Shu Feng Ya Yun Teahouse
23 Qintai Rd., in Chengdu Culture Park, Qingyang District. 130 RMB including tea.
A favorite venue to see Sichuan Opera, this old theater presents a nightly 1½-hour show that includes as well as traditional Sichuan folk performances featuring stick puppets, fire spitting, and face changing. The audience at Shu Feng Ya Yun Teahouse sits as viewers would have long ago, in comfortable oversize bamboo lounge chairs, and are served tea and nibbles. Massage and ear wax cleaning is available before and during the performance, and before the show starts the audience has access to the dressing rooms to watch the performers getting ready. Several more attractions are adjaent: Qingyang Taoist Temple,
Wuhou Memorial Temple, and Dufu Cottage.
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| night exterior of Shu Feng Ya Yun Teahouse in Chengdu, China |
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| interior of Shu Feng Ya Yun Teahouse in Chengdu, China |
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Sichuan Opera performers get ready at Shu Feng Ya Yun Teahouse
in Chengdu, China |
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Sichuan Opera performer poses at Shu Feng Ya Yun Teahouse
in Chengdu, China |
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Sichuan Opera performer poses at Shu Feng Ya Yun Teahouse
in Chengdu, China |
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| Sichuan Opera performance at Shu Feng Ya Yun Teahouse in Chengdu, China |
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images ©2017 Carole Terwilliger Meyers
Interesting blog, it reminds me Face Changing of Sichuan Opera, it is one of its kind in the world, and the technique has been tightly kept secret. I tried to write a blog about it, hope you also like it:
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