"Picturesque Huizhou" (Hui Yun) is a multimedia show combining the contemporary techniques of sound, sight and electronic effects reproducing the past. It is scheduled to premiere in Huangshan, a famous tourist attraction for its scenic mountain views, before China's National Day Holiday, which begins on October 1.It has become an international business trend that making use cultural heritage to develop local tourism and economy.The show "Picturesque Huizhou" is a cultural performance that takes tourists at home and abroad back in time to the curious eras of Ming and Qing Dynasties.
"Picturesque Huizhou", which directed by Duan Jianping, a famous Chinese director, is in five acts, named "The Seasons in Huangshan Mountain", "The World In Heaven", "Huizhou's Dreams", "Anhui Opera Goes to Beijing" and "The Charming Huizhou Culture".
Show Place: Xiangming Hotel Theather(No.2 Yingbin Avenue, Tunxi Dis, Huangshan, China)
Show Time: 8 p.m. From Monday to Saturday
Ticket Price: Normal seat RMB180/pax; VIP seat RMB280/pax
Reservation hotline: +86 571 85781937
First Act:The seasons in Mt.Huangshan
Mt.Huangshan in spring, the flowers are blooming like a piece of brocade, while the Green is shining through over the Huizhou area. The spring wave changed into the magnificent cloud sea. Plunging waterfall sounds like the thunder, looks like dragon, pouring down from the mountain. Girls are dancing in this wonderland. Look, there's a beautiful butterfly appears in the middle of the audience, dancing with the girls on the stage...
Second Act: World in Heaven
Colourful Clouds and rainbows floating in the sky. In the heaven, the Fairy Maiden fly over the rainbow and wondering freely in the sky. On earth, a group of young lady, pick up the green tea leaves by the foot the mountain Huangshan. Under a big old tree, a young man called Dong Yong met the Fairy Maiden, they fell in love with each other. But suddenly, it thunders with lightning, the divine troops descending from heaven appeared to take the Fairy Maiden back to the heaven. From then on, Fairy Maiden was apart from her beloved man Dong Yong forever. However, from then on, every 7the of the July, millions of Magpies will get together in the sky build a bridge of love so that Fairy Maiden and Dong Yong can go across the bridge to meet their lovers. This moving love story passed down till today.
Third Act: Huizhou's Dreams
The men in Ancient Huizhou were doing the business outside almost all around a year. For the women here marriage means live alone at home. So they often scatter the coin and then collect them back one by one in the night to relieve the loneliness in heart and show their loyalty to their husbands. Huizhou area is not very big but with a large population, and many local people went out for business. It leads to the deep Crisis Consciousness of the people there. Thus, the Hui Merchant take up the main business in a period of great prosperity over 400 years.
Fourth Act: Anhui Opera Goes to Beijing
It was on the birthday (1790)of The Qianlong Emperor in Qing Dyansty, the four main Hui opera troupes come to the palace to give a grand performance for celebrating the birthday of the Emperor, which made a great influence to the Beijing city. From then on, Hui opera developed very quickly, it gradually formed the quintessence of Chinese culture----Beijing Opera
Fifth Act: The Charming Huizhou Culture
At last scene, all the performers are singing and dancing joyously, Anhui Flower-drum Lanterns, dancing, acrobatics, melodies of chiness best ballads, gives you the most local and Chinese art feeling.