Beijing the capital city of China is the country's leading center of learning and culture. The city is surrounded by more than 50 institutions of research and education plus the National Library of Beijing, the famous Palace Museum and the Beijing Opera.

Once you get there, there are many things that you can know about China and the depth of its culture. Beijing caters hundreds of tourist scenic views that attract thousands and thousands of people every year. There are many Beijing hotels that could cater your need of a comfortable and convenient visit in Beijing while you are far away from the comforts of your own country.

As the most important center of education and culture of China, you should not fail to see also Beijing Opera in Beijing as you should not fail to see the Great Wall. As one of the national treasure of China, Beijing Opera has more than 200 years of history.

Beijing opera is believed to be one of the most inspiring kind of opera in China that visitor should watch. In the year 1790 during the Qing Dynasty there was these four big Huiban Opera Troupes that entered Beijing Capital and combined with Kunqu opera, Yiyang opera, Hanju opera and Luantan in Beijing's theatrical field at that period. With more than half a century of mixture and combination of various kinds of opera there came the existing Beijing opera.

Beijing Opera contains mainly about the tales of succeeding dynasties in China with regards to historical events of its leaders, its emperors, ministers and its generals. Visiting Beijing and seeing Beijing Opera is truly a fantastic experience from its music to costumes and tales it portrayed.

The tuneful instruments used in Beijing opera includes mainly of wind instruments, stringed instruments and percussion instruments. The main musical instruments is jinghu, a two-stringed bowed instrument; yueqin, a four-stringed plucked instrument with a full-moon-shaped sound box,; sanxian, a three-stringed plucked instrument, suona horn, flute drum and other percussion instruments like large-gong, cymbals, tiny-gong and many others.

Every costume is a masterpiece of art and craft. The costumes used in Beijing Opera are graceful, elegant and bright. It truly shows the beauty of traditional Chinese embroidery like surface embroidery with gold or silver threads; woolen embroidery with silk and gold threads and many others. Each costume is said to take months or even a year by a handicraftsman to finish the best designs and patterns.

Be enthralled with Beijing opera's music, its colorful costumes and the ancient tales of old it portrays as you tour around Beijing with Beijing hotels as your home while you're away from your own home.