Lao She Teahouse

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  • Address
    3rd fl, 3 Qianmen Xidajie, Chóngwén
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  • Phone
    6304 6334
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  • Transport
    underground rail: Hepingmen or Qianmen

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Lonely Planet review

This popular teahouse has nightly shows of Beijing opera, cross-talk and acrobatics. Walk in past a statue of former US president George Bush on your right and head upstairs. Evening performances of Beijing opera, folk art, music, acrobatics and magic are the most popular. Phone ahead or check online for the schedule.

There are several halls: in the small hall there is folk music ( to Monday to Friday), and in the large hall there are folk music and tea ceremony performances ( to Friday), theatrical performances ( to Wednesday and Friday), and matinee Beijing opera performances ( to Sunday).

Enter the teahouse past statues of Weituo, Sakyamuni and Guanyin on your left and an effigy of President Bush on your right.

The teahouse is named after the celebrated Běijīng writer Lao She, who has a museum dedicated to him.