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Impression Pingyao
<<Impression Pingyao>>" describes a heritage, life and growth in nature: the story of the late Qing Dynasty, the Pingyao County club Zhao Yishuo arrived as the property exchange, from Russia and...
<<Impression Pingyao>>" describes a heritage, life and growth in nature: the story of the late Qing Dynasty, the Pingyao County club Zhao Yishuo arrived as the property exchange, from Russia and back to a semicolon blood Wang Zhanggui. With 232 biaoshi go public security. Seven years later, Zhao Dongjia himself with 232 biaoshi all died on the way, while the royal blood continuity.
The performance by the "wife", "biaoshi bath", "soul home" and "show" segment, highlights the Pingyao people's moral tradition, and because of the traditional and the elucidation of the tragic feelings. A feature is valuable, Pingyao is in the moral spirit of folk, historical facts presented based on highly purified, such as "farewell", "choose a wife". At the same time, about the visual form is not only rich in literature, more profound, the symbolic meaning of the means to express. Such as: the positive performance of biaoshi's death, and the city wall of the ghost to show biaoshi's spirit and soul, which is very creative, very literary conception. These fragments not only impact the feelings of the audience, let the audience to remember those characters, but also reflects the creator's philosophy.
With the previous "impression" series of live performance are very different, "Pingyao" and see the original breakthrough using the real landscape scenery, but moved to the interior, and the ancient city's elements and performance together organically. The labyrinth theatre has complicated spatial segmentation, completely different from the traditional theater: walk through several different forms of theme space in 90 minutes, the audience can pick up the ancestors of fragments of life: the end of the Qing Pingyao City escort, Zhao courtyard, street, South Gate Plaza, from the numerous pieces of PEEP story clue...... Look at the real performance was like a "through" the audience, sometimes like spectators, sometimes like a witness.
The live performance is a new attempt, in this regard, Wang Chaoge believes that the "impression" series is a live performance, from the "impression" to the "impression of Lijiang" to "West Lake impression", are based on the landscape as the core, from the creation of live performance for 10 years now, an artist should never be afraid to take a step further. "Outdoor in the north is not suitable for everyone, the frozen winter landscape of Pingyao County is not big enough, is completely, its character of humanity, so I want to art reproduction words, not to close it, but slightly out of a point, praise it in the periphery, so to build a large theater here."
What is the Spring Festival?
The spring festival the lunar new year is the most important traditional national festival in China. It is called nian(年) in Chinese. As originally written. the Chinese character nian mean"harvest".
...The spring festival the lunar new year is the most important traditional national festival in China. It is called nian(年) in Chinese. As originally written. the Chinese character nian mean"harvest".
The celebration of the spring festival is more or less similar across the country. People set off firecrackers which enliven the festival and bring great joy to people especially to children.
During the spring festival the Chinese people eat a lot of good food. In north China, the most popular food is dumplings. In South China , for breakfast on New Year's Day , round rice glutinous dumplings are served to signify family reunion.
In Prusuit of Happiness
When stepping into the nuptial chamber , the bridegroom and bride hold either end of a red silk ribbon with a heart shaped bundle hanging from the middle , suggesting that the couple are resolved to share each other's weal and woe forever, The bridegroom and bride then will each cut off a...
When stepping into the nuptial chamber , the bridegroom and bride hold either end of a red silk ribbon with a heart shaped bundle hanging from the middle , suggesting that the couple are resolved to share each other's weal and woe forever, The bridegroom and bride then will each cut off a tuft of hair and weave the two tufts in to a bundle, suggesting that from now and they will be chained together as an officially married couple. Peony flowers are often embroidered on the pillows and sheets on the nuptial bed along with a white crested bird . The peony flowers , symbolize riches and honor and the white crested bird ,the hope that the couple will love each other until their hair turns white.
Top Datong Tours
$999 Per Day
7 Days Shanxi Highlights tour
Day 01 Arrival in Datong (no meal)
Arrival in Datong by train or bus in the evening, be picked up and transferred to the hotel.
Day 02 Datong (B, L)
Visit the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site – Yungang Grottoes. Then proceed to ancient Huayan Temple of Liao and Jin Dynasty and Nine Dragon Screen.
