The Youfu City scenic area is located on the east side of Yanjing Ridge on Nanhai Island, Dianbai District, Maoming City, Guangdong Province. It is 25 kilometers away from the city center and 29 kilometers away from Maoming Station. It covers an area of about 230,000 square meters, of which the building area is about 5,000 square meters. On the south side of the scenic area is a 12-kilometer-long beach with white, soft and fine sand, wide and gentle.
Along the outside of the beach is a continuous coastal protection forest belt with a width of 800 to 1,000 meters. The Youfu City scenic area aims to create an immersive new cultural and tourism destination that integrates performing arts, cultural and creative industries, and commerce with Lady Xian’s culture as the IP, and combines ‘humanities history + technology + culture + performing arts’ across the country. Lady Xian’s culture: Lady Xian, whose real name is Xian Ying, dedicated her life to maintaining ethnic unity and national unity and made outstanding contributions to the development of social, economic and cultural life in Lingnan. Later generations called her the ‘Holy Mother of Lingnan’. Lady Xian has a wide and profound influence. Lady Xian’s temples are widespread in western Guangdong and Hainan regions. Commemorative activities have been folk customs for more than a thousand years. Lady Xian’s culture is an integral part of Lingnan culture and has important roles and significance in studying folklore and promoting excellent Chinese national culture. There are 128 venues commemorating Lady Xian in Lingnan region. Among them, the following three have scale and influence: Lady Xian’s Tomb of the State of Qiao in the Sui Dynasty, Empress Temple, and Lady Xian’s Temple in Gaozhou. OCT has created the Youfu City scenic area as the fourth major commemorative place for Lady Xian’s culture in Lingnan region in an ‘immersive performing arts way’. In the future, it will become an important part of Maoming City’s ‘kind-hearted Maoming’ cultural output and an important base for ‘patriotic education’! The Youfu City scenic area is composed of three parts: Area A (commercial area), Area B (ancient street and tourist center), and Area C (immersive performing arts area). Area A is a consumption area integrating commerce and cultural creativity. Commerce includes tea bars, cafes, light meals, convenience store products and other business forms, Lady Xian’s cultural and creative themed commodities, film and television script experience stores, Hanfu exhibition areas, etc. Area B is composed of an ancient street and a tourist center. The ancient street is about 60 meters long and has a total of 20 stalls. Taking the Sui and Tang dynasties as its coat, it runs through the folk customs and contents of the Sui and Tang dynasties. Walking here, the staff and stall owners are all dressed in ancient costumes, and there are bursts of hawking sounds, without losing the charm of antiquity, fully reflecting the unique charm of Sui and Tang culture. The tourist center consists of commodity sales area, ticketing consultation area, image display area, tourist rest area, actor dressing room, office and other spaces. Area C is composed of supporting facilities such as Fucheng Theater, Agarwood Exhibition Hall, Lady Xian Exhibition Hall, and tea room. Among them, the immersive blessing drama ‘Heart Incense’, the core product of the project, will grandly open in Fucheng Theater. In the 50 minutes of being detached from reality, through the will of Lady Xian ‘clear singing’, in Youfu City, experiencing the mental journey of ‘learning’ and ‘farewell’ and realizing wishes, expressing that the reason why every wish can be realized is that we need to learn to treat our own desires well and bless the desires of others.Always with good intentions, knowing when to let go, and restraining expansion lead to a peaceful enlightenment. The Agarwood Exhibition Hall is located behind the indoor theater, divided into three sections: ‘First Encounter with Agarwood’, ‘Incense Tools and the Way of Incense’, and ‘The Application of Agarwood’. Under the soft lighting, all the agarwood emits the luster of time. The exhibition hall provides agarwood enthusiasts with opportunities for communication and exchange, and also allows visitors to further deepen their understanding of agarwood, using it as a medium to inherit and promote China’s excellent traditional culture.
The Xian Furen Exhibition Hall consists of three parts: ‘Integration of Li and Han’, ‘Protecting the Country and People’, and ‘The Spirit of Kindness’. The wall design of ‘Integration of Li and Han’ is a semi-scene mural. Combined with character animation, it tells the story of Lingnan’s admiration for the Central Plains culture; ‘Protecting the Country and People’ narrates the story of Xian Furen during the Liang, Chen, and Sui dynasties, including her wisdom in relocating officials, sacrificing her son to quell unrest, and accepting the imperial edict to return to the Sui. ‘The Spirit of Kindness’ tells the story of the formation and distribution of Xian Furen’s culture, displaying the worship of Xian Furen’s spirit by people from ancient times to the present in various regions. The immersive blessing drama ‘Heart Fragrance’ has a core idea that everyone has wishes, so everyone has a ‘You Fu City’ in their hearts to store their wishes and hope for their fulfillment. The female protagonist, Qing Ge, becomes a lucky star by helping people fulfill their wishes, which is like our journey of constant growth with expectations in fulfilling our wishes. Accompanying Qing Ge’s journey, we gradually realize that not every wish will be fulfilled. Some wishes become obsessions because they are considered too important during the process of realization, and the only way to break the dilemma is to let go; some wishes grow too inflated and greedy, turning into desires, which lead people to act recklessly, unable to restrain themselves, and uncontrollably heading towards corruption, and the way to save desires is to return to one’s simple and original heart. After every audience member travels through ‘You Fu City’ with Qing Ge, we will understand what is fortune and how to achieve our wishes with composure. In the journey of life, good luck favors those who are diligent and down-to-earth, good wishes will be realized, and fortune accompanies those who adhere to themselves.
After every audience member has toured ‘Youfu City’ with Qingge, we will all understand what good fortune is and how to achieve our wishes calmly. In life’s journey, good luck favors diligent and down-to-earth people. Good wishes will be fulfilled, and good fortune accompanies those who adhere to themselves. Open all year round from 09:00 to 21:00. 1. Regular performance time of ‘Heart Fragrance’ (theater): (no performance on Mondays).
(1) From Tuesday to Friday, there is one show per day starting at 19:30. (2) From Saturday to Sunday, there are two shows per day starting at 15:30 and 19:30. 2. Street performances in the park (in the block) time: (Due to hot weather, the director decides according to the number of visitors in the park). (1) From Tuesday to Friday, shows start at 14:30, 15:30, 16:30, and 17:30 irregularly. (2) From Saturday to Sunday, shows start at around 14:30 and 17:00 irregularly. Preferential policies: Children: Free for those under 1.2 meters in height (inclusive) or under 6 years old (inclusive).
