Mengwaitan Scenic Area is located at No. 233, Dudu North Street, Hengdian Town, Dongyang City, on the south side of Pinghu Road and on the west side of Dudu Road, adjacent to the Nanjiang River. The scenic area primarily takes old Shanghai from the 1930s to the 1940s as its prototype, vividly recreating the urban landscape of that time, reviving the old charm of Shanghai’s cosmopolitan scene from a bygone era, and restoring classic Shanghai architectures such as the Peace Hotel, the HSBC Building, the Customs House, the Waibaidu Bridge, the Broadway Mansion, Yong’an Department Store, the Great World of Shanghai, and the Tianchan Theater. It showcases the unique Shanghai style that blends various international architectural styles in one place, integrating a movie-themed amusement park, film and television shooting services, tourist leisure resorts, and comprehensive services into a Hengdian brand with distinctive cultural characteristics.
The construction of Mengwaitan Scenic Area is divided into two phases, with the Spring Festival of 2020 as the boundary. The first phase includes two live shows, ‘Broadway Dance Show’ and ‘Laughing and Crying Foreign Opera’; three entertainment projects, ‘Tram Journey’ with 360-degree dual curved screen, ‘Great Stir in the Sky’ dome cinema, ‘Mengtongbao’ film and television career experience hall; and commercial facilities including museums, cultural and creative products, micro-movies, catering, specialty foods, handicrafts, and old Shanghai style experiences. The second phase of Mengwaitan Scenic Area plans to include water and fire special effects in the ‘Tram Journey’ disaster experience hall, ‘Gangster Chase’, ‘Film and Television Bungee Jump’, ‘Dark Roller Coaster’, the third-floor project of ‘Mengtongbao’, ‘Film Celebration’ in buildings 15-16, and a film adventure journey in building 22, along with indoor entertainment facilities and supporting projects such as parking lots, ships, and characteristic businesses. The scenic area is scheduled to officially open for business during the Spring Festival of 2020. [Main Performances] 1. Broadway Dance Show (Coming Soon) This show, with a new way of expression, multi-scenes, and panoramic, features a 3.0 era performance. It displays the style of old Shanghai in the 1930s, giving visitors a sense of immersion, participation, and experience. It uses multi-level multimedia and multi-color lasers, skillfully combined with water and fog systems, to create the splendor and dazzle of Shanghai at night, humorously presenting the heavy and bloody gangster and urban culture. Foreign dancers, aerial diving, synchronized swimming, and silk dances form a strong Shanghai regional characteristic under the backdrop of a dreamlike water stage and water stunts, with the magnificent Broadway Dance Show scene and surround 9.1 sound effect, giving a strong audio-visual impact and immersing people in it. 2. Laughing and Crying Foreign Opera (Coming Soon) This show, with exaggerated and humorous performance techniques, combines traditional opera with modern pop elements. The story unfolds around a warlord who loves traditional opera during the old Shanghai period, trying to please his fashionable eighth concubine by taking her to the theater to watch opera, but the concubine dislikes traditional opera and insists on watching foreign plays, prompting the warlord to order the theater owner to switch to foreign plays.In pursuit of life, the theater owner, out of necessity, rigidly adapts traditional Chinese opera actors to perform Western plays. All roles, including Sheng, Dan, Jing, Mo, and Chou, make their appearance. Martial actors display acrobatics, while the leading female roles sing with distinctive vocal styles. Combining traditional opera makeup, singing, recitation, and body movements, they also integrate modern pop music operatic segments and dance routines. The plot is woven together through a time-traveling narrative, showcasing the humorous and engaging rivalry between traditional Chinese opera and Western theater, recreating the cultural ambiance of old Shanghai theaters. Operating hours are from 14:00 to 21:00 all year round; special policies apply from 14:00 to 20:30. Child policy: Children aged 8 to 13 (inclusive) born between 2016 and 2011 or with a height between 1.2 meters (inclusive) and 1.5 meters (exclusive) enjoy half-price tickets. Children aged 7 (inclusive) born after 2017 or with a height below 1.2 meters must be accompanied by a ticket-holding adult to enter for free. Senior policy: Men born in 1964 (inclusive) or earlier (aged 60 and above) and women born in 1969 (inclusive) or earlier (aged 55 and above) can enter with a 30% discount upon presenting their ID card or senior citizen card. Student policy: Youths aged 14 to 18 (inclusive) born after 2007 can enter with a 20% discount upon presenting their student ID or ID card; recent graduates with an admission ticket or letter; full-time students with a student ID. Faculty and staff policy: Teachers with a county-level or higher education bureau-issued teacher’s certificate and ID card can enter with a 20% discount upon verification. Disabled policy: Individuals with a disability certificate can enter with a 50% discount. Active military policy: Active military personnel with a military ID or officer’s certificate (excluding retired, professional, discharged, or retired personnel) enter for free. Veterans policy: Veterans with a discharge certificate can enter with a 20% discount. Additional information: Parent-child ticket announcement: The child content announcement is limited to one adult accompanying one child, regardless of whether the child meets the ticket purchase standard, only one child can be brought! (For example: 1 adult + 1 child (1.2-1.5 meters) + 1 child (under 1.2 meters); and so on, considered as exceeding the parent-child number limit, limited to 1 child. Non-parent-child: The child content announcement is limited to one adult accompanying one child.
