Traditional Culture Immersion Performance Art Design

Interior and interior design. decorative design

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There should be a good day and a good party.

Visit this case: Liang She Night Banquet

Project address: No.688 Shaanxi North Road, Shanghai

This case design: Zhou Ping and Wang Yang.

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A play, given to the Tang Dynasty, can't go back.

The Tang Dynasty was the peak period in the history of China. At that time, people from all over the world gathered in Chang 'an, and culture, politics, economy and science and technology all reached an unprecedented peak. Even in the late period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the imprint of the "Prosperous Age of Han and Tang Dynasties" continued to flow.

"Han Xizai's Night Banquet" Gu Hong Zhong in Southern Tang Dynasty

The famous painting Han Xizai's Night Banquet is a gap for modern people to spy on the style and human feelings of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the source of inspiration for the well-known immersed cultural sensory restaurant "Liangshe Night Banquet" in Shanghai. Starting with melodious pipa tunes, the dance gradually got better and better, and the collective performance of musicians and prostitutes pushed the atmosphere to a climax. At the end of the song, people broke up, and a group of guests at the Tang Dynasty scholar-officials' family banquet, people were intoxicated with the music scene and were stepping on the rut of the Millennium era.

"We hope that through this space, people can have a variety of immersive experiences and feel the culture of China and the past and present lifestyles of China people." Designer Wang Yang said.

▲ Cross-border designer Wang Yang was interviewed.

Taking the prosperous Tang Dynasty as the source, China's traditional culture, food, music, dance and traditional opera are integrated and displayed in the form of multimedia art, which is the collision between technology and art, creating a multi-level sensory "artistic conception".

As Wang Yang said, this is not an ordinary dinner, but a play, a dream and a movie.

Overture: Penglai Scenic Area

Light and candle go into fairyland.

"Building a house in a human environment without chariots and horses" is the carefree realm in Tao Yuanming's works, and it is also the poetic hometown that modern people living in a noisy city yearn for. But in contrast, the banquet in Liang She seems to present a kind of "dream", a kind of "glitz" far from the secular.

The predecessor of Liangshe Night Banquet was a century-old factory building hidden in the old building complex of Shaanxi North Road. Before trying to describe this dream of the Tang Dynasty, designer Wang Yang combined his own experience in studying historical materials to build its outline bit by bit in his mind. Finally, the quiet plot in the noise found its true identity.

▲ When you push the door in, the Tang Dynasty-style buildings on the background wall of the front hall come into view, and you can vaguely see the framework of the building itself. Initially, the whole space was separated by the floor. After renovation and demolition, a high atrium was formed.

▲ At night, the lights are bright, the light and shadow are rising, flying cranes are dancing in the clouds, and the red is floating. An epic of the prosperous Tang Dynasty is about to be staged.

Japan is the most complete place to preserve ancient buildings in the Tang Dynasty. In order to complete realistic reproduction, Wang Yang and his team went to Nara, Japan, and restored many architectural models, which were finally presented by 3D printing technology.

▲ All-copper hollow curtains, you can clearly see the movement outside indoors, but you can't see the glimpse of the restaurant outside. Under the sunlight, the projection is mottled, big or small, and becomes a pleasant shade.

The second paragraph: Empathy creates the environment.

Step by step, getting better and better.

"What day is its beauty? Who owns the house? " In China's traditional aesthetics, both poetry and painting and courtyard architecture regard "creating the realm" (creating the artistic conception) as an artistic pursuit. At the banquet, the designer wanted to present the home of an ancient scholar-bureaucrat, from the front hall, corridor, pavilions, pavilions, reception room, dining room and tea room ..... step by step, and gradually get better.

▲ elevator. Different from people sitting at the door in traditional restaurants, the overall route of the banquet in Liangshe is divided according to different functions such as rest, immersive dinner, performance and tea tasting. When guests enter here, the first step is to take the elevator to the second floor, the pavilions in the Lu Yu, cross the long cloister, and finally become the guests of the host family.

▲ Corridor on the second floor. "Many guests have been able to blend into the scene naturally. Wherever they go, they will clap their hands and applaud. There are courtyards and pavilions. Maybe guests will accidentally see a character in the opera appear here. " Wang Yang tries to create a feeling of "crossing" through the effects of lighting, color and multimedia, which is the real artistic conception of "hiding in the city".

▲ Step by step, the guests gradually entered the "dream" created by the host with the moving line.

▲ On a sunny day, the sun shines through the hollow curtain wall, and the shadows of pavilions and pavilions overlap with the mountains and clouds, as if the nature is fluttering, showing a quaint and classic feeling.

