Players change into the clothes of historical figures, walk through the courtyards of Gucuo, punch in each task point according to the established script, and experience celebrity stories, Ming and Qing architectures in three squares and seven alleys within a 4-hour game time
“This is a novel way to play!” During the “11th” Golden Week this year, the Fuzhou Ancient Cuo Tour was even more popular than in previous years due to the newly launched live “script killing” interactive experience.
“Script killing” is a social game that integrates multiple functions such as role playing, reasoning, and gaming, and is currently popular among young people. This time, the real scene “script kill” of Fang Xiang is called “A Dream of Yellow Mansions”. Walking into a small yellow mansion built in the late Tang Dynasty and repaired in the light years of the Qing Dynasty, tourists can experience the past and present lives of the ancient mansion.
“The ‘script killing’ in Fangxiang is rich in cultural connotations, and each clue is closely related to the ancient house. Through exploration, reasoning, and deduction, people can gain an immersive experience and gain a deeper understanding of it.” Ms. Lin, a tourist, said.
According to Yang Li, the project leader, since the launch of “Dream of Yellow Mansions”, the market has received a warm response. The team has adjusted from 1 game per day to 2 games per day, but the venue is still full. In the future, the three lanes and seven alleys will continue to deeply explore the architectural history, culture, and other resources within the lane, creating a popular historical and cultural brand.
In Fuzhou, ancient houses have already become unique urban cultural landmarks. In order to make the restored ancient house “live”, various scenic spots continue to unlock the trendy game of “old bottles of new wine”.
Located in the historical and cultural district of Shangxiahang in Fuzhou, the Shuxu Teahouse also supports an ancient house. It was originally a century-old ancestral hall of the Chen family. Senior engineer Lin Feng took over the operation right of this ancient house out of his hobby. After the opening of the teahouse, the “bookstore+tea stall” model was used to restore the ancient Fuzhou Pinghua and Che Singing performances.
It is not so much a restoration of tradition as a creative base for reviving folk art. In the teahouse, there are not only classic songs such as Lord Lin destructed opium, but also new scripts such as 18 Flavors of Rongcheng, Two Hangs and Seven Continents. The performance is synchronized with Tiktok live broadcast, with an average daily online audience of more than 800 people. The offline venue can accommodate nearly 30 people, almost full.
Lin Feng said that the audience of tourists includes many young people, who also communicate and interact with old artists after listening to them, and there are also many “after 00” to learn from old artists. The response from society has led Lin Feng to find a direction to work hard.
In recent years, Fuzhou has focused on creating 17 distinctive historical and cultural blocks, protecting and renovating 261 traditional old streets, and successively repairing more than 1100 historical buildings in the protection of ancient houses. Walking in the old streets of Fuzhou, you can always see the wonderful collision between “new” and “old”.
It is not only the ancient houses themselves that attract tourists to stop, but also the rich business forms to experience. The renovated Luoshi Silk and Satin Village, a provincial cultural protection unit in Fujian, has become an exhibition hall of intangible cultural heritage in Fuzhou. It has launched a series of research activities on intangible cultural heritage, and invited inheritors of intangible cultural heritage projects to show their intangible cultural heritage skills on site. Tourists can personally experience cork paintings, Shoushan stone carvings, bodiless lacquerware, Paper Cuttings and other production crafts.
“We need to find the most suitable activation method for an ancient house,” said Chen Mulin, an ancient architecture expert. “These old buildings carry many valuable stories, and today people should cherish them and let them radiate new vitality.” Deng Qianqian, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency