Impressions of Liu San Jie Show in Guilin, China

Whilst in Guilin in May, there is a show that was very highly recommended in travel journals. It is the called the Impressions of Liu San Jie and the show is held on the river banks of Li River at Yangshuo.

The Liu San Jie story was made famous by a movie in the 60s. It tells of a story about a minority tribe in Guilin. The show is an adaptation of the movie and also about the lives of different minority tribes in Guangxi province.

The show has been around since 2004 and is created by a famous director who also recently choreographed some of the shows at the Beijing Olympics.

I view of the seating area that we had. We were there early.

The view of the stage area as it turned dusk

The whole place was full by the time the show started.

Beautiful lighted limestone hills

We were there early and the view was very serene. As it turned dusk, the views became even more magnificent. The crowds kept coming to fill up the place and by the time the show started, the place was fully packed.

The only thing one must remember is to bring along mosquito repellants. Even with so many people, I think the mosquitoes numbered even more.

The show was spectacular with lots of ways to wow us. They put in a lot of efforts for this. Even the coordinating with a cast of hundreds must have been a hurculean effort. They used a lot of lighting and sounds to achieve the effects. The use of water and boats are also fantastic.

Red cloths being pulled across the waters by boats

The story of the girls who went to live in the moon

The finale

The toilet done like an old Chinese house

The entrance to the show area

The entrance to the theatre

A beautiful building on the way to the theatre

Another view of the building

An early view of the stage

When the show ended, there was the traditional rush to go out. You can imagine with thousands of Chinese people. They are aggressive and not very polite when it comes of queing. Also, with the number of buses outside, it was madness but somehow with lots of honking and shouting, things resolves by itself. Well, that's China.

The Chinese are now very apt at creating such shows. It is not just in Guilin but they have impressive shows in Hangzhou and other touristic places. If one is in China, make sure you do not such an opportunity. I just used a simple digital camera and do not do justice at all for the show. it is just simply fabulous.

Until the next time, cheers.