If you love the theater and you plan to visit Guilin China, you have to see Impression Liu Sanjie.  Even if you have been to some of the finest shows elsewhere, until you have seen this show, you have never truly experienced theater.  Impression Liu Sanjie first opened in 2004 and today, it remains one of the best-known shows in the world.

One of the things that make this production so spectacular is that it is held at the Sanjie Liu Sing Fair, the largest natural theater on the planet.  This means instead of sitting in a closed in theater, you sit in an open-air auditorium that uses the Li River water for the stage, the Twelve Mist Shrouded Hills as the backdrop, and the canopy is the sky.

Each production of Impression Liu Sanjie is unique in that the background constantly changes based on inverted reflections seen in the river, as well as the rain, mist, and light from the moon.  To see the show, you and the rest of the audience would stand on beautifully designed terraces surrounded by lush greenery.  Even the auditorium’s sound system is perfectly hidden among the natural elements.

You will be amazed how each performance of the Impression Liu Sanjie changes on a daily basis based on the weather of the four seasons.  This means if you were in Guilin in the spring and saw the show, only to return in the winter, seeing the show a second time would be an entirely different experience.

The show depicts a fairy singer associated with legends of the Zhuang community.  The fairy is a beautiful woman with a heavenly voice.  During the Impression Liu Sanjie, you gain a unique perspective of life of the Zhuang people around the Li River, seeing through impressions of the natural auditorium what the town of the fairy was like.  In all, seven chapters take you on an incredible journey that cannot be compared with any other production ever created.

This show is available only in Yangshuo, since  Li River cruise finishes in Yangshuo in early afternoon, it is suggested that you stay at least one night in Yangshuo if you are interested in the Liu Sanjie Show.