Following its successful global tour, ‘A Dream of Hua Xu – Chinese Shadow Puppetry and Light Art Exhibition’ makes its debut at the World Expo Museum on May 1, 2024. The exhibition not only showcases the traditional shadow puppetry art from various angles but also employs digital technology to revive this thousand-year-old art form as a living fossil in a contemporary immersive light and shadow exhibition hall. Historical and literary figures such as the Monkey King Sun Wukong, the Sleeping Dragon Zhuge Liang, and the Warrior Wu Song freely traverse through a dreamlike and poetic shadow wonderland – the ‘Land of Hua Xu’. The exhibition invites you to join in a magnificent Hua Xu dream outlined by the aesthetics of shadow puppetry. Opening hours: May 1 to October 31, Tuesday to Sunday, 09:00-17:00; all day closed on Mondays; New Year’s Day, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and National Day, 09:00-17:00. Concessions for students: minors under 18 years old and full-time undergraduate students with valid student IDs; seniors: those aged 60 and above; active military personnel and their families: with valid identification; public security police: with valid identification; martyrs and military families: with valid identification; free for firefighters and rescue personnel: with valid identification.
