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. The show is in Chinese but with English opening and comments between the acts. There are about 1000 traditional plays in Peking Opera and three to four hundreds are frequently performed, including some classical plays adapted from other. 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. Peking opera, also known as Beijing opera, is a complicated Chinese stage art which combines performances, acrobatics, music, arias, gongs, drums, facial pai. 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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