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Taichi with English narration
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| A veteran Taichi teacher, about 38, teaches the basic 24 movements,
pusing-hands and self-defense techniques. It fits for the beginner's and
intermediate level.
Time : 10:00--12:00am, every Sunday morning
Place: Bamboo Garden Hotel, No. 24, xiaoshiqiao hutong, Jiu Gulou Street, Northwest of Drum Tower in the down town.
Fee : 60 each time
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Paper-cut works on show
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| Time: Daily
Place: Liu Ren Paper-cut House
Tel: 66011946,
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Chinese ink & water painting class
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| To learn the techniques of paint a bird, flower, or lady with brushes. The
Chinese philosophy and culture will also be included.
Time : 7:00--9:00 pm, every Wednesday
Place: Library Bar, first floor, Tower B of East Gate Plaza, right behind
the Poly Plaza at the East Second Ring Road. (Opposite to the icecream shop of Baskin & Robbins in the building.)
Fee : 60 yuan each week
English narration, tools and materials are provided.
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Big-bowl-tea
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| Ten yuan (US$1.2) for a cup of Chinese tea and live performance of Peking Opera is the tempting offer up for grabs at Dawancha (big-bowl-tea) Theatre, a new branch of Lao She Tea-house.
The atmosphere of a traditional Chinese tea-house of the past is evoked with window seats overlooking Tian'anmen Square.
Place : west side of north end of Qianmen Dajie, facing the Arrow Tower
Tel : 6318-4723, 6318-2107
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Acrobatic show
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|  The Tianqiao area of Beijing won its name as the city's major outdoor performance site for acrobatics shows before the founding of New China in 1949.
Acrobatic shows are still staged every evening in a theatre located in the Tianqiao area.
The shows, put on by the Beijing Acrobatics Troupe, include many national or world award-winning programmes.
Time : 7 pm, daily
Place: Wansheng Theatre
Price: 100 yuan (US$12.0)
Tel : 65287750 ext 198
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Chinese Table Talk
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| In an exquisite library bar of a luxurious membership club, we offer two
hour Chiense-speaking and learning environment. For the first hour we
provide international cuisine and chance to talk to Chinese fellow friends
and teachers around two tables.
One table for beginners and the other for intermediate level.
An entertaining Chinese class will be given in the second hour. When you can learn to read and write some Chinese, and also some street talks, comic stories and Chinese songs, etc.
Time : 7:00--9:00 pm, Every Tuesday
Place: Library Bar, first floor, Tower B of East Gate Plaza, right behind
the Poly Plaza at the East Second Ring Road. (Opposite to the icecream shop of Baskin & Robbins in the building.) Just close to the subway station Dongsi Shitiao.
Fee: 66 yuan each week
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A modern Kungfu story
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| Kungfu has a long history in Chinese culture. While it is the martial art of warriors, the Shaolin monks master the art as part of their journey towards Buddha. The manifestation of their expertise to the public, wowing their audience with their masterful tactics and discipline, has won rave reviews internationally.
The Legend of Kungfu moves ahead of the generic exhibitionist nature of performances to introduce a tale of learning, expressed by blending Kungfu with mondern dance.
Time : 7:30 pm, daily
Place: Red Theatre, 44 Xinfu Dajie, Chongwenmen District
Tel : 67103671, 67142473
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Ming-style theatre
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| The Liyuan Theatre presents traditional Peking Opera excerpts specially packaged in short programmes for foreign audiences in its original style.
The theatre revives the ambience of old Beijing by setting up Ming-style tables that enable guests to sample snacks during the performances.
With an interpretation in English, the performances are from the Beijing Peking Opera Theatre.
Time: 7:30 pm daily
Place: Qianmen Hotel, 175 Yong'an Lu, Xuanwu District
Tel: 6301-6688 ext 8867
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Peking Opera
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|  Two excerpts of Peking Opera are being staged every evening at the Zhengyici Theatre.
The programmes include wenxi (excerpts mainly with singing and performing) like "Duan Qiao (The Broken Bridge)," "Tiannu Sanhua (The Goddess of Heaven Scatters Flowers)," as well as wuxi (excerpts full of acrobatic fighting) such as "Sanchakou (The Crossroads)."
Built more than 300 years ago, the Zhengyici Theatre has a longer history than many foreign famous opera houses. It is one of the few wood-structure ancient theatres still well preserved in China.
Time : 7:30 pm, daily
Place: Zhengyici Theatre
Price : 80-280 yuan (US$9.6-33.7)
Tel : 8315-3150
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Magic: That's magic!
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| The young, energetic performers from the Magic Troupe of Hebei Provincial Acrobatics Group will make doves appear as if from nowhere, make humans disappear and appear again - after being "stabbed" by swords inside an iron box! Also look out for "flying" cards, fish angling like you've never seen it before and all sorts of clever work with knotted Chinese rings.
You'll also see umbrella tossing, handkerchief spinning and human juggling, as well as mimicry of ducks, birds, pigs, cars and more.
Scenes change smoothly and quickly and the 200-seat theatre allows the audience to have a really close-up view of the action.
Time : 6-7 pm, 7:30-8:30 pm, nightly
Place: Chaoyang Theatre, 36 Dongsanhuan Beilu (Northeastern Part of Third Ring Road), Chaoyang District
Price : 120 to 200 yuan (US$14.45-24.09)
Tel: 6506-8116, 6507-2421
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Shanghai Acrobatics
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| The Shanghai Grand Theatre Acrobats twist and tumble, deftly defying the laws of gravity and anatomy.
Time : 7.30pm, Daily
Place: Odeum at the Shanghai Centre Theatre, 1376 Nanjing Xi Lu
Price : RMB 50, 80, 100.
Tel : 6279 8663
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