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Water Mirror (ShuiJing) Stage
The Water Mirror Stage covers a big area and the eastern part of the stage is often used as the background screen in the plays while the western part, faced with the Shengmu Palace, serves as the proscenium. Under the stage eight large earthen jars functioned as loudspeakers....
The Water Mirror Stage covers a big area and the eastern part of the stage is often used as the background screen in the plays while the western part, faced with the Shengmu Palace, serves as the proscenium. Under the stage eight large earthen jars functioned as loudspeakers. According to Chinese traditions, when people redeem a vow to a god or offer sacrifices to gods and their ancestors, they usually give various performances to entertain the god as well as themselves. And such a custom lasts for generations. Why? Because ancient common people in China were poor and had to work hard almost every day through the whole year, so they did not have much leisure time. When it came to the ritual ceremony, people all got excited and took this particular opportunity to relax and enjoy themselves. This kind of folk worship ceremony was entertaining and ceremonial at the same time. In the Song and Yuan Dynasty, plays were very popular. In order to meet the needs of the performances of ritual activities, people devided the stage into terrace, pavilion, proscenium and background screen and opened only one side of the stage. Not all people who stood around the stage could enjoy the show, but only those who sat in specific direction could do so. Therefore, stages with fixed watching direction came into being and gradually appeared in various temples or other sacrificial sites.
Shanxi Guild Hall(全晋会馆)
Restaurant is very large, shop decoration has a lot of character: layer 1 is like a Museum is a process and the orientation;2 layers of Shanxi opera performances and shadow puppets, each private room has been sitting in a bookcase, filled with thick stands of antique books above.Produced by Jin...
Restaurant is very large, shop decoration has a lot of character: layer 1 is like a Museum is a process and the orientation;2 layers of Shanxi opera performances and shadow puppets, each private room has been sitting in a bookcase, filled with thick stands of antique books above.Produced by Jin dishes with local characteristics.
You can take the bus No.103 / 812 / 861 / 868 / 870 / 877 to get there
Tangdu (唐都生态园)
Dining restaurant has a tropical rain forest environment, a quiet, uncrowded, swam in the Lake of Mandarin ducks, also see cute seals, several cuisines, dishes, dessert is complete, the flavors were authentic.
How to get there:
Take bus No.13 /39 / 807 / 825 / 877路
...Dining restaurant has a tropical rain forest environment, a quiet, uncrowded, swam in the Lake of Mandarin ducks, also see cute seals, several cuisines, dishes, dessert is complete, the flavors were authentic.
How to get there:
Take bus No.13 /39 / 807 / 825 / 877路
Tel :0351-7025070 8199996
Top Taiyuan Tours
$1150 Per Day
6-day 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.
$1 Per Day
Hougou Ancient Village Tour
Pick up from your Taiyuan hotel 9.00am in the morning then transfer to Hougou Ancient Village (about 1 hour drive) then visit the the only ancient hamlet in China designated as a farming heritage site,Cave House there are mud cave house and brick cave houses,Enjoy free walk inside the village ,After lunch, take a 2 hrs driver to Pingyao in the afternoon.