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Beijing culture

|Updated : 2020-08-05

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Autumn light casts shadows on an old door in a Beijing hutong, Sept 3, 2018. [Photo/VCG]

Beijing culture, or Beijing-style culture, is the custom, etiquette and moral standard which is beneficial to social progress formed by the people in Beijing area in the long-term production and life, bearing the nostalgia of the people. 

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A group of foreign expats living in Beijing learned about the art of Peking Opera. [Photo by Zou Hong for China Daily]

Beijing's development of Beijing-style culture adheres to attain from an open yet critical perspective to retain the city's historical and cultural memories, allowing diversity and giving renewed vitality to its citizens.