Shanghai Banquet Moon Song · Hongmen Feast
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Shanghai Book City (Wujiaochang Store)
- Integrating history, drama, and cuisine, the immersive storyline is intricately linked, transforming you from a mere spectator into a participant, traveling through a thousand years of Chu-Han history between banquets and performances.
- Professional actors perform live, with a 360° immersive stage where lighting and sound are highly synchronized with the plot. Famous scenes such as Xiang Zhuang's sword dance and the Hongmen Banquet chess game are realistically recreated, offering a stunning and unforgettable live experience.
- The banquet and the plot unfold simultaneously, with each dish representing a scene, a flavor, and a story. The dishes are exquisitely crafted and uniquely flavored, allowing you to savor delicious food while experiencing the dual charm of Eastern culinary aesthetics and dramatic culture.
What to expect
- Shanghai Yanyue Xingge · Hongmen Xiyan is a new immersive experience space based in Shanghai, integrating Chu-Han history, immersive drama, and traditional Chinese banquets. Centered on the classic historical allusion "Feast at Hong Gate," it creates an immersive drama banquet that combines viewing, interaction, gourmet food, and aesthetics. It reconstructs the traditional banquet form with modern theatrical thinking, allowing guests to no longer be mere spectators but rather participants in history and drivers of the plot. Amidst each meal, each banquet, each frown, and each smile, they travel through a thousand years of history and personally experience that legendary night banquet that determined the world's格局.
- The entire experience unfolds as a seven-act grand drama, with a narrative thread from welcoming guests and seating, to the ceremonial opening of the banquet, the confrontation at Hong Gate, Xiang Zhuang's sword dance, and the power struggle, leading to the final choice and the curtain call. The plot is intricately linked, with a well-paced rhythm. The theater adopts a 360-degree immersive layout, where seats and stage seamlessly merge. Lighting, sound effects, and movement lines fully cooperate with the plot throughout, creating an immersive atmosphere where the wind howls outside the tent and undercurrents surge within.
- The banquet and the plot are deeply intertwined, adhering to the concept of one dish, one act, one flavor, one story. It combines the culinary aesthetics of Chu-Han with modern cooking techniques, presenting a themed banquet that is both ceremonial and delicious. The dishes are elegantly named and meticulously crafted, such as "Chu Ding Stewed Mountains and Seas," "Golden Mountain Roast from Beyond the Great Wall," "Amber Hidden Delicacies," and "Silver Waves Leaping Jade Shuttle," which not only fit the historical context but also consider the layers of flavor. From cold appetizers and warming soups to hot main courses, staple foods, and desserts, the serving rhythm synchronizes with the plot's ups and downs, allowing drama and food to blend, and taste and environment to coexist, immersing both taste buds and senses.
- Yanyue Xingge · Hongmen Xiyan is more than just a meal or a play; it is a deep experience of Eastern culture. It uses history as its backbone, drama as its soul, and gourmet food as its medium, perfectly combining traditional culture, immersive entertainment, and quality dining. In the fast-paced urban life, it provides people with a spiritual corner to travel through time and savor elegance slowly, experiencing the profoundness of a thousand years of history and the charm of Eastern aesthetics amidst clinking cups and the sounds of drums and dances.
The dishes are elegantly named and meticulously crafted, such as "Chu Ding Wei Shan Hai" (Stewed Mountains and Seas in a Chu Cauldron), "Sai Wai Jin Shan Zhi" (Golden Mountain Roast from Beyond the Great Wall), "Hu Po Cang Zhen Xiu" (Amber-Hidden Delicaci
Red-shirted dancers perform with whisks, while a yellow-shirted man stands in the center. A large background screen and warm lighting create an atmosphere that fully captures the solemnity and dynamism of a Chu-Han banquet.
Maids in red shirts, holding trays, stand in formation, their faces covered with beaded curtains. The words "Banquet Moon Song" in the background complement the guest seating, fully displaying the elegance and sense of ritual of an ancient-style banquet.
Black-clad dancers wearing grotesque masks surround a central woman, with a fiery phoenix and blazing screen in the background, creating an eerie and mysterious sacrificial atmosphere.
Maids in red shirts line up holding trays, with high-piled hair and elegant attire, their profiles solemn, fully displaying the etiquette and sense of ritual of Han Dynasty banquets.
A woman in purple robes recites softly from bamboo slips, while behind her, a martial artist brandishes a sword and a strategist sits opposite. The intertwining purple and blue lights vividly embody the undercurrents of "Xiang Zhuang's sword dance, a fein
The Chu banners fluttered, red-armored warriors drew their bows and formed ranks, and the red-patterned stage, enhanced by warm lighting, fully displayed the might of the Chu army and the solemnity of the battlefield.
The red-armored warrior, holding a black flag with red character "Chu", stood before two "Chu" character banners and a halberd. His armor was bright and his red tassel eye-catching, fully displaying the valor of the Chu army and the solemn atmosphere of t
The actors, dressed in Chu-Han costumes, one standing with arms outstretched, the other seated at a desk, with a large background screen and banners creating a tense confrontation for the Hongmen Banquet, fully showcasing the tension of this famous histor
Red-clad maidservants, their faces veiled by beaded curtains, were serving guests. The warm light complemented the red-patterned stage, and guests either recorded or watched the performance, fully immersed in the elegant and interactive atmosphere of the
A 360° circular theater layout, with a central red-patterned stage complementing the surrounding guest seating, and a large screen adorned with dragon and tiger patterns alongside the characters "宴月行歌・鸿门戏宴" (Banquet Moon Song - Feast at Hong Gate), create
On-site services include Hanfu changing and ancient-style makeup and styling. A wide selection of gorgeous Hanfu, hairpins, and skirts are available, fully replicating the Han Dynasty aesthetic from clothing to demeanor. Any casual shot will result in a s
In the fast-paced urban life, we offer people a spiritual sanctuary that transcends time and space, where they can slowly savor elegance, and amidst clinking glasses and drum and dance music, experience the profound weight of a thousand years of history a
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Review for: Dinner party
It is a very pleasant experience! Our first time in Shanghai also. This restaurant is pretty new but service is really on another level. The performance is great and food is awesome. You definitely have to try it.
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Review for: Luncheon
Awesome experience. Costume, makeup, luncheon and stage performance were all great, not to mention the super friendly and accommodating staff. Wishing the team all the best!
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