Luoyang Longmen Banquet Music - Immersive Experience of a Millennium of Prosperity: Sui and Tang Dynasty Imperial Court Feast (Emperor's Imperial Banquet Scene + Tang Style Music and Dance Performance + Imperial Court Snacks + Optional Ancient Costume Cha
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Longmen Banquet Music
- Tang韵雅境: Stepping into the elegant Longmen Banquet Hall is like unlocking a secret key to time and space, taking you straight into the grand Tang Dynasty.
- Diverse Cuisine: The lunch and dinner menus are extensive, featuring dishes such as the Luoyang Yan Cai (Peony Vegetable), shaped like a national peony, and the Tianhuo Braised Yellow River Carp, with its delicious flavor, accompanied by cold dishes, soups, staple foods, and more, offering a rich culinary experience. From hearty meals to delicate tea breaks, we cater to your taste buds at any time.
- Ancient Style Makeup, Journey Through the Tang Dynasty: To allow guests to fully experience the charm of the Tang Dynasty, Longmen Banquet Yue has specially launched a high-end makeup experience. The original heavy-duty Hanfu, from fabric to tailoring, shows the elegance and atmosphere of traditional clothing. In the exquisite makeup session, detailed decorations such as upper and lower eyelashes, double eyelid stickers, and glittering ornaments are used to outline the charming and moving appearance of the Tang Dynasty ladies; hair buns, hair accessories, and hairpieces are used to create a variety of ancient hairstyles, either dignified and elegant, or playful and smart. There are also props such as fans, candied haws, umbrellas, and lanterns for rent, as well as jewelry rentals such as earrings and necklaces, to create an all-round Tang Dynasty style, making you feel like you have stepped out of a historical painting.
- Wonderful Performances · Audio-Visual Feast: The performance content is rich and diverse, including a melodious Pipa and Guzheng ensemble, allowing the audience to appreciate the beauty of ancient silk and bamboo music; water dance actors dance gracefully on the water, their dance light and ethereal, like fairies descending to the earth; acrobatics and martial arts performances challenge the limits of the human body, with various difficult movements that are amazing, showing the charm of ancient folk art; and the "Flying Sky" dance is the most amazing, the actors slowly fall from the sky, with colorful ribbons fluttering, with the beautiful lighting effects, reproducing the flying gods in the Dunhuang murals, beauty to breathtaking
What to expect
- The show is divided into seven acts: Splendor of Luoyang——Ode to the Luo River Goddess——Carp Leaping Over Dragon Gate——Harmony of Heluo——Preface to Bai Garden Poems——Unparalleled Luoyang Embroidery——Fish Leaping to Become a Dragon (subject to the order of live performances)
- Dragon Gate Banquet is an immersive cultural tourism performance project launched by Luoyang Longmen Ancient Street. With the theme of "Carp Leaping Over Dragon Gate", it combines traditional imperial banquets, Tang Dynasty music and dance, intangible cultural heritage cuisine, and modern stage technology to create a "dining and performance integration" trans-temporal cultural feast. Tourists can wear Tang costumes and immerse themselves in ancient-style scenes, enjoying delicious food while watching performances, and deeply experience the customs of the Tang Dynasty
- The first act of "Splendor of Luoyang" mainly describes the grand scene of Wu Zetian's banquet for guests. Wu Zetian entertains royal relatives, nobles, and people from all over the world, sharing the prosperity of the city. On the streets, there are not only rich people and dignitaries, but also ordinary people. Two main characters, Cao Zhi and the Luo River Goddess, appear in the city. It is said that 500 years of looking back can only be exchanged for a shallow smile in this life. After the two meet on the street, they admire each other, and Cao Zhi gives the Luo River Goddess a candied haws. The fate of the two begins here, entering the second act
- "Ode to the Luo River Goddess" In 222 AD, after Cao Zhi entered the capital Luoyang to meet the emperor, he stopped at the Luo River on his way back to his fiefdom, Juancheng, and wrote the famous "Ode to the Luo River Goddess". The ode depicts the scene when he met the Luo River Goddess, Mi Fei. The beautiful Luo River Goddess made him fall in love at first sight, but because of the different paths of humans and gods, he could only look at the disappearing figure of the Luo River Goddess with melancholy. In this act, Cao Zhi and the Luo River Goddess meet alone, but unfortunately, fate makes it impossible for them to stay together
- "Carp Leaping Over Dragon Gate" This act serves as a second spatial image, bringing the audience into the tragic love story of the Luo River Goddess and Cao Zhi in an abstract way. The singing performance "Peach Blossom Promise" and the aerial hoop performance are accompanied by snowflakes falling, symbolizing sharing the snow but not growing old together, in order to set off the sadness of Cao Zhi and Luo River Goddess's love
- "Harmony of Heluo" In this act, the actors use superb skills to perform a real Guzheng playing. Every note is full of deep emotion and power, accurately conveying the charm of the music. At the same time, the gauze screen holographic projection technology is cleverly used to create a visual feast that transcends reality
- "Preface to Bai Garden Poems" This act completes Bai Juyi's change in mentality from being demoted to Jiangzhou Sima to spending his old age peacefully in Luoyang. From the frustration of the "琵琶行 Pipa Xing" period to the contentment of climbing the building to view the scenery in his later years
- "Unparalleled Luoyang Embroidery" Twelve girls, symbolizing the twelve months respectively, hold flowers representing each month and wear Luoyang embroidered Tang Dynasty costumes. As the girls dance, they seem to travel through thousands of years, reproducing the beauty of the Tang Dynasty
Meticulously recreating the ancient Tang Dynasty custom of individual servings, we present our esteemed guests with a "one person, one table" imperial feast, allowing you to experience the grandeur of the Tang Dynasty on the tip of your tongue.
