点评:My wife and I had visited Hua Qing Palace on Friday (TA reviewed), but decided that the weather might that night, not be pleasant enough to sit outside for the show.
Now it’s Tuesday, in the morning we’d visited the XiYing Film Museum (TA reviewed) and in the afternoon the Shaanxi History Museum (TA reviewed), and the weather looked nice, so we decided to see the show.
The 40-minute cab ride to the Hua Qing Palace was ¥70. Tickets for the palace were ¥800 each! That’s for the VIP seats, that come with complimentary gherkins and cherry tomatoes to nibble and a small bottle of water.
Of course there are much cheaper seats, but when we’re on holiday, I like to push the boat out and indulge ourselves. My view is that if you’d paid thousands to get there, then why waste it by sitting in the cheap seats! The view from our seats was brilliant, in the centre and a little above the stage. Just note, the row of VIP seats in front of us was even more expensive at ¥1000 each but all had been sold to a company.
Back to the show, my wife remembers the story of the King and his Queen and concubines from her schooldays, but I doubt if I followed it correctly. To me, the show centred around the King’s relationship with his daughter-in-law and subsequent events. The king sent his son to a monastery for three years to worship, so he was out of the way. Let’s say the king’s brains were not now between his ears and eventually the country descended into chaos, poverty and finally war. At this point, the nobles decided enough was enough and the daughter-in-law was duly dispatched skywards. The king saw the error of his ways, but it was too late for him, and he soon popped his clogs and followed her. They met and lived happily every afterwards. End of story.
The one-hour show was great, lots of dancing, singing, water and lights. I really liked how a curtain of water became a screen. The wooded hill in the background is used to great effect, look for the illuminated house on the top of the hill to the left of the stage. I was forever glancing to the sides of the centre stage as there was vignettes of performances, that complemented the centre stage and sometimes progressed on the centre stage. Choreography and stage management at its finest.
When the show ended, we were ushered out toute-de-suit because the show was repeated 30 minutes later, and everything had to be neat and tidy for the next audience who were already queuing to get in.
Outside the palace my wife used an app to get us a cab back to our hotel to end a very busy day.
翻译:我和妻子周五时曾去过华清宫(已有点评),但当时觉得当晚的天气可能不适合坐在户外观看演出。
今天是周二,早上我们去了西影电影博物馆(已有点评),下午又去了陕西历史博物馆(已有点评)。天气看起来不错,于是我们决定去看演出。
乘车40分钟才抵达华清宫,车费是70元。华清宫的门票每张要800元!这还是贵宾席的票价呢。这些座位还配有免费的酸黄瓜和樱桃番茄供随意食用,另有一小瓶水。
当然,也有便宜得多的座位,但度假时我喜欢奢侈一回,尽情享受。我的原则是:既然已经花了数千元来这里,又何必坐在便宜的座位上浪费钱呢!我们坐的座位位置绝佳,正位于舞台中央且稍高一些的位置。仅供参考而已。我们前方的贵宾席更贵,每张票价高达1000元人民币,不过这些座位全部都被一家公司买下了。
回到演出本身,我妻子回忆起学生时代学过的关于国王、王后以及嫔妃们的故事,但我不确定自己是否理解对了。在我看来,整场演出的核心是国王与儿媳之间的关系以及随后发生的种种事件。国王把儿子送到寺院里修行了三年,这样他就不会碍事啦。假设那时国王脑子不再灵光了,结果国家陷入了混乱、贫困,最后还爆发了战争。这时,贵族们觉得忍无可忍,于是立刻把王后送上天去了。国王也意识到了自己的错误,但为时已晚;没过多久他也一命呜呼,追着王后去了。他们重逢后便从此幸福地生活在一起。故事结束。
这场一小时的演出相当精彩,有大量的舞蹈、歌唱,还有水景和灯光秀。我特别喜欢水帘变成屏幕的创意。背景中那片林木繁茂的山丘也运用得恰到好处——留意一下舞台左侧山顶上那栋发着光的房子吧。我的视线总是不由自主地瞟向舞台两侧,因为那里有各种小型表演片段,它们不仅与舞台中心的表演相得益彰,有时还会直接延续到舞台中心。这堪称编舞与舞台管理的典范之作。
演出结束时,由于演出在30分钟后重播,我们被迅速请出会场,因为下一批观众早已在排队等候入场,场地必须保持整洁有序。
离开宫殿后,我的妻子用应用程序叫了一辆出租车送我们回酒店,为这忙碌的一天画上句号。