Private Half-Day Tour in Sichuan Culture Show with Hot Pot Dinner in Chengdu
Description
On this fabulous night out in Chengdu, watch the incredible Sichuan Opera and enjoy a hot pot dinner. Discover Sichuan customs as you join in the celebration of Sichuan theatrical traditions. The show includes acrobatics, music, humor and more!
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Itinerary
After pick up from your hotel, you’ll be taken to a local hot pot restaurant to enjoy tasty Sichuanese fare in the company of new friends. Hot pot is just another well-known delectable Sichuan cuisine. At the center of your table is a simmering metal pot of stock (spicy or non-spicy), waiting for you to throw in ingredients of your liking: various meats, vegetables, seafood and more. The hot pot dinner is a social experience – chat with your neighbors while you create your mouthwatering pot of soup!
It’s like watching magic happen right before your eyes! This is what you’ll be thinking while watching the Sichuan Opera, a marvelous display of Sichuan culture and art. On your evening out in Chengdu, you’ll receive a delightful overview of Sichuan customs, combining a delicious Sichuan meal with an awe-inspiring display of visual art. Sit back and enjoy a performance packed with wit, humor, lively dialogue, amazing acrobatics, dancing, acting, puppetry and music, all of which celebrate Sichuan’s creative history in the performing and fine arts. Most acts are derived from Chinese classical novels, legends and folk tales. It features dazzling sets and costumes and is known for two distinct acts: Changing Faces and Rolling Light. Rolling Light involves a performer acting out a variety of routines like jumping over a bench or dancing with a fan, all the while balancing a bowl lit with fire on his head! Changing Faces, perhaps the most popular act, involves speedy makeup changes right on stage while the actor performs other exciting feats. The most complicated routine requires the performer to inconspicuously switch between different damask masks as the drama develops. Relax as you are taken back to your hotel after the 90-minute show.
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Pickup Locations & Times
Departure point: Free picking up service from your city hotel or residence in Chengdu (all hotels within 3rd Ring Road), if you stay outside the 3rd Ring Road, then need to be picked up at the main gate of Wuhouci, or please contact us in advance to arrange to be picked up from your hotel or airport and pay extra cost to driver. Return point: Returns to original departure point.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(15)
Travelling solo can have its downsides especially when it comes to hot pot and the amount of food so this is why I booked this tour, I didn’t want to miss out on the unmissable Chengdu experience. My guide Hayley promptly met me at my hotel and took me straight to a hot pot restaurant. She explained every detail and asked what I liked to eat. She then helped me navigate the correct way to eat hot pot. After a relaxing dinner we walked the short distance to the opera theatre where Hayley made sure I was comfortable before the show. The show is interesting but the best part is seeing the face mask dance where there masks change. After the show Hayley took me back to my hotel doorstep. It was a great night and I really enjoyed talking to a local person.
There were 5 of us who participated in this group. The dinner was fantastic - our guide, Green, did a wonderful job explaining and showing us how to cook hot pot. Delicious! It was then a very short walk to the Opera, which was absolutely wonderful. The performers were talented and the final performance (fact-changing) was just amazing. Definitely recommend as a great way to spend an evening in Chengdu!
If you are in Chengdu this is a must. The hotpot is delicious and the opera show very cool. If it’s summer get ready for the heat!
The company was exceptional. My guide for the evening was a very well spoken young women. she went above and beyond taking care of me during the dinner, showing me how it was done and we enjoyed talking about our countries. she then took me to a most spectacular show, which i highly recommend to anyone going over there. I laughed so hard and i didn't even know the language, it was so good.
<p>Hot pot was new to me and we had dinner at a community authentic Chinese place , very nice and the food was really good. The Culture show was just great , it was a fun evening and Jenny was a comfortable tour guide!</p>
<p>This tour was worth every penny! My husband and I got picked up in a Lexus limousine. We got picked up at 4:30pm. The local restaurant was the real thing and our guide ordered for us 3 beef hot pot. We drove to the Opera which was like a cabaret with 6 World class performance. At 11pm we where back.</p>
<p>It was great to go back stage to photograph the actors.</p>
<p>DO IT !!<br/> This is a plesant an comfortable way to enjoy a tasty Hot Pot and experience the colourful Sichuan Opera.<br/> Thank you very much Mars ...our guide for taking us around. It was a funny evening.</p>
<p>I was met by Jeli my guide and companion for the evening. Jeli led me through the options for the famous Sichuan hotpot. The meal was very good and she was lovely company. Afterwards we walked around the park to the Chengdu Opera. I enjoyed the show and was then returned to my hotel A wonderful start to my short stay in Chengdu</p>
<p>The food was great the show was great. I wish our tour guide would've explained more about what we were eating and what was going on with the show/performances.</p>
