Beijing News (Reporter Dai Xuan) Shichahai Street is the northernmost end of the Grand Canal water transport terminal. Ships once shuttled and merchants gathered. The origin of Peking Opera is also closely connected with this place. On August 14, the Old Drum Tower Community of Shichahai Street, located at the northern end of the central axis, held a Peking Opera charity performance.
Today, Shichahai Street and Mei Lanfang Memorial Hall held the "Meet Mei Lanfang in Shichahai" series of activities on the "Birthplace of Peking Opera". Peking opera masters from the Mei Lanfang Memorial Hall performed plays such as "The Drunken Concubine", "Mu Guiying Takes Command" and "Farewell My Concubine" at the Old Drum Tower Community Charity Theater.
"I have loved Peking Opera since I was a child, but I rarely had the opportunity to watch it live. It's great to see such a wonderful performance in the community this time!" An elderly resident said that the event allowed her to relive her childhood memories and feel the charm of traditional culture.
It is reported that in the future, Shichahai Street will continue to carry out the "Meet Mei Lanfang in Shichahai" brand cultural activity, explore more diversified and more down-to-earth publicity methods, and let traditional culture such as Peking Opera enter in a more vivid and distinctive form Mass life, stimulate more people’s interest and love for traditional culture, and jointly promote the inheritance of China’s excellent traditional culture.
editor, Zhang Qian
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