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			<h1><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Old Pictures of Qianmen <font size="+1">前门 - 老图片</font><br>
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									<font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Elaborate wood carvings on a traditional entryway mark the Yangping Opera House </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">阳平会馆戏楼</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (Yángpíng Huìguǎn Xìlóu) was built in 1652. It is located in the Xiaojiang Hutong </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">前门外小江胡同</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (Qiánmén Wàixiǎojiāng Hútòng).  It opened in 2009 after extensive renovations begun in 2002.  It will be the home of a Peking Opera company.  </font>
									<p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The theater is three stories tall and the stage has two levels (see below). These pictures were taken before the renovations. Normally the stage would be painted with enamel. There are famous frescoes of traditional Chinese stories on the walls. </font></p>
									<p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The opera house served as a gathering place for people from Yangping when it was built.  </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">会馆 </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Huìguǎn means club for fellow countrymen.</font></p>
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