing Opera Museum

Beijing Opera Museum was officially completed and opened to the public on September 6, 1997. This is the 100th Museum in Beijing. Huguang guild hall was built in 1807, including a group of buildings, such as Daxi building, Xiangxian temple, Wenchang Pavilion, Baoshan hall, Chuwan hall, Fengyu Huairen Hall, etc. In those days, it was a place where students and businessmen from Hunan and Hubei provinces came to Beijing to live together. It has a long history and profound cultural connotation. At the same time, it has a fine cultural tradition of Peking Opera. It can be called a place where people and culture gather.

Development history

In 1912, the great revolutionary pioneer Dr. Sun Yat Sen visited Huguang guild hall five times to deliver political speeches, and presided over the founding meeting of the Kuomintang here on August 25. In order to give full play to the comprehensive function of the research and popularization of traditional Chinese opera, 1996 In the spring of, Huguang guild hall opened first, and every night famous artists from Beijing Peking Opera Theater performed wonderful operas. The basic exhibition of the Opera Museum is "a brief history of Beijing Opera". With detailed and precious opera literature, cultural relics, pictures and audio-visual materials, the museum shows the audience the development history of Beijing Opera with Beijing opera as the main art. The exhibits are all collected through hardships, including Beijing opera The pictures of famous dramatists Wang Yaoqing and Mei Lanfang, and the costumes of martial arts star Yang Xiaolou. After learning about the history of Beijing opera, it's a great pleasure to go to the Grand Theater to enjoy tea and watch wonderful performances.

architectural composition

The guild hall is generally divided into three parts. The main body is the center. The north end of the central axis is the main hall, the middle is the living room, and the south end is the theater building. The main buildings include: Theater, Wenchang Pavilion, Xiangxian temple, Chuwan hall, etc. Huguang Guildhall is one of the four existing Guildhall in Beijing. The theater floor is five rooms wide, and the careful room is the stage. The column width is 5.68 meters, and the depth is seven rooms. The East, West and north sides of the second floor are the buildings, and the south side is the stage. The backstage is five rooms, and the height is two floors. The theater building is a beam type wood structure with double roll eaves hanging on the top of the mountain and tile roof. Now the theater has resumed its performance function, mainly performing classic Peking Opera. There is also a Beijing Opera Museum. The main exhibition is "a brief exhibition of the history of Beijing Opera", with detailed and precious opera literature, cultural relics, pictures and audio-visual materials to show the audience the development history of Beijing Opera with Beijing and Kunming Art as the main part

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Collection

In the ancient theater, you can enjoy the original quality operas and experience the unique cultural atmosphere of the old Beijing theater. The theater can not only be used as a performance venue, but also provide venue services for various large-scale conferences, fraternities, hall meetings, celebrations and other activities. Other buildings in the museum, such as Wenchang Pavilion, Baoshan hall, Fengyu Huairen Hall and Chuwan hall, have been put into full use. Huguang guild hall is equipped with catering services with pear garden characteristics to create a viewing and shopping environment with strong oriental cultural color. Huguang guild hall is welcoming guests at home and abroad with a brand new look and colorful culture and art. The main display of the Opera Museum is "a brief exhibition of the history of Beijing Opera". With detailed and precious opera literature, cultural relics, pictures and audio-visual materials, it shows the audience the development history of Beijing Opera with Beijing and Kunming Art as the main part. It has high artistic value and ornamental value. In order to meet the needs of the vast number of guests at home and abroad, Huguang Club restaurant is specially set up in the Opera Museum to create characteristic dishes with opera art connotation. The combination of opera culture and diet culture is ingenious. At present, Beijing Opera Museum has become a cultural highlight of opera performance, visit, discussion, popularization and foreign cultural exchange in the south of Beijing. It is an art palace integrating knowledge and entertainment. In the elegant and quiet ancient theater, there are excellent opera performances by famous Peking opera artists every night, and classic plays by famous Peking opera artists in Beijing and Kunming every Sunday morning "Gengyangji", the old box office of Beijing Opera in, provides you with a stage to display your talents and a place to entertain yourself and meet friends.

Historical records

According to historical records, the former Huguang guild hall was built in the 12th year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1807 A.D.), and a large stage was added during the reign of Daoguang. The guild hall is west to East, and the general hall is open

Covering an area of more than 43000 square meters, the door is inlaid with exquisite brick carvings. In the front hall there is a theater, in the middle there are Wenchang Pavilion, Xiangxian temple, ziwujing, etc. in the back hall there are Baoshan hall, Chuwan hall, fengfenghuairen hall and a small garden. The theater building is located in the front of the guild hall. There are two upper and lower floors on the north, East and west sides, which can accommodate thousands of people. There is a couplet: "Wei Kai's reign is magnificent, just like a dream in Dongting; Kangqu's dance, together with the palace and merchants, is still white and sunny.". Huguang guild hall was later established as Beijing Opera Museum, which undertakes the task of popularizing opera knowledge and displaying excellent opera works. The grand theater building of Huguang guild hall has restored its former style. The sky screen of the stage is a colorful pattern of dragon and Phoenix, peony, bat and Ruyi auspicious embroidered with yellow gold silk. After the Republic of China, Tan Xinpei, Yu Shuyan, Mei Lanfang and other masters of Peking Opera performed here, which made it a famous place for opera performance at that time.

