Tianmen Fox Fairy Show
Tianmen Fox Fairy Show is a large-scale real-scene musical drama that originated from a traditional Chinese fairy tale, which shows a love story between a fox fairy and a woodsman.
The love story was widespread among locals and all Chinese. The performance area is located in the 5 km long valley of Tianmen Mountain, 8 km from Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province.
Tianmen Fox Fairy Show Facts
- Location: Tianmen Fox Fairy Valley Theater, Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area, Zhangjiajie
- Opening Hours: 20:15-21:50 (daily)
- Duration: 90 minutes
- Ticket Price: VIP A Area: 880RMB/P/P; VIP B Area: 580RMB/P/P; Normal A Area: 238RMB/P/P; Normal B Area 208RMB/P/P; Normal C Area: 188RMB/P/P
Overview of Tianmen Fox Fairy Show
Being the world’s first real-scene musical drama with Tianmen Mountain and deep valleys as the stage background, Tianmen Fox Fairy Show is famous at home and abroad.
It was first performed on the foot of Tianmen Mountain, Zhangjiajie City on September 17, 2009. With 10 years’ development and experience, the show becomes more and more excellent and delicate.
Its main stage and auditorium cover a total area of 19,880 square meters. And its panoramic stage made of glass steel covers a total area of 10,000 square meters, which is transparent with the lighting effects to make a dreamlike scene.
Tianmen Fox Fairy Show is divided into five chapters, including King Fox Choosing an Imperial Concubine, Meeting at Tianmen Mountain, Lovesickness of Fox Fairy, Betraying to King Fox, and Waiting for each other.
Story Background of Tianmen Fox Fairy Show
It comes from a local ancient fairy tale between a fox fairy and a woodsman that began thousands of years ago. It is a romantic love story.
The fox fairy is very kind and overwhelmingly beautiful and never hunts human beings, which makes her different from other fox fairies (In Chinese folk culture, fox fairy were regarded as a kind of evil spirit that hunting human beings for food).
The Plotline of the Show
The fox fairy was arranged to marry the king of Fox Empire that she never loves. Instead, she falls in love with both diligent and kind woodsman called Liu Hai when they met in Tianmen Mountain.
What’s more, she turns into a woman by using her supernatural power and comes into Liu Hai’s house to do housework for him without being seen by Liu Hai. Liu Hai finally finds out the truth and falls in love with the fox fairy.
But the villagers from Liu Hai’s village can’t accept that Liu Hai’s lover is a fox fairy and don’t agree on the wedding between Liu Hai and the fox fairy, because many villagers were eaten by fox fairies. In other words, fox fairies and the Fox Empire are the enemies of all villagers.
And the king of the Fox Empire was very angry when he hearing the news that the fox fairy wants to marry Liu Hai. So the beautiful fox fairy was held in captivity by the king of the Fox Empire.
Surprisingly, Liu Hai and the fox fairy swore that they will love each other until the sun runs dry and the rocks turn to dust. Finally, Heaven was touched by their romantic love story. Liu Hai and the fox fairy got married and lived a happy life together.
There is a cast of 530. And visitors can hear sweet folk songs sung by over a cast of 100 local singers in traditional clothing with silver ornaments.
The show combines folk music and modern art together, which makes it full of primitive simplicity and the latest modernity.
There are flying waterfalls, a man-made big moon, Tujia people’s hanging houses, and idyllic surroundings on the stage during the show, which make visitors feel like in a wonderland.
How to Get There
Tianmen Fox Fairy Valley Theater is located at the foot of Tianmen Mountain.
You can get to Tianmen Mountain Cableway Lower Station by bus nos. 4, 5, 6, or 10; and then transfer to a shuttle bus to the theater from the cableway station.
Or take a taxi from Zhangjiajie downtown to get there directly.
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Tips
- 1. It is open from March to December every night, no matter it is rainy or not.
- 2. The show has a rest between Jan. to Feb. every year.
- 3. Theatre will provide free raincoats to audiences if it rains.
- 4. The show is performed at night. It is suggested to bring a coat to enjoy the show for it is a little bit cold at night. Or visitors can rent a coat, which costs RMB 10.
- 5. There are Chinese, English, Korean and Japanese on the screen, so do not worry about language differences.
Nearby Attractions
There are some magnificent and picturesque scenic spots such as Wulingyuan Scenic Area and Zhangjiajie National Forest Park around the Tianmen Fox Fairy Show performance area.
Wulingyuan Scenic is a very large geographical area and famous for its stone forests and rare animals and plants. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is a magnificent and grand forest park that visitors can enjoy the true beauty of nature.