With thunderous drums and vigorous movements, they resemble dragons emerging from the sea and tigers descending from the mountains. It's a fusion of power and beauty, a collision of tradition and passion.
Immerse yourself in this feast of Eastern aesthetics, unlock the unique charm of the Longmen Banquet, and experience the most authentic ancient charm.
Flowing skirts and fluttering sleeves. The dancers move with graceful figures, like agile wings gently unfolding. Whether spinning and leaping or lowering their eyes with gentle grace, within the confines of the stage, they fully express the elegance of a
Dressed in traditional costumes, the actors seem to tell a thousand-year-old story in every pleat. Their every move transports the audience back to an era of poetic brilliance.
A glimpse of a millennium, dreaming back to the grand Tang Dynasty banquet. Fingers gently pluck and twist, the strings resonate like a murmuring spring, akin to the graceful song of a nightingale.
With graceful movements, accompanied by dazzling lights and an ancient backdrop, the elegance and dynamism of classical dance are vividly displayed.
Twelve young women, each symbolizing a month of the year, hold flowers representing their respective month, and are dressed in Tang Dynasty attire made with Luo embroidery. From January's plum blossoms braving the snow, to February's first peach blossoms,
With superb skill, they draw agile and graceful arcs in mid-air. Whether spinning lightly or stretching their bodies, they skillfully coordinate with the suspended hoop, each pose resembling a meticulously sculpted classical painting.
Every dance move carries the grand spirit of the Tang Dynasty, like a burning flame, passionate and unrestrained. Holding golden props, they seem to ignite the brilliant starlight of history.
The dancers appear to have traveled through time from the Tang Dynasty's golden age. Their elaborate costumes, vibrant in color and exquisitely tailored, are either dazzlingly radiant or elegantly refined, with every stitch seemingly telling a story of a
Fingers danced nimbly across the strings, cascading melodies intertwined seamlessly with the dance.
The gorgeous costumes complement the dreamy backdrop, while the dancers' light and graceful movements, full of charm, perfectly showcase classical beauty, captivating the audience in an instant.
This performance is not only a visual feast but also a heartfelt tribute to and innovative interpretation of traditional culture.
With their exquisite skills, the performers breathed new life and vitality into ancient culture, leading us on a journey through time to experience the beauty of Eastern aesthetics.
"Dragon Gate Feast" Performance Seating Chart: Orange seats are VIP, white seats are Standard.
"Dragon Gate Banquet" Performance Venue
"Dragon Gate Banquet" Imperial Costume Dress-Up Experience: We welcome you to dress in ancient costumes and join a millennium-spanning feast.
Good to know
- Address: Shop 101, Building 6, Longmen Ancient Scenic Area, Longmen Grottoes Street, Luolong District, Luoyang City, Henan Province (2nd Floor, Longmen Food Stall) - Longmen Yanle (Longmen Grottoes Branch)
- Banquet Time (subject to actual banquet time): Lunch Banquet - 12:00~12:50; Dinner Banquet - 18:30~19:20
- Customers who have booked a makeup experience should arrive at the venue 1-2 hours in advance for makeup application, which will be arranged according to the order of arrival.
- Redemption Voucher: Please present your personal identification (e.g., passport)
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