Musicology Annotation << Back Beijing Opera jingju in old theaters of the Chinese capital Tuyana B. Budaeva Today Beijing Opera, or Jingju (京剧, «capital performance») become the most famous Chinese theatrical genre which is well-known all over the world. In Beijing it is possible to listen to Jingju not only in high-tech modern theaters, but also in little old venues which were famous one-two hundred years ago and now they are getting back their audience providing specifi c atmosphere, traditional architecture style and natural voices without using microphones. These places are situated in formerly so-called Qianmen-wai district of Beijing. They do not belong to the imperial palace ensembles, but all of them are located in four Qing period guild halls as soon as only they are remained in the whole capital. In the following article the two of them, Zhengyici Temple Theater and Huguang Guild Hall Theater (now it is also a Beijing Peking Opera Museum), will be described as the presentday theaters with regular Jingju and Kunqu performances. Keywords: Beijing Opera, Jingju, Kunqu, Zhengyici, Huguang Huiguan, Huguang Guild Hall Theater, Beijing Opera Museum, old Chinese theaters, traditional architecture Chinese theaters. Contacts: E-mail: tbudaeva@mail.ru Pp. 22-33.