A Jouey of Cultural Enlightenment in Xian - Shuyuan Gate

Shuyuan Gate - experience the ancient charm

Shuyuan Gate Ancient Culture Street is not far from the Drum Tower. There is an ancient and tall archway in the west coer of the street, with two eye - catching couplets on both side the archway. The sides of the street are the shops selling selling ink, paper and ink, as well as paintings and calligraphy works, rich of cultural atmosphere, visitors can appreciate a different urban landscape from other places in the Xi'an city (Silk Road tour).

Went inside is the famous stele forest, but we had no time, because we had to rush to see the superb performance, as well as the non-material cultural heritage - shadow play in the Drum Tower Xian tours.

Intangible Cultural Heritage - eteal farewell shadow play

Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment which uses flat articulated figures (shadow puppets) to create the impression of moving humans and other three-dimensional objects. It originated during the Weste Han Dynasty in Shaanxi China vacation deals, but now it faces the doom of the lost due to the complex process, making difficult, opera accents make it difficult for the mode people to accept.

The show was performed in a small hotel. This man is the boss as well as the main actors of show, who greeted us warmly and explained while performing.

The show we saw that day is a happy story about a peddler and a girl has betrothal with each other, but never met each other, so the peddler goes to sell groceries in the front of the house of the girl, in order to peek at the wife-to-be. To his delight, the girl is very beautiful and smart to be a good wife.

Look, the peddler came to the stage with his carrying pole, and selling groceries outside the house of the girl, but nobody responds to him, so he sit on the carrying pole and wait the girl. Because there is nothing to do, he tilted his legs and starts to smoke. It looked so funny, and we were amused laugh.

Xi'an customs in the Drum Tower Hui Street

After watching the shadow play, we strolled to famous Drum Tower Hui Street Xian travel, the most prosperous area of Xi'an city, and is the good place to experience Xi'an customs.

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