Beijing opera, Hutong and local folk culture are just some aspects of the capital's life on show at the new Beijing Museum, which reopens next Friday.

The museum, which focuses on life in Beijing in bygone days, has moved to a purpose-built building in the western part of the city, according to China Daily on Monday.

The 1.23-billion-yuan (152 million US dollars) new venue is expected to receive 2,000 visitors daily. Tickets will be 20 yuan (2.5 dollars) each.

With an area of more than 60,000 square meters, Beijing Museum is second only to the National Museum of China in terms of size.

"To see all the exhibitions in the new museum, it would take at least four or five hours," Cui Xue'an, a consultant at the museum, was cited as saying.

The museum will have 5,622 items on display. The figure is almost 10 times the number of exhibits displayed at the old venue.

The old museum was located in the Confucius Temple in Guozijian Street.

Four years ago, Beijing municipal government started the construction of the new venue in order to put more of the museum's 200,000 relics on show.

The museum will initially have 13 themed exhibitions, presenting a complete picture of the city's history, architecture and folk culture.

In the folk culture section, old Beijing life has been recreated by building two Hutong and a business street based on the capital's ancient alleyways.

To make it more convenient for foreign visitors, there will be information in English and Japanese.

"Other languages will be added in the future," Cui said.

Source: China Daily