Staging a celebration

Jingju Theater Company of Beijing will stage four classic Peking Opera pieces-The Lucky Purse, Yang Silang Visits His Mother, The Matchmaker and Auspicious Dragon and Phoenix-to celebrate Spring Festival. Star performers of the company, including Ma Botong, Wang Xueqing and Zhu Qiang, will perform leading roles. Founded in 1979, the company, formerly known as Beijing Peking Opera Theater, has a long tradition of keeping the 200-year-old genre alive and training younger generations of performers.

7:30 pm, Feb 13-17. National Center for the Performing Arts. No 2 West Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng district, Beijing. 010-6655-0000.