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People native to urban Beijing speak the Beijing dialect, which belongs to the Mandarin subdivision of spoken Chinese. This speech is the basis for putonghua, the standard spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan, and one of the four official languages of Singapore. Rural areas of Beijing Municipality have their own dialects akin to those of Hebei province, which surrounds Beijing Municipality.

Beijing or Peking opera is a traditional form of Chinese theater well known throughout the nation. Commonly lauded as one of the highest achievements of Chinese culture, Beijing opera is performed through a combination of song, spoken dialogue, and codified action sequences involving gestures, movement, fighting and acrobatics. Much of Beijing opera is carried out in an archaic stage dialect quite different from Modern Standard Chinese and from the modern Beijing dialect.

Beijing cuisine is the local style of cooking. Peking Roast Duck is perhaps the best known dish. Fuling Jiabing, a traditional Beijing snack food, is a pancake (bing) resembling a flat disk with a filling made from fu ling, a fungus used in traditional Chinese medicine. Teahouses are common in Beijing.

The cloisonné (or Jingtailan, literally "Blue of Jingtai") metalworking technique and tradition is a Beijing art speciality, and is one of the most revered traditional crafts in China. Cloisonné making requires elaborate and complicated processes which include base-hammering, copper-strip inlay, soldering, enamel-filling, enamel-firing, surface polishing and gilding. Beijing's lacquerware is also well known for its sophisticated and intricate patterns and images carved into its surface, and the various decoration techniques of lacquer include "carved lacquer" and "engraved gold".

Younger residents of Beijing have become more attracted to the nightlife, which has flourished in recent decades, breaking prior cultural traditions that had practically restricted it to the upper class. Today, Houhai, Sanlitun and Wudaokou are Beijing's nightlife hotspots.

In 2012 Beijing was named as City of Design and became part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.

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Venues in Beijing (13)

2 W Chang'an Ave
The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) is an arts centre containing an opera house in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The Centre, an ellipsoid dome of titanium and glass surrounded by an artificial lake, seats 5,452 people in three halls and is almost 12,000 m² in size. It was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. Construction started in December 2001 and the inaugural concert was held in December 2007.
175 Yongan Road, Xicheng District
Liyuan Theatre has performed traditional Peking Opera since 1990 and it's one of the leading Opera venues located in former Xuanwu District; the birthplace of Beijing Opera.
36 North East Third Ring Road, Chaoyang District
The Chaoyang Theatre is a massive 3000 square meter theatre hall built in 1984 with both downstairs and upstairs seating which can facilitate up to 1400 spectators. The theatre specialized in acrobatic shows has also hosted Peking Opera and cross talk performances.
85 Jiaodaokoudong Street, Dongcheng
Located in Dongcheng District, Beijing Dongtu Theatre acrobatics show is a Chinese acrobatics “dream team”, said the China National Acrobatic Troupe of experimental theater.
3 Hufang Road, Xicheng District
The Huguang Guild Hall in Beijing is one of Beijing's most renowned Beijing opera (Peking opera) theaters. Regard as one of best wooden theatre in Beijing, the Huguang Guild Hall was first built in 1807, It was one of centers of political and social life in the Late Qing Dynasty, where authoritative officials and average persons had fun together, dining, chatting and watching Beijing Opera staged by famous actors.
3 Qianmen West Street, Xuanwu District
Beijing Lao She Teahouse was founded in 1988, and its predecessor can be traced back to 1979 as the Qianmen Big Bowl of Tea.  Laoshe Teahouse is located in the southwest of Tiananmen Square, adjacent to Dashilan, an ancient commercial street in Beijing, with a unique geographical location and profound cultural heritage.
Xiaowuji North Road, Chaoyang
With light shining upon it, the OCT Theatre looks like a crystal palace. It is not only an architecture feat following the National Theatre, but also a great brilliant pearl of the Happy Valley inlaid in the cultural soil of Beijing city.
44 Xing Fu Da Jie, Dongcheng
The Red Theatre is Originally known as Chongwen Worker's Cultural Palace Theatre. After the renovation, the stage facilities has been dramatically improved and now the theatre specializes in traditional Chinese Kung Fu show - The Legend of Kung Fu.
57 Dianmen West Street, Xicheng District
The modern Shichahai Theatre in Beijing is equiped with world-class equipment, guaranteed to present the show in grand style. With a whopping 2500sq.m. audience, this action packed theatre has it's atmosphere go up to the roof. Huge LED screen, sounds, projector technology brings modern story telling to the stage.
23 Qianmen East Street, Dongcheng District
Note has become the most famous jazz label, top live house and restaurant in the world with clubs over in Tokyo , Milano and many other cities.
68 Xianyukou St., Dongcheng District
If you prefer to see Peking Opera performances in the original old and wooden tea houses, The Tianleyuan Theatre is not to miss, regard as one of the best-known Beijing opera theatres. It is also one of the oldest professional theatres in China.
Gongrentiyuchang Rd, Chaoyang, 100010
Beijing Workers’ Stadium is the home ground of Beijing FC. Established on 31 August 1959, the Workers’ Stadium was nicknamed by the locals as “Gongti” (Chinese abbreviation of “Workers’ Stadium”). Located in Chaoyang District, the venue has 24 stands featuring 63,095 seats.
220 Xiheyan Dajie
The Zhengyici Peking Opera Theatre, located on a hutong in the Xuanwu District of Beijing, is one of the best-known Beijing opera theatres. It is also one of the oldest wooden theatres in China. Zhengyici means a temple (ci) for Zhengyi Xuantan Laozu.
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