There is a couplet, about 3.6 meters long, hanging from the holding column in front of the theater. The couplet says: the Wei que Dynasty is full of splendor, just like a cloud dream in Dongting, and the Kang Qu dance palace is still in the white. On the top of the stage is the flat forehead of "singing together in neon clothes", and the black ground is full of golden characters. On the second floor, there are 12 boxes in the box style. The viewing pool and the box are equipped with antique hardwood furniture to enjoy tea and opera.

Development and perfection

Beijing Opera Museum has become an art palace integrating knowledge and entertainment, which is a cultural highlight of opera performance, visit, discussion, popularization and foreign cultural exchange in the south of Beijing. The main display of the museum is "a brief exhibition of the history of Beijing Opera", with detailed and precious opera literature, cultural relics, pictures and audio-visual materials, showing the audience the development history of Beijing Opera with Beijing and Kunming Art as the main part. The exhibits include pictures of famous Peking Opera masters Wang Yaoqing and Mei Lanfang, and costumes for the performance of Wu Sheng's champion Yang Xiaolou. Huguang Club restaurant is specially set up in the museum to create special dishes with artistic connotation of traditional Chinese opera, which skillfully combines traditional Chinese opera culture with catering culture. Beijing Huguang guild hall is composed of Grand Theater, Wenchang Pavilion, Baoshan hall and Fengyu Huairen Hall. There is a well in front of the museum called "Ziwu well", which is called "Ziwu well" because according to historical records, at midnight and noon, the water from the well is extremely sweet, while the water in the well at other times is bitter. There are two stone tablets on both sides of the well, which were written by Shi Huibao and Xu Lanyuan, the famous lodgers of Liyuan, respectively. They record the process of purchasing the Yiyuan (cemetery) for the poor peers and the amount of donations. It has been nearly ten years since its re opening. During this period, the leaders and staff of the guild hall are making continuous efforts to build the guild hall into a first-class one in line with international standards. Huguang guild hall is a cultural front for external publicity. In order to facilitate domestic and foreign audiences to better appreciate the infinite charm of Chinese opera, the gongs and drums at the opening of Beijing opera will be heard in the Grand Theater at 7:30 every night, because a large number of foreign guests from all over the world come to the guild hall to watch Beijing opera. Following the Chinese and English subtitles, the theater has also launched simultaneous translation services in English and Japanese, which has been highly praised by international friends.

After repair, Huguang guild hall is more magnificent. The abstract facial sculpture on the square in front of the door is full of the flavor of the times of national culture. The newly built traditional screen wall adds a bit of simplicity and solemnity to the appearance of the guild hall. The radiant grand theater building provides visitors at home and abroad with an "authentic" oriental classical theater. Today, it is a tourist attraction with the style of an ancient capital integrating sightseeing, sightseeing, catering and shopping. With the rapid development of market economy, Huguang guild hall is also keeping up with the pace of the times. While improving the hardware facilities of the guild hall, the workflow and service are also constantly improving, and gradually reaching the international level. As a cultural relic, Huguang guild hall symbolizes the long history of Chinese history and culture, and also represents the combination of ancient and modern features of the capital. It is a special and beautiful scenery in the capital. In the spring of 1996, Huguang guild hall grand theater building was opened to the public. In the elegant and quiet ancient theater, there are wonderful opera performances by Beijing Opera masters every night, and the classic plays by Beijing and Kunming opera masters are staged on weekends. Every Sunday morning, there is a hundred year old box office "gengyangji" of Beijing opera to provide the masses with a stage to display their talents and a place to entertain themselves and meet friends. A brief history exhibition of Chinese opera, Beijing Huguang guild hall 200 years history exhibition, old theater, Ziwu well, opera relics, props, etc. Characteristic projects: Opera exhibition, guild hall building. Fixed display: Chinese opera history exhibition, Huguang guild hall history exhibition.

Visit information

Transportation: take No.6, 14, 15, 23, 25, 45, 66, 102 to Hufangqiao station

Address: No.3 Hufang Road, Xicheng District, Beijing

Longitude: 116.384097

Latitude: 39.888845

Tel: 010-63518284

Ticket information: market price: 10.0 yuan

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