One of the Impression Series' large-scale sitcom shows, "Seeing Pingyao Again," is the first of its kind in northern China, with a novel performance mode that puts the audience directly inside the sitcom, with the actors laughing, joking, and crying right next to you, making you feel like you're a spectator who's traveled through a thousand years and witnessed the ups and downs of the ancient city. I can't help but sigh, art is really a magical thing, she can help you mobilize the emotions that even you can hardly control, let you follow her joy, follow her anger, follow her sadness, follow her happiness. When I came back from watching "Seeing Pingyao Again", it was as if I really felt that the wall of the ancient city was not a wall, but the flesh, blood, thoughts, feelings and life of generations of Pingyao people.
Experienced a Wang Chaoge director of "see again Pingyao", super shock, atmosphere, with more than moved! The plot of "Seeing Pingyao Again" is a story distilled and mined by Wang Chaoge after picking up the scenery in Pingyao. Its background is taken from the period of the October Revolution in Russia, when Pingyao people doing business in Czarist Russia were greatly affected by the fact that their homes were confiscated and people were killed. Under such circumstances, Zhao Yishuo, the proprietor of the Pingyao City Ticket Office, would rather sacrifice his family's fortune and hire 232 bodyguards to go with him, sacrificing all of their lives, in order to save the bloodline of Wang, the head of the branch office. As a result, seven years later, Zhao Yishuo himself, together with the 232 dartmen, all died on the way, while the Wang family's bloodline was able to continue.
Regular tickets cost the official 238 yuan, and VIP tickets are 398 yuan.
In order to successfully book tickets for the discounted show, you need to do so no later than the day before the show, so please go directly to Baidu and search for the Pingyao Ancient City website to inquire before purchasing.
Performance time: closed on Mondays, Tuesday through Sunday at 14:00 and 19:00 (2 shows), additional shows on holidays will be announced.
Seeing Pingyao Performance Address: 154 Shuncheng Road, Pingyao County (west entrance is on the south side of Seeing Another Side), east entrance is on West Ring Road.
Preferential Note: Tickets for the performance in Pingyao are only free for children under 1.2 meters, and all persons over 1.2 meters need to buy tickets without any special discounts,
such as seniors, students, or other documents, etc., are unable to enjoy special discounts.
-Inside contains spoilers, read with caution-
Opening the audience into the scene, instantly feel traveled, traveled to the ancient times, the plot is unveiled scene by scene
Send the dart master to take a bath dart masters half-naked body, soaked in a large vat, they are about to leave the countryside to bet on the dart, a big bath, is the dart masters before they leave the grand ceremony. The people of the village (the audience) gather to participate in this grand send-off. The women wipe the water off the dart master's body and bite him hard. It hurts, but it is said that by leaving such a mark, one can find his way home even after death. The dart master went on his way sadly, for the sake of benevolence.
Strolling downtown prosperity in the blink of an eye seven years have passed, people walk through the bustling streets, dyeing workshops, paper-cutting, oil paper umbrellas, private schools, everything. It seems to be no different from the old days, but people suddenly all flocked to the South Gate Square, I heard, seven years ago, the darts, there is news.
Returning the soul to rest in peace to the village, I was looking forward to two hundred dart masters triumphant return, but only saw a man, and the dart masters of the soul. The original dartmasters were sacrificed on the road, in exchange for the Wang family descendants of this life, the dart into the trip, back to the village of the lack of only soul. The dart master's soul appeared in the village entrance wall, one by one, some sad, some sobbing, some pretend to be relaxed. The soul can make a trip back home, they also rest in peace.
Choice of Wife OriginsTime reverses, and we return to the time before the dartman's trip. Here is the Zhao family compound, bustling with activity, it turns out to be the Zhao family proprietor today to choose a wife. Several wonderful women standing behind the curtain, looking at each part in turn, feet, waist, buttocks, hands, face, and finally left, that is, one in a million, became the Zhao family woman. On the day of the wedding, the seed is left on the same day. After the selection of the bride, the Zhao family proprietor went to the dart, leaving his wife at home, after ten months, Zhao died in childbirth, dying sadly: "I was born are born, death is dead. The Zhao family has been in decline ever since.
Traversing the blame Zhao Yishuo soul back to the Zhao family, met the contemporary Zhao family descendants, descendants blame why the first time to go bet on this dart." I compound word sub-number Wang boss whole family of thirteen mouths, has been in the tsarist Russia no, only left a only seedling son, I must keep him back, so that the Wang family constantly bloodline, this is the benevolence of Pingyao City, but also my Zhao Yishuo's righteousness." Going for benevolence and righteousness, but also owing his family's offspring. Zhao Dongjia ran, repenting, in the direction of his hometown, his soul returning to his roots.
Noodle hometown finally, the Wang family descendants return home to recognize their ancestors, a section of the noodle dance, telling the noodle and the origin of this land in Shanxi." When you are away from home and eat noodles, you are considered home.
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Throughout the play, the audience are involved, either as the dart master's townspeople, or as guests of the Zhao family, or as descendants of the bystanders. Close to the actors, the sense of immersion is strong, and they quickly get into character. The viewing angle is your own pick, so you can see the individual actors' performances. Light, sound, even the wind, are all around you, feel like experiencing it yourself, follow the plot ups and downs, simply do not feel that there is an hour and a half. In short, the most important thing is the sense of participation, is ordinary sitting in the audience to observe the feeling can not be felt, can not help but be Wang's talent, character convinced. When you come to the ancient city of Pingyao, you can't see the city wall, but you have to see Pingyao again.