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Charming Xiangxi

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Charming Xiangxi
《魅力湘西》

Venue: Charming Xiangxi Grand Theater, Guihua Lu, Wulingyuan district, Zhangjiajie, Hunan province
Ticket price: 168/188/208/228/268/308 yuan per person ($23.44-$42.97)

Daily show times:
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
9:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Duration: 90 minutes

Notes:
Children under 1.2 meters in height may enter for free but will not be provided with a seat.

The ladder-climbing acts from Charming Xiangxi [Photo/IC]

Since its debut in 2000, the large-scale folk music and dance show Charming Xiangxi has staged over 7,000 performances and welcomed more than 16 million spectators from home and abroad. After more than two decades of development, it has become the most popular folk performance in the Zhangjiajie region.

The show takes place at the Charming Xiangxi International Cultural Plaza, located at the entrance of Wulingyuan district in the city of Zhangjiajie. With exquisite stage design, ancient musical melodies, dazzling lighting effects and splendid ethnic costumes, it offers a refined cultural feast showcasing the rich ethnic heritage of western Hunan.

Stage photo of Charming Xiangxi [Photo/IC]

From the rhythmic Miao drum dance and thrilling ladder-climbing acts to the ancient Maogusi dance, the mystical corpse-driving ritual, the emotional Tujia wedding lament and the legendary Ghost Valley martial arts—the performance integrates ethnic music, dance and multimedia to present a spectacular display of the folk culture and traditional arts. It has become a golden name card of Hunan’s cultural tourism.

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