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Guangdong Guild Hall (Tianjin Museum of Theatre) 天津广东会馆Tiānjīn Guǎngdōng Huìguǎn
National heritage site · Tianjin, Tianjin
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Tianjin
- Region
- Tianjin
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Guangdong Guild Hall (Tianjin Museum of Theatre)
Built in 1903–07 with money raised by Cantonese merchants in Tianjin, this guild hall is one of the largest and best-preserved Qing guild-hall complexes in China, with a courtyard house, an apprenticeship hall and a classical opera theatre whose pillarless stage has a domed ceiling that carries sound. Sun Yat-sen spoke here twice in 1912. It now houses the Tianjin Museum of Theatre, with exhibitions on the history of Chinese opera and Peking opera and on opera costume and characters.
How to get to Guangdong Guild Hall (Tianjin Museum of Theatre)
In the old walled-city area of Nankai District, just south of the Drum Tower and about 2.5 km west of Tianjin Railway Station; closed on Mondays.
Nearby
- Five Great Avenues 五大道 under 10 km
Leafy lanes of century-old villas from Tianjin's treaty-port days
Also within 20 km: Former Qianxiangyi Silk Store 谦祥益绸缎庄旧址 (under 10 km), Tianhou Palace (Tianjin Mazu Temple) 天后宫 (under 10 km), Ancient Culture Street (Guwenhua Jie) 古文化街 (under 10 km), Sanchakou Confluence (Grand Canal) 三岔河口 (under 10 km), Former Nankai School (Nankai High School) 南开学校旧址 (under 10 km), Our Lady of Victory Church (Wanghailou) 望海楼教堂 (under 10 km).
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