Featured Events in Chengdu in January 2024 (May Updated)

The legendary "Fu Rong Guo Cui" show is an extremely famous Sichuan Opera show. It is a performance you won't soon forget. Sichuan Opera is one of the shining jewels of Chinese theater. Bian Lian, literally "face-changing," is a style of opera in which performers wear different brightly colored masks as they move swiftly throughout the stage. It is an exciting event for viewers of all ages! Sichuan's "Amazing Bian Lian Show" breaks the traditional Chinese theater mold. These performances have rhythm and emotion. These huge productions bring new, unique styles to the audience.

During the Qing Dynasty, a new word appeared in the history of opera: Liyuan Guild Hall. Opera has always been nicknamed "Liyuan", and opera actors are also called "children of Liyuan". In the early days, the Liyuan Guild Hall was the trade union organization and spiritual home of opera artists. With the development of the times, opera has become a treasure of our country's traditional art and one of the important forms of folk culture. There are many interesting types of dramas, and the performance forms include singing and dancing, speaking and singing, literature and martial arts, integrating "speech, song, dance and combat in movements", making it unique in the history of world drama. Liyuan Guild Hall - Intangible Cultural Heritage Sichuan Opera Face-Changing Performance is now performed in 2 venues in Chengdu. The Chunxili Taikoo Li store is adjacent to the city center of the core business circle, and the Wenshu Yuan store is located in Wenshu Fang, the central leisure and tourist area of ​​Chengdu. The guild hall originated after the "Wenchuan Earthquake" in 2008. It voluntarily organized "performances to benefit the people" to entertain moviegoers and became the spiritual pillar of countless theater fans during the special period. They insisted on "living for themselves and singing for the audience." Today's Liyuan Guild Hall is not only a national intangible cultural heritage "Sichuan Opera practice base", but also cooperates with the Chengdu Charity Federation to establish an intangible cultural heritage Sichuan Opera public welfare fund to contribute to the inheritance of Sichuan Opera culture. The first "Intangible Cultural Heritage Sichuan Opera Parent-Child Special" attracted many parent-child families to come to Sichuan Opera and understand Sichuan Opera. Liyuan Guild Hall specializes in Sichuan Opera and promotes the reputation of "Sichuan Opera to watch the world". Here you can go into the front and backstage, get close contact with the artists, and watch colorful Sichuan Opera performances: face-changing, spitting fire, rolling lanterns, Kung Fu tea art , puppet show, hand shadow show, etc., feel the charm of traditional culture. The Liyuan Guild Hall serves as a hall for meeting friends, and brings together domestic famous opera actors and actresses to stay here. While presenting authentic Sichuan opera culture to tourists visiting Sichuan, it also creates special performances of opera classics from various regions and brings together folk stunt performances. The Liyuan Guild Hall has high aspirations. You can watch a play, drink tea and taste local snacks here; if you are a "theater fan", you can play a famous role here and experience "one minute on stage, ten years of work off stage". If you come here for "hobby", welcome to join the "Liyuan Children", and we will inherit and carry forward the Chinese opera culture together. Liyuan Guild Hall welcomes you!

