Troupe to herald Lunar New Year with Peking Opera

On Saturday, when the first day of the Chinese New Year is celebrated, Jingju Theater Company of Beijing will present a show at the concert hall of the Forbidden City.

Excerpts from traditional Peking Opera pieces, such as Auspicious Dragon and the Phoenix and One Good Turn Deserves Another will be staged along with contemporary works, including Red Detachment of Women and Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy. They will be presented by Hu Wen'ge, Chi Xiaoqiu and more than a dozen other performers from the theater company that was founded in 1979.

On Sunday, the company will present another show along with other Peking Opera troupes from Tianjin and Hebei province, featuring veterans like Tan Xiaozeng and Wang Rongrong.