Chongqing Yuchaofang (Shibati Store) Intangible Cultural Heritage Traditional Performance Drama (Unique Sichuan Opera Skills + Thrilling Acrobatics + Erhu Musical Instruments + Bashu Fire Breathing + Diverse Programs + Audio-Visual Feast)

• [Sichuan Opera Masterpiece] Sichuan Opera Face-Changing and Ancient Shu Fire-Spitting, close-up face-changing interaction, experience the culture of intangible cultural heritage opera.
• [Audio-Visual Feast] The program content is richly designed, allowing you to experience a unique artistic charm.
• [Shu Style and Rhyme] Here, a bowl of tea, a play, a thousand years.
• [Immersive Experience] The classical and traditional decoration style of the theater makes one feel immersed, instantly blending into this wonderful performance.
• The Bashu region boasts a rich intangible cultural heritage, with opera being an important component. It is among the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage items and represents the most characteristic and iconic art form of Bashu culture. Here, you can enjoy a variety of intangible cultural heritage art forms, including dance, martial arts, skits, and Sichuan Opera face-changing, all at once, chasing away the day's worries with laughter.
• Program Introduction:

1. Sichuan Opera Face-Changing and Bashu Fire-Spitting: Sichuan Opera Face-Changing is a unique skill of Sichuan Opera performance where actors instantly change facial expressions, displaying different masks. Bashu Fire-Spitting is one of the most spectacular performances in Sichuan Opera, where performers, with a slight breath control, can spit out a pillar of fire.
2. Chinese Kung Fu and Martial Arts Tea Ceremony: Chinese Kung Fu, created and developed by the Chinese nation, serves the purposes of fitness, self-defense, and defeating enemies. It is known as one of China's four national treasures and is beloved by people of all ethnic groups. The Martial Arts Tea Ceremony combines Chinese martial arts with tea culture, using a long-spouted pot as a prop to deliver a performance that is both ornamental and practical. It has evolved from practicality to artistry, from technique to art.
3. Erhu Solo and Long Silk Dance: The Erhu is a famous Chinese bowed string instrument, whose full and melodious tone conveys the profound heritage of a thousand years of culture. At Yuchao Workshop Shibati Store, you can enjoy exquisite Erhu performances and experience the charm of traditional Chinese music. The Long Silk Dance, combined with melodious music, brings a picturesque sensory feast with the dancers' graceful movements.
4. Shadow Puppetry and Pijin Rolling Lamp Opera: Shadow puppetry relies on light and shadow for imaging, with artists using their hands and singing to complete the performance, creating various lifelike images through changes in hand gestures. Pijin Rolling Lamp Opera depicts Pijin's idleness, his punishment by his wife, and his rolling on the ground while balancing a lamp on his head. This play integrates opera, procedures, and the acrobatic skill of lamp balancing, performing various spectacular stunts on a stool.
5. Acrobatic Culture: Acrobatics, with skill at its core, is a combination of strength and flexibility, power and beauty. It involves various forms of performance using props, executing incredible movements that are full of astonishing beauty, providing an aesthetic enjoyment.
6. Coming here, you will be presented with a spectacular traditional intangible cultural heritage show, a perfect blend of art and skill. You will not only feel the proficiency and speed of the techniques but also experience the depth of art and the richness of culture. This is a feast for the eyes and the soul!

Each ticket allows one child under 1.2 meters (inclusive) to enter for free (no seat, no tea). Performance times from Monday to Thursday: First show: 14:00-15:10 Second show: 16:00-17:10 Performance times from Friday to Sunday: First show: 14:00-15:10 Second show: 16:00-17:10 Third show: 19:30-20:40 Specific performance schedules are subject to Yu Chaofang’s official arrangements.