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History

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. In 1911, it changed its name to Hozen Cha-en () and later changed to Eizen Cha-en (). Among the plays that were played there mostly in Japanese, there was also a Beijing Opera "Renmian Taohua" (), played in

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. A large-scale reconstruction was begun in 1931 and completed in 1933. In the following year, 1934, a grand opening of Kousai Daibutai (, Hongji Dawutai in Chinese or Hongji Grand Stage in English) was held. Among the various plays for the grand opening, there was also a Beijing Opera "Peng-gong-an" (). At the end of World War II, Hongji Grand Stage was confiscated by the City of Dalian, and, from 1949, was used as a club for the Dalian Police Department. In 1963, it became the Dalian Lu-Da

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Theater, and, in October 2010, returned to its former name of Hongji Grand Stage, which the Dalian Beijing Opera Company started to use as its main theater, after abandoning to use Qilin Grand Stage (), the former

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Dalian Buddhist Temple. In Dalian, there are other important theaters, such as Dalian People's Culture Club, Working People's Theater-Doudou Grand Stage (, mainly for

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Dalian Beijing Opera Company

Dalian Beijing Opera Company is the center of Beijing Opera in Dalian. Although Beijing Opera was played during Japan's occupation of Dalian 1905-1945, the Company was established in April 1949 and changed its name to the current one in May 2007.

Gallery

File:HongqiTheater-Bldg.jpg, Hongji Grand Stage in the evening File:HongqiTheater-Play1.jpg, Beijing Opera " Guifei Drunk with Wine" () being played File:HongqiTheater-Play2.jpg, Beijing Opera "Guifei Drunk with Wine" being played File:HongqiTheater-Schedule.jpg, The schedule of Beijing Operas File:HongqiTheater-Party.jpg, A dinner party with Beijing Opera

References

External links

Dalian Beijing Opera Company
{{authority control Buildings and structures in Dalian Peking opera Chinese opera theatres Theatre museums in China Theatres completed in 1931