Peking Opera, China's "national essence", national opera, has been 200 years old, enjoying high reputation both at home and abroad. It was form in Beijing. According to legend, in the region of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong was interested in local drama. In 1790, to celebrate his 80th birthday, Qianlong gathered together various local theaters performing for him, of which four troupes from Anhui province stayed in Beijing after the celebration. In 1828, a troupe of Hubei came to Beijing. Hereafter, these troupes often performed together, and the two groups gradually formed a new theatrical form, known as Peking Opera. It was popular in the 1930s and 1940s. Now it's the representative of the modern Chinese Han opera as well as a opera of world-class.
京劇，中國(guó)的“國(guó)粹”，國(guó)劇，至今已有200多年的歷史，在國(guó)內(nèi)外享有很高的聲譽(yù)。它形成于北京。據(jù)傳說(shuō)，在清朝乾隆年間，乾隆對(duì)當(dāng)?shù)貞騽『芨信d趣。1790年，為了慶祝他80歲生日，乾隆召集了各個(gè)當(dāng)?shù)貏≡簛?lái)給他表演，其中四個(gè)來(lái)自安徽的劇團(tuán)慶典過(guò)后就留在了北京。1828年，一個(gè)湖北劇團(tuán)來(lái)到北京。從這以后，這些劇團(tuán)經(jīng)常一起表演，后來(lái)兩個(gè)劇團(tuán)漸漸形成了一種新的戲劇形式，稱作京劇。它在20世紀(jì)30年代到40年代很受歡迎。如今，它是當(dāng)代中國(guó)漢劇和世界級(jí)戲劇的代表
