On May 1st, the Great Wall-themed large-scale situational drama "Menghua·Great Wall" will have its first performance in the Expo Park. The main theater performance lasts about 50 minutes and can accommodate more than 1,600 people watching the performance at the same time. The aud

On May 1st, the Great Wall-themed large-scale situational drama "Menghua·Great Wall" will have its first performance in the Expo Park. The main theater performance lasts about 50 minutes and can accommodate more than 1,600 people watching the performance at the same time. The audience can watch the performance through the official WeChat public account Make a reservation on the "Great Wall Inner and Outer Travel" platform.

"Menghua Great Wall" is a large-scale situational drama jointly launched by Badaling Cultural Tourism Group, Expo Investment and Development Company, Beijing Performing Arts Group, etc. It uses the Badaling Great Wall as the core scene and selects recognizable celebrities, works, and stories related to the Great Wall. , anecdotes, integrating music, dance, costumes, poetry, folklore and other art forms. The main theater performances include " Qin Shi Mingyue ", "The Heroes of the Han Dynasty", "Flying Flowers of the Tang Dynasty", "Glory of the Ming Dynasty" and "Liu Tongfeng". The repertoire focuses on highlighting the unique humanistic qualities of the Great Wall.

The performance venue of "Menghua·Great Wall" is set with the towers and city walls of the Great Wall as the background, with real scenes of bustling city streets and military camp tents, and with lighting, stage design, modeling, etc., multimedia technology is used to reproduce historical scenes. The performance venue has a main theater and 6 sub-theaters. Before entering the main theater to watch the performance, visitors can watch live scenes of smoke, galloping horses, offensive and defensive battles, etc. at the entrance of the theater. Afterwards, they can enter the 6 sub-theaters inside the theater. , see the construction of the Great Wall, Hu-Han intermarriage, poetry and riddles and other real-life performances at close range, and learn about the history and culture related to the Great Wall before entering the main theater to watch the show.

In the main theater, "Qin Shi Mingyue" will lead the audience to dream back to the Qin Dynasty. You can see the scenes of "Qin soldiers" building the Great Wall fortifications by pushing and shouldering them; "The Heroes of the Han Dynasty" will show the bravery of General Huo Qubing. "Flying Flowers of the Tang Dynasty" will lead visitors to appreciate the style of the prosperous Tang Dynasty; "Glory of the Ming Dynasty" will interpret the stories of many "little soldiers of the Ming Dynasty" who defended their homes and country and hoped for peace; "Six Contracts" "Wind" brings together the Great Wall figures from the above-mentioned dynasties to display group portraits of historical figures.

Photo courtesy of Badaling Cultural Tourism Group