Raising their heads and roaring, raising their feet and leaping, the flames of war are flying, and the war song is in the clouds. An immersive costume horse war drama through time and space is being staged in the Yishui Tianshang Wangcheng Scenic Area. This battle of kings, which reproduces the battle of the battlefield, has become a classic performance project in the scenic spot, and the newly revised plot design is also more in line with the expectations of tourists for immersive experience.
This May Day holiday, the immersive interpretation of "Battle of Kings" in Yishui Heavenly King City will be completely revised. In addition to the perfect integration of the beautiful dance of Feitian Weiya and the galloping of Bingge Iron Horse on the battlefield, visitors can also feel the fierceness of the war on the spot, understand the knowledge of Ji Wanggu, and enjoy the thrilling equestrian performance. For example, a series of difficult actions such as handstand, flying, turning over, standing upright, and leaping immediately make people applaud.
Since ancient times, China has mostly used horses in warfare, and at present, the first-class and wonderful horse fighting performances are none other than the Heavenly King's City. As the earliest scenic spot in the province to carry out horse war performances, the Heavenly King City Scenic Area has natural advantages. Relying on the historical and cultural background of the Spring and Autumn Period, with more than 50 ruins, scenic spots and 3,000 years of history and entertainment culture such as the unique "Gu" landform of the scenic spot, the Spring and Autumn Ancient Tombs, the Seven Battalions of the Ji Army, and the Era Terrace, it has created a composite tour mode of "cultural relics + digital technology + immersive experience performance", showing the cultural connotation of Jiwanggu from multiple angles, concretizing the cold history, and leading the audience to explore the history of the Spring and Autumn Period and find the roots of Jiwang culture.
In recent years, major scenic spots have continued to innovate and launch new immersive performance projects to continuously strengthen their attraction to tourists. To this end, the Heavenly King City Scenic Area not only launched the "Nine Guest Gifts", so that tourists from all over the world can enjoy the high-standard welcome etiquette of "guests as guests" at the entrance of the scenic spot, but also solemn prayer ceremony, full of ceremony.
In addition, performances such as Shangdao Mountain and monkey opera in the market juggling make people laugh, and there are performances such as "Dynasty Feast", which can experience the etiquette culture of the court and nobility through the millennium. While enriching the scenic products, the various forms of interpretation have improved the quality of cultural tourism and personalized services, and enhanced the interaction of tourists.
"It's so fun that performances can walk off the stage, blend into the audience, and integrate multiple art forms and technologies, which also provides more solutions for the innovation of tourism performing arts. Tourists from Weifang praised that they learned and played here, and they gained a lot!
There are heroes who ride horses and whips, and there are also beautiful and moving beauties. Graceful posture, retro makeup, gorgeous clothes...... Dressed in Hanfu and dressed fairies, the fairies fluttered by, and people lingered in heaven and earth.
It is reported that the Heavenly King City is also a place where the majority of Hanfu lovers like to gather. Every weekend and holiday, strolling in the scenic spot with a seat of Hanfu, and the sword and sword shadow, the copper wall and the iron wall of the horse station performance are integrated with each other, and it has become the most beautiful scenery in spring. "There is not only the cold light of cold weapons, but also the tenderness of children. Gather the ancient and modern splendor and interpret the beauty of the Orient. Hanfu lover Wang Ye said.
Tell history into a story to enhance the visitor experience. Tourists who have been to the Heavenly King City Scenic Area will not be unfamiliar with the performance of "Battle of Kings" in the scenic spot. The festive stage, the majestic "samurai", the noisy gongs and drums, the queue to welcome guests, the colorful and colorful Hanfu young lady actors who still hold the pipa and half-cover their faces are around the tourists, immersively experience the etiquette of the country, music and dance, and are made into short videos by many tourists to publicize, becoming a "net celebrity" check-in performance.
In the view of Wang Fangliang, general manager of Tianshang Wangcheng Scenic Area, the integration of performing arts into tourism can enhance the attractiveness of the scenic spot. Based on its own history and culture, the scenic spot has launched a commercial immersive performance with distinctive characteristics, which makes the tourism experience and participation better, and promotes the quality and upgrading of the integrated development of culture, tourism, business and sports in Linyi.
He said that in order to attract tourists and conform to the new tourism consumption trends such as "freshness, particularity, and ritual", the scenic spot has made full efforts to create new cultural tourism and performing arts projects by taking advantage of the east wind of science and technology, so as to expand the market and promote the development of the local tourism economy, not only to add vitality to the scenic spot, increase business formats, and improve efficiency, but also to contribute new strength to the quality and upgrading of the cultural and tourism industry.
Wang Fangliang believes that immersive performances, as a new outlet for the cultural tourism industry, can continue to tap its commercial value and launch more projects with both ideology, artistry and marketability to meet the growing demand for cultural tourism consumption. He introduced that the next step of the scenic spot will be to combine immersive performances with script killing and animation experience, innovate performance techniques, and integrate popular elements to meet the current consumption needs of people and tourists.
As one of the core scenic spots of Yimeng Mountain, Jiwanggu, where the Heavenly King City is located, is known as "the first of the seventy-two valleys of Yimeng" and "the first Gu in China". In April 2014, the "Spring and Autumn Tomb of Ji Wanggu" was rated as "Top Ten New Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2013". According to legend, in 690 B.C., the deceased king Ji led the remnants of his army to be stationed here.
Jiwanggu, which is 577.2 meters above sea level here, covers an area of about 4 square kilometers, but a large number of weapons have been unearthed. Relying on the rich historical and cultural resources, the scenic spot digs deep into the "true" history and activates the classic IP, so that the majority of tourists can also be the "guardian of national treasures" during the tour, so that the Jiwanggu culture can be "lived" and become a unique display window.