【外国人专用】Chengdu Sichuan Opera Mask-Changing Show and Ticket Booking

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• Sichuan Face-Changing Opera Show

• Sichuan opera show is considered one of the features of the city of Chengdu. It features the mask-changing and fire-spitting tricks, has won its popularity and fame across China. If anyone is to visit Chengdu, to watch this mask-changing opera is a very good choice to spend your evening time in Chengdu. Sichuan Opera is a one-thousand-year Shu Culture and a hundred-year long folk art.

  Where to watch Sichuan Opera show?

  It is located on the traditional Qintai Road (Qintai Lu) in central Chengdu. While on the Qingtai Road, you need to make a turn by the gate of the Culture Park. The house is located inside the park (Culture Park, Wenhua Gongyuan). The opera house is called Shufeng Yayun

  When does Sichuan Opera show start?

  It has a show every evening starts by 8:00 pm. The show usually lasts for about 80 minutes. Normally you are suggested to arrive there early for example by 7:30 pm.

  What is Sichuan Opera show about?

  Naotai is the penning of Sichuan Opera. The assembles of gong, drum, chime produce a simple tune as a start of Sichuan Opera by blowing, pulling, plucking and beating.

  Puppet Show is a silent show of a puppet without singers or players. The performer use only his pair of clever hands to control the puppet to make different and sometimes difficult movements resembling a real person playing in a show and trying to tell a story usually about love.

  Hand Shadow Trick is when the performer form the shapes of different animals like rabbits and horse by a pair of hands.

  Rolling Light is a local Sichuan Drama that is famous among local people. It tells a story between a gambling-addicted husband and an aggressive wife. Rolling light is the way the wife uses to punish her husband in the yard. It is a deep-root cultural fact in Chengdu when we say a “Soft-ear” husband is usually afraid of his wife and listens and does what his wife says.

  Face-changing and Fire-spitting is the highlight of the opera show. It comes by the end of Sichuan opera how. You will need to watch closely to find out how did the actors changing their masks.


Fire Spitting


Mask Changing


Dressing up Opera Costum


Our staff dropping off Tickets

Tips

1. Address of the opera house is 132 Qintai Lu, Qingyang District, Chengdu. It is inside a park.

2. Normally an early booking is better to secure good seats (middle, front) in different types of tickets section, especially during Chinese holidays and on weekends. If you book the tickets on a short notice, the tickets may be sold out. Sometimes the opera house opens another show at 6 pm when the 8 pm show tickets sold out. Please make arrangement accordingly.

3. The opera house arranges the seats in accordance with the time of booking. If you book early that means you will probably have good seats in each specific type of tickets (middle/front). We can not choose specific seats.

4. Pick up service (need extra fee) is available.

5. You are recommended to arrive there by 19:30. (or 17.30 for the 6pm show)

6. VIP tickets can choose 1 from the 3 available local experience provided by the opera house: a. ear-cleaning; b.massage; c. dress up a simple opera costume. Each activity takes about 10 to 20 minutes and is available 20 - 30 minutes prior to the opera.

7. Putting on opera makeup is also available 2-3 hours prior to the opera but this will requires extra fee of about CNY350 PP.

8. All types of tickets will provide a free cup of tea. Snacks/beers are also available but need to pay by yourself.

9. There is no dressing code of the opera show. Taking photos are also allowed.

赠送项目：

 VIP：1、价值50元的特色川味文化体验（四选一：古式敲背按摩、掏耳朵、戏装穿戴，偶影体验，具体由剧场安排） 2、每人一碗盖碗茶 3、纪念品-明信片

甲票：1、价值15元的本地特产（特色小吃-担担面、赖汤圆、龙抄手、钟水饺）2、每人一碗盖碗茶  3、纪念品-明信片

乙票: 1、每人一碗盖碗茶  2、纪念品-明信片

丙票：1、每人一碗盖碗茶  2、纪念品-明信片

VIP:1, 50 yuan of characteristic Sichuan flavor culture experience (Four choices: Ancient style back massage, ears, costumes, occasional experience, specifically arranged by the theater) 2, each bowl of bowl of tea 3, Souvenir - Postcard

A ticket: 1, 15 yuan of local special products (Featured snacks-carrying noodles, Lai Tangyuan, Dragon Hand, Bell Dumpling) 2, each bowl of bowl tea 3, Souvenir - Postcard

B: 1, a bowl of tea, 2, souvenir, postcard.

C: 1, a bowl of tea, 2, souvenir, postcard.

购票须知：

规则提醒：1.2米（含）以下儿童不占座可免费，每位顾客可免费携带1名1.2米以下儿童;1.2m-1.5m米（含）执行儿童价；1.5米（含）以上儿童按成人价。不再与其他优惠同享

退款说明：
(以下退票手续费，都不含支付宝交易信息费，按1%扣除)

预订小于10人（不含10人）：

如需退票观看当日12点（当日前）前不收任何取手续费；

观看当日中午12点以后退订票收取50%手续费；

观看当日开场前3小时至开场前1小时退订票收取80%手续费；

观看当日开场前1小时不做退订（改期收取50%手续费）。开场后不退不改.

预订大于10人（含10人）小于50人（不含50人）：预订成功1小时后产生退票按50%手续费收取；观看当日开场前3小时退订票收取80%手续费，观看当日开场前1小时不做退订（改期收取50%手续费）。开场后不退不改。

预订人数大于50人（含50人），提前3天付清（观看当天中午12之前允许人数浮动10%）.

入园须知：

取票地址：成都市青羊区琴台路136号市文化公园对面【中华梨园】 

入园地址：青羊区琴台路23号市文化公园内取票点对面【梨园】

Ticket address: No. 136 Cultural Park, No. 8, Qin Tai Road, Qingyang District, Chengdu [China pear garden]

Entrance address: No. 23, Qin Tai Road, Qingyang.

其它注意事项：

川剧换票时间：16:30以后 入场时间如有加场开场前2小时换票：开始演出前1小时,如有加场开场前半小时入园

正常演出时间为：每天晚上20:00-21:30，旅游黄金期、节假日（包括暑假）有可能加演一场（第一场:18:00-19:30，第二场:20:00-21:30） 

Sichuan Opera change time:
After 16:30, if there is an extra admission time, 2 hours before the opening of the opening: 1 hour before the start of the performance, if there is an extra half hour before the opening of the opening, enter the park.
The normal performance time is:
Every evening from 20:00 to 21:30, there is a possibility of extra performances during the golden season of tourism and holidays(including summer vacations)(First: 18:00 -19:30, Second: 20:00 -21:30)