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The establishment of '''Cui Yongping Art Museum of Leather-Silhouette Show''' fills in a gap of Beijing museums. The museum is reconstructed by three apartments in the ground floor, and the area covering about 250 square meters. More than 10,000 pieces of leather-silhouette works of different periods such as [[Ming dynasty]], [[Qing Dynasty]], [[Republic of China]], [[Anti-Japanese War]], in different places such as [[Hebei]], [[Shangdong]], [[Sichuang]] and [[Shaanxi]] province, as well as part of the works [[Cui Yongping]] designed by himself are collected in the museum. In order to collect the leather-silhouette works in various places and the related historical materials, Cui left his footprints on the most of the ground of China.

The collected leather-silhouette works in the museum cover a wide range of subjects, including historical novels, folklores, fairy tales, fables and modern stories. On a wall of the museum, 500 leather-silhouette head portraits are displayed according to the four roles in traditional Chinese opera: male role, female role, painted-faced role and comic role. In addition, there are introduction of working procedures, the historical materials, stage property, scripts and the live performance of leather-silhouette shows in the museum.

Further Information:

Address: the ground floor, Entrance D, Building 16, Jinqiao Garden (housing estate), Majuqiao, [[Tongzhou district]], [[Beijing]]

Bus route: take No. 732, 927 bus to the stop of Majuqiao then go to Jinqiao Garden

Self-drive route: along the route of Yongdingmen-Muxiyuan- Chengsousi-yizhuang-Majuqiao to Jinqiao Garden  

Opening hours: 9:00-17:00

Admission Fee: RMB 50 Yuan(foreigners, including performance), 10 Yuan, 5 Yuan (student)

Restaurants nearby: Koufuju Restaurant, Yihaiqing Restaurant, Yulin Roast Duck Restaurant

Tel: 8610-60502692, 13681223653
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