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Yisushe Theatre 易俗社剧场Yìsúshè Jùchǎng
National heritage site · Xi'an, Shaanxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xi'an
- Region
- Shaanxi
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Yisushe Theatre
Yisushe, a company founded in 1912 to reform Shaanxi's Qinqiang opera, has performed since 1917 in this theatre, built in 1916 as the Yichunyuan and one of the earliest modern-style theatres surviving in China. The theatre is now the heart of the Yisushe Cultural Block just north-east of the Bell Tower, which also has a museum on the company's century of history and an open-air stage where Qinqiang excerpts have been performed regularly since spring 2023.
How to get to Yisushe Theatre
On West 1st Road (Xiyi Lu), a few minutes' walk north-east of the Bell Tower and Zhonglou metro station.
Nearby
- Bell Tower and Drum Tower 钟楼·鼓楼 under 10 km
Two Ming towers at the heart of the walled city, where bell and drum once marked the day - Muslim Quarter 回民街 under 10 km
Halal street food and a temple-style mosque in the lanes north of the Drum Tower - Forest of Stone Steles Museum 西安碑林博物馆 under 10 km
Inscribed stone tablets of classics, calligraphy and Silk Road history by the south wall - Xi'an City Wall 西安城墙 under 10 km
Cycle all 14 km of a Ming city wall, high above Xi'an's rooftops - Small Wild Goose Pagoda 小雁塔 under 10 km
A slender Tang brick pagoda, cracked by earthquakes, in the grounds of the Xi'an Museum
Also within 20 km: Xi'an City God Temple 西安都城隍庙 (under 10 km), Eighth Route Army Xi'an Office Memorial Hall 八路军西安办事处纪念馆 (under 10 km), Revolution Park 革命公园 (under 10 km), Xi'an Incident Memorial Hall 西安事变纪念馆 (under 10 km), Guangren Temple 广仁寺 (under 10 km), Tang West Market 大唐西市 (under 10 km).
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