Day 03 Datong – Mount Wutai (B, L)
Drive to visit Hanging Temple, Wooden Pagoda at Ying County, which is the oldest existent fully wooden pagoda still standing in China, first built in 1056. Overnight at Wutaishan city....Read more
Day 01 Arrival in Datong (no meal)
Arrival in Datong by train or bus in the evening, be picked up and transferred to the hotel.
Day 02 Datong (B, L)
Visit the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site – Yungang Grottoes. Then proceed to ancient Huayan Temple of Liao and Jin Dynasty and Nine Dragon Screen.
Day 03 Datong – Mount Wutai (B, L)
Drive to visit Hanging Temple, Wooden Pagoda at Ying County, which is the oldest existent fully wooden pagoda still standing in China, first built in 1056. Overnight at Wutaishan city.
Day 04 Mount Wutai – Taiyuan (B, L)
Half day tour to Mount Wutai, one of the four holy mountains for Buddhists in China, you will tour the Xiantong Temple, Pusading Temple and Tayuan Temple. After lunch, drive 4 hours to Taiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi Province.
Day 05 Taiyuan - Pingyao (B, L)
After breakfast, transfer to visit Jinci Temple, which was founded about 1,400 years ago, boasting a diverse collection of more than 100 sculptures, buildings, terraces, and bridges. Then proceed to Pingyao, you will visit Qiao Family Compound and Double Forest Temple before checking into the hotel.
Day 06 Pingyao (B, L)
Explore the old town of Pingyao escorted by your guide, including the visits to the city wall, Rishengchang Draft Bank and Ming and Qing Street. Free time at the rest of the day.
Day 07 Pingyao – Taiyuan departure (B)
Drive to Taiyuan, and board the flight or train to your next destination.
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$300 Per Day
The Datong Nine Dragon Screen
The Datong Nine Dragon Screen, built over 600 years ago, is presently the oldest and largest glazed screen in China today. It is three times larger than that in Beihai Park , Beijing City....Read more
The Datong Nine Dragon Screen, built over 600 years ago, is presently the oldest and largest glazed screen in China today. It is three times larger than that in Beihai Park , Beijing City.
The screen, built for the thirteenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), has been well preserved and remains intact to this day. It is made up of 426 specially-fired glazed bricks, with a height of 8 meters (about 26 feet), 2.02 meters (6.6 feet) thick and 45.5 meters (149 feet) long. The Screen can be divided into three parts, the pedestal, body and roof.
The pedestal is rectangular shaped with a height of 2.09 meters (6.9 feet). Its narrow middle section is composed of 75 glazed tiles with images of oxen, dogs, deer rabbits and other animals.
$618 Per Day
Amazing Datong & Pingyao 4-Day Tour
Day 1
The guide pick you up from the Datong train station or airport and visit the Yungang Grottoes and Nine Dragon Wall. Stay in Datong hotel.
Day 2
After breakfast 9.00am start to go to Hanging Temple and Wooden Pagoda, then transfer to Taiyuan. Stay in Taiyuan hotel.
Day 3
9.00am the guide will meet you at the hotel lobby then go to the Qiao's Family Compound. After lunch go to Pingyao. Stay in Pingyao hotel.
Day 1
The guide pick you up from the Datong train station or airport and visit the Yungang Grottoes and Nine Dragon Wall. Stay in Datong hotel.
Day 2
After breakfast 9.00am start to go to Hanging Temple and Wooden Pagoda, then transfer to Taiyuan. Stay in Taiyuan hotel.
Day 3
9.00am the guide will meet you at the hotel lobby then go to the Qiao's Family Compound. After lunch go to Pingyao. Stay in Pingyao hotel.
Day 4
After breakfast visit the Pingyao ancient city, the City Wall, the Draft Bank, the Ming&Qing Street, after lunch go out the city to see the Shuanglin Temple. Stay in Pingyao.
Included:
English speaking guide
Private car and driver
Lunch
Admission Tickets
Not included:
Hotels/Accommodation
Tip for the guide and driver