Huguang Guild Hall

On August 25, 1912, the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang or KMT) was founded at the guild hall at a convention of the Revolutionary Alliance, led by Sun Yat-sen, and five smaller pro-revolution parties.

[3] The guild hall held several hundred party activists and several thousand spectators.

[4] Sun, the then Premier of the Republic, was chosen as the party chairman with Huang Xing as his deputy.

[5] The theater is known for its sumptuous interior, which is colored in red, green, and gold, with tables and a stone floor.

[6] The Huguang Guild Hall also contains a small museum which exhibits the theater's history of Beijing opera.