One way to celebrate Chinese New Year is to take in a performance of Peking Opera. Veteran performers from Beijing Peking Opera Theater, including Wang Rongrong, Chi Xiaoqiu and Zhang Huifang, will stage several performances throughout the festival. Classical repertories, such as Drunken Concubine, Yang Silang Visits His Mother, and modern works, including Takeover of Weihu Mountain, will be performed.
7:30 pm, Jan 31, Feb 1. Forbidden City Concert Hall, inside Zhongshan Park, west of Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng district, Beijing.
010-6559-8285.