The World Horticultural Exposition is an international exposition recognized by the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) in the Netherlands. The Expo is scheduled to be held from April 26 to October 28, 2024, with the theme of "Park City, Happy Chengdu". It adheres to the concepts of green and low-carbon, sustainable conservation, sharing and inclusiveness. In the construction of the site, the existing main vegetation will be retained as much as possible, and Chengdu's good plant growth conditions will be fully utilized. The native tree species will be mainly used, and the special plants such as medicinal herbs, fruits and vegetables, roses, crabapples, and crape myrtles will be displayed in combination with the characteristics of the exhibition garden to create a diverse plant community and plant landscape. From theme to planning and design, the Chengdu Expo has always adhered to the three principles of "green and low-carbon, conservation and sustainability, sharing and inclusiveness", which are in line with the construction concept of a park city. A "green, harmonious, and ecological" Expo. Green is the urban background of Chengdu that has been nurtured for thousands of years. We will take "production, ecology, and life" as the core concept, fully integrate the construction and subsequent operation of the Expo into the Jiangxi River area, and fully adopt green, environmentally friendly, recycling, and energy-saving technologies and low-carbon, natural, and ecological materials, emphasizing sustainable retention and lasting use. Integrate the Expo into the city's public space, build more parks and green spaces, and increase people's happiness index and sense of gain. A World Horticultural Exposition with "Chengdu's own characteristics". First, it integrates Chengdu's unique history and regional culture. This includes Chengdu's garden and horticultural culture, people's life culture, folk art, etc. The World Horticultural Exposition held here will be a feast that highlights Chengdu's culture and life attitude; second, it highlights the advantages of the park city in ecological environment construction. Chengdu has been an ecological flower city since ancient times. We will pay attention to people's life experience in the city, actively promote the construction of park cities, and show Residents an ecological scene of harmony between man and nature. Third, the planning layout and operation system of the World Horticultural Exposition highlight innovation. The site focuses on the protection and utilization of water, fields, forests, and residential resources with the characteristics of western Sichuan, so that the construction of the World Horticultural Exposition can achieve low consumption and sustainability. In terms of operation, multiple parties participate, integrate smart concepts, plan to form a diverse tour system, and innovatively use new technologies and new means to achieve resource aggregation and sharing.

Here you will listen to data from this space over about 130 light-years away through the "performance" of the Rosette Nebula. This allows the blind or visually impaired to listen to astronomical images and feel the romance of the stars.

During the Qing Dynasty, a new word appeared in the history of opera: Liyuan Guild Hall. Opera has always been called "Liyuan" and opera actors are also called "Liyuan children". In the past, Liyuan Guild Hall was the trade union organization and spiritual home of opera artists. With the development of the times, opera has become a treasure of traditional Chinese art and an important form of folk culture. There are many interesting types of operas, with singing and dancing, speaking and singing, literature and martial arts, integrating "singing, acting, reciting and fighting", which is unique in the history of world drama. Liyuan Guild Hall, co-founded by famous Sichuan opera actress Hu Xuemei and private entrepreneur Liao Xiaojian (former Sichuan opera actor), is located in Wenshufang, the central leisure and tourism area of Chengdu. The Guild Hall originated after the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake. To entertain amateur opera fans, the Guild Hall spontaneously organized "benefit performances" and became the spiritual pillar of countless opera fans during the special period, insisting on "living for oneself and singing for the audience". Today, Liyuan Hall is not only a national intangible cultural heritage "Sichuan Opera Performance Base", but also has established a public welfare fund for the transmission of intangible cultural heritage Sichuan Opera in cooperation with the Chengdu Charity Federation, contributing to the inheritance of Sichuan Opera culture. The first "Intangible Cultural Heritage Sichuan Opera Parent-Child Special" attracted many parent-child families to learn about Sichuan Opera. Liyuan Guild Hall is mainly based on Sichuan Opera, carrying forward the reputation of "Shu Opera is known throughout the world". Here you can go behind the scenes, get close to the artists, watch the colorful Sichuan Opera performances: face changing, fire breathing, rolling lanterns, Kung Fu tea art, puppet show, shadow play, etc., and feel the charm of traditional culture. Liyuan Guild Hall is a place for friends to meet and gather famous opera artists and actors from all over the country to stay here. While presenting authentic Sichuan opera culture to tourists coming to Sichuan, it also creates special performances of opera classics from all over the country and gathers folk stunts. Liyuan Hall has lofty aspirations. You can watch operas, drink tea, and try local snacks here. If you are a "drama fan", you can play a famous role here and experience "one minute on stage, ten years of hard work off stage". If you come here for "hobby", you are welcome to join the "Liyuan Children" and let us jointly inherit and carry forward the Chinese opera culture.

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The Gai Bowl and Liyuan Tea House (Chuanju Change Face Performance Theatre) is located in the Tianfu Square in Chengdu. Here, you can enjoy the Sichuan-style bowl of tea, the taste of Sichuan Opera, and the essence of Sichuan culture. Drink tea, watch the show, set the dragon gate array, and watch the opera performance with tea. Here you can enjoy the famous names of the artists, and you can watch the world-famous Sichuan Opera, "changing your face", and you can also see acrobatics, Beijing opera, puppets, magic, hand shadows and other performances.