At the end of the ceremony, children from the Xi Liushujing Kindergarten chanted The Birth of Peking Opera.
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Children from the Xi Liushujing Kindergarten chant The Birth of Peking Opera poem. [Photo by Gao Meng/chinadaily.com.cn] |
The 245-meter-long Baishun Hutong was home to the opera troupes from Anhui province when they first came to Beijing in the Qing Dynasty. Their arrival was a milestone for the formation of Peking Opera. Since then, the hutong became the training epicenter for professional opera and a gathering place for many renowned opera actors and actresses.