Wuzhen, an Art Town: A theatrical experience of the ancient water town

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Before we go, we want to go to another foreign perspective on Wuzhen, from our resident American here, Erica! You have been out and about town. Tell us about it!

I did! And I love it! Take a look.

ERICA PITZI WUZHEN "As you well know by now Wuzhen is all about the water and that is why I am on a boat, but the true magic of the theater Festival happens on land. So I am about to take you on a ride or rather a stroll through this awesome little town. So we can take a look at the Wuzhent theater Festival has to offer."

It is the largest theater of all of the ten venues here at the festival where more than 2,000 people can watch the performance from across the water.

And what is so great is that it doesn' take too much time to walk from theater to theater plus what I love about Wuzhen is how beautiful the scenery is. It is just a town rich with culture.

Of the 10 theaters throughout the Wuzhen Theater Festival, this one you cannot miss and we are going to show you why.

Welcome to the ancient courtyards theater, it is a beautiful traditional Chinese theater that was originally built to be an open air Theatre back in the late Qing dynasty more than 100 years ago, of course it has been restored with a few modern touches, and this is where you can come to see traditional Chinese opera as well as some contemporary operas.

All right, we are at a place now where are you probably seen quite a lot in our shows this week, because our studio is right there across the water. This is the stage right above the water for the Huagu opera, also know as the flower drum opera and this is traditional local opera here in Wuzhen, we are about to get up close and personal with the performers, come on!

Erica later came to watch the local traditional Huagu opera and met with Mei'e, who has been performed the opera for 37 years, and the artist showed Erica how it is done.