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，中國的“國粹”，國劇，至今已有200多年的歷史，在國內外享有很高的聲譽。它形成于北京。據傳說，在清朝乾隆年間，乾隆對當地戲劇很感興趣。1790年，為了慶祝他80歲生日，乾隆召集了各個當地劇院來給他表演，其中四個來自安徽的劇團慶典過后就留在了北京。1828年，一個湖北劇團來到北京。從這以后，這些劇團經常一起表演，后來兩個劇團漸漸形成了一種新的戲劇形式，稱作京劇。它在20世紀30年代到40年代很受歡迎。如今，它是當代中國漢劇和世界級戲劇的代表。

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