Peking Opera is always loved by Chinese and Westerners, for it is an art which impresses you all the time. But it is not an easy business for its actors, for it includes singing, dancing, dialogue and acrobatic skills, all of which tell you a vivid story or present different ancient heroes or bad guys or even common people. It also shows you their feelings of happiness, anger, sorrow, 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 presented. But anyway you will enjoy it a lot.

The following are the theaters where you can watch this opera:

Huguang Huiguan Ancient Opera Building

Address: 3 Hufang Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing

Tel: 63529134

Time: 9:00-19: 00 closed on Monday

Bus: Take Bus No. 5, 6, 23, 50, 53, 102 or 105 and get off at Hufangqiao stop.

Ticket: 150 RMB

Liyuan Theatre

Address: 1/FQianmenHotel, Yongan Road, Hufangqiao, Xuanwu District, Beijing

Tel: 63540841

Bus: Take Bus No. 19, 40, 59, 61, 122 or 819 and get off at Hufangqiao stop.

Ticket: 20-150 RMB

Chang'an Grand Theatre

Address: In the Guanghua Chang’an piazza, East Chang’an Avenue

Tel: 65101309

Time: afternoon and evening show

Ticket: 20-180 RMB