Duanzhangbian - Hu Opera After Lu Xun Tickets

Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Centre, Beijing, China

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Available Dates: 19 - 20 Dec, 2026 (2 events)

Important Info

Type: Opera Chinese

City: Beijing, China

Duration: 1h 20min

Ticket delivery: E-Tickets

E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.

Can I choose my seats?

You can only select the category, and not the exact seats.
If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
If you order 4 or more tickets: your seats will be next to each other, or, if this is not possible, we will provide a combination of groups of seats (at least in pairs, for example 2+2 or 2+3).

Cast

Performers

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Creators

Opera Company: Shanghai Huju Opera House

Overview

Qian Ying plays four roles in Duanzhangbian, a Hu opera that brings three Lu Xun stories into a paper world of awakening, love and social constraint.

Qian Ying plays the chronicler Duanzhangbian, White Light, Zijun and Xianglin’s Wife. Shi Jiajie portrays Chen Shicheng, Juansheng and the Threshold; Wu Xiaobo plays A Sui, a pet dog who supports Zijun and observes her fate.

The paper-stage concept draws on Lu Xun’s The White Light, Regret for the Past and The New Year Sacrifice. Characters break through a manuscript grid as Chen Shicheng pursues examination success, Zijun follows love towards freedom, and Xianglin’s Wife seeks redemption.

Director Zeng Huicheng, credited as Chris Zeng, uses movement and light in this setting. Simon Wells designs movable text grids, while writer Zhang Yize and composer Hong Liyong bring contemporary perspectives to Hu opera’s traditional vocal style and modern musical language.

Paper tickets must be collected from the East Ticket Hall machines for entry through the East Gate; food, drinks, bottled water, flowers and noisy plastic bags are barred from the auditorium, and photography or recording is prohibited during the performance.

Venue Info

Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Centre - Beijing
9 South Tianqiao Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing (北京市西城区天桥南大街9号)

Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Centre is a theatrical complex in Xicheng District focusing on musicals, with four theatres of 300 to 1,600 seats.

Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Centre is a comprehensive theatrical complex that focuses on musicals, and also hosts plays, dance dramas, concerts, ballet and symphony concerts. Its Grand Theatre seats 1,600 and is described as Beijing's first professional theatre for large-scale musicals. The complex also includes a 1,000-seat medium theatre, a 400-seat small theatre and a 300-seat multifunctional theatre.