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 Pavilion in Lake Center Tea House is the oldest extant tea house in Shanghai. It is full of antique and elegant flavor. This ancient architecture with intense characteristics of gardens in Jiangnan is not only the symbol of Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Mart Co., Ltd but also a landmark for old Shanghai. At leisure time when one sits against the window sipping at one’s tea, it will be quite pleasant to enjoy the lingering and melodious Jiangnan music performed with traditional string and woodwind instruments.
Tea is a time-honored drink in human history. The content in the cup is an intimate friend of yours. What a charming situation one can hope for, sitting against the window, enjoying the good tea, and appreciating the beautiful musical notes! What you are enjoying is the intense Jiangnan flavor.
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Jiangnan music performed with traditional string and woodwind instruments.
Tea is a time-honored drink in human history. The content in the cup is an intimate friend of yours. What a charming situation one can hope for, sitting against the window, enjoying the good tea, and appreciating the beautiful musical notes! What you are enjoying is the intense Jiangnan flavor.
In China, a kind of tea is well known because of its place of origin, and a place becomes widely known because of a famous tea. Either in the past or at present time, people in Shanghai have had a special liking for the Dragon Well tea of the West Lake for over a hundred years. New Spring Yuanbao Tea is used to pray for blessing and good luck; Three-routine Kung Fu Tea has special techniques for tea-making; Yunnan Three-Course Tea possesses excellent national tea ceremony; Court Three-emotion Tea is the traditional classic tea culture. In addition there is also Zen or Chan tea in Taoism and Buddhism, as well as fashion art tea. |
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 Wood arched gate carved with flowers, the layout of the stage, the wood statue of the ancestor of theatre performance—Tang Minghuang (Emperor Xuanzong), hand-portrayed “Flavors of Old Shanghai”, “Record of Theatre above the Sea” written out in Chinese Running Script Calligraphy, the light box for shadow play, and old-fashioned clip show with the historical characteristics of old city god temple—all these serve as a window for tourists at home and abroad to understand Chinese operas and China’s classic folk customs.
Major functions include:
Enjoying Tea — Imitating the layout of traditional opera house and blending the functions of modern stages, Yu Garden Opera House provides a natural peaceful place amidst the bustling urban life. The tourists coming from home and abroad to enjoy tea and relaxation will feel extreme joy and happiness from the graceful tea ceremony and the melodious folk music.
Special Performance — an elegant atmosphere of antique flavor is brought out bythe first-rate lighting and acoustics, imitated red-wood tables and chairs, and exquisite tableware. The opera house can provide performance for 200 people while at the same time entertaining them with dainty food and tea and refreshments characteristic of old city god temple.
Meeting Affairs and Important Activities — in addition to artistic performance, the opera house can be used to hold various meetings and activities, or host large activities by combining with the plazas within the Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Mart Co., Ltd.
Performance Management — the opera house is capable of managing and brokering performance outside, which makes the performances with special characteristics accessible to more audience groups.
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