MILLENNIUM CITY PARK performs all the enthusiasm and whoopee in flourishing age in the new way. When you are abandoning yourself to beautiful scenes of the park, you maybe suddenly fall in refined performances: Bao Qingtian is walking slowly in the street, Liangshan heroes robbing prison van in the square over there; here is polo performance of imperial wives, there is water battle with thundering firing; seeing acrobatics performance of Kaifeng Menghua Buyetian, listening music and dance accompanied with serial bells…MILLENNIUM CITY PARK provides decades of performances in Song Dynasty every day.
Bao Gong’s welcoming guest
Bao Zheng, prefectural magistrate of Kaifeng, on imperial's order, led civil and military officials of all ranks and descriptions to set imperial guard of honor and held the grand park opening ceremony. The drum and salute sounds echoed to the skies, by Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, Wang Chao and Ma Han waiting at both sides, Bao Zheng declared the imperial edict to welcome all guests from the whole country into the park and enjoy all the delight of the world!
Legends in Song Dynasty
MILLENNIUM CITY PARK offers a lot of performances and amusements involving legends and cultural history in Song Dynasty with strong view and amusement value, such as Bao Gong handling case, Liangshan heroes’ robbing prison van and Yang Zhi’s selling sword and so on.
Ancient arts
People & puppet art with a long history gained unprecedented development, is not only popular in the common people but also loved by officers and imperial wives in the way of performing in the imperial halls in the urban civilization in Song Dynasty. MILLENNIUM CITY PARK has a variety of people & puppet performance like shadow play, hop-pocket play and water puppet etc.
Music and dance accompanied with serial bells
They transmit magnificent music for five thousand years, as elegant as sounds of nature, as vigorous as far thunder. Hold your breath and listen silently, your mind would come back to thousands of years ago and visit the ancient homeland with the music. Amorous female dancers with gallant clothes and beautiful looks stretch out their wide sleeves, seemingly it is a dream. Watching such dance with musical accompaniment, you will not forget it and unwilling to watch another type music in a very long time.
Ancient music of Song Dynasty
Sitting in the water-center pavilion, and seeing the light of wave and the shadow of lantern reflecting each other is like in the fairyland—the palace of the moon. Recalling the bold and unconstrained “great river flowing to the east” and the graceful and restrained “soft wind and crescent ”, a great many wonderful types of scenery in Song Ci—classical poetry have been realized in the music.
Scheme acrobatics evening party of Kaifeng Menghua
In the flourishing age and the peaceful world, many unique skills join each other in Kaifeng City. The acrobatics show represents a splendid sight by providing a large perfect stage with capricious sound and light. Open all of your sense organs to record the precious traveling memory!
Anecdotes of Bianhe River
The Bianhe River with 3,800m length is not only a large life artery for Kaifeng exchanging goods but also the last barrier for protecting Kaifeng city, so it is very clear that the river makes a great difference to Kaifeng in Song Dynasty. Since ancient age, numerous happiness and sadness have been performed along this Bianhe River.
Novel performances
After one thousand years, a lot of amusement activities existing popularly in imperial halls and among common people in Song Dynasty have nearly disappeared or only exist in a certain circle without seeing in daily life. But when you come into MILLENNIUM CITY PARK, you have a chance to see the ancient amusements with your own eyes and satisfy your heart of seeking novelty. Like: Cockfighting, Water swing, Women’s polo, Ancient kickball.