▲ In creating the overall atmosphere, Wang Yang chose "China Red" as the background color, supplemented by the artistic presentation of lighting, creating a modern and fashionable "Chinese style", which can freely switch various lighting systems and visually create an immersive sensory experience for the restaurant.

▲ The spire of a century-old house is one of Wang Yang's favorite places. The spire always gives people unlimited artistic reverie and thinking expansion. The original old wood has been renovated, giving people a brand-new feeling, instead of blindly pursuing "doing old".

The designer re-poured and polished the cement column of the original factory building, forming a visual sense of "making the old with the old". A row of columns separated the corridor from the living room, and the mottled cylindrical surface also crossed back to that era thousands of years ago.

▲ At the end of the meeting space, there is a whole mirror, which enhances the depth of field of the space. There are secret doors on both sides of the mirror, which lead to the bathroom and kitchen respectively. Sometimes, there will be a chef show here, and the curtain falls on the mirror, which is another space for holding small activities.

▲ The wall of the living room is a picture of a thousand miles of mountains and rivers composed of pixels. "Originally, this wall was a window, but the scenery outside the window was not particularly good, so I hope it can be used as a wall to show a long scroll of mountains and rivers." Wang Yang said that through the use of the orifice, the picture is pixelated, but it presents a confusing artistic conception.

▲ There are many utensils on the scene, which originated from the brand store "good design" originally built by Wang Yang. Although the artifact is beautiful, it is still difficult to directly implant it into the lives of contemporary people. China people's love for food seems to be a spiritual pursuit carved in their bones.

Wang Yang decided to take "eating" as the medium, from the well-designed open kitchen to the multimedia immersive dining experience in today's "well-designed evening banquet", to sublimate life into a grand ceremony and exploration with "banquet" and feel how to improve the taste and quality of life.

The third paragraph: Be elated

As beautiful as flowers and jade, as water flies.

The whole dinner follows the preset context, and the direction of the script is clear. During more than two years' follow-up, Wang Yang and his team explored the historical materials and food culture of the Tang Dynasty. Some dishes use their original names, and designers dig out their presentation methods from historical materials.

"For example, there was Tang Guo in the Tang Dynasty, and Japanese fruit was handed down from the Tang Dynasty. Many people may not know it very well. In a dessert, we told you that this fruit came from the Tang Dynasty in China. " Wang Yang said.

▲ Corridor. The corridor of the dining room leads to another pavilion.

▲ There is only one 12 seat for the banquet every night, so you can enjoy the private space of 1000 square meters, and you can also book seats for dinner with friends who don't know where they come from. Dinner *** 18 dishes, with 18 glasses of wine, each dish is the corresponding fusion of food, vision, video, music, taste and emotion, as well as the jumping imagination in China's aesthetic culture.

▲ The last chapter of the music curtain is also the climax of the whole dinner. The gold bar symbolizing wealth "falls from the sky", which is the peak of life and the end of dreams. Designers want to tell visitors that if there is a dream, it is like a dream bubble.

The fourth paragraph: Dreams in the Garden

Drunk eyes, young as a dream.

Sometimes after dinner, guests will say "I'll go back to make up for China culture" and "I'll take my children to experience it later". For designers, it is always comforting to hear this statement. "I think what I did played a certain role. In today's environment, everyone also has some wishes and ideas to return to China culture. "

A few years ago, Wang Yang and his team launched the "Aesthetic Revival Plan" to reproduce China's aesthetics. During the banquet, guests can experience some immersive performances, such as Kunqu afternoon tea and contemporary art performances, which can enhance China people's aesthetic views from multiple dimensions.

▲ From the restaurant, the next functional space is the small theater. In ancient stage design, the guests were both the audience and part of the plot.

▲ Guests can listen to elegant and graceful Kunqu lyrics, chase the graceful posture of the actors and taste elegant and unique tea.

▲ Kunqu actors are making up.

At the end of the curtain: everything returns to the heart

It will be difficult to get rid of glitz.

After the noise, the song is over, and the guests will eventually return to their lives. From the small theater, I also came to the last stop of this immersive experience: the gathering and the tea room. It only takes 2-3 hours from dreaming to dreaming.

▲ Tea room. This is a quiet and peaceful place where you can concentrate on meditation and get closer to your heart.

▲ Collection area. Take your favorite things home before you leave.

▲ Opening doors and windows is the familiar Vientiane world of mortals. The elegance of the Tang dynasty seems to be isolated from the world and has always stayed in the past.

Designer's question and answer

1. Why should Tang Wenhua be used to build such an immersive cultural sensory restaurant?

A: The Tang Dynasty was a glorious era in ancient China, and at the same time it was very inclusive, which reminded me of China at that time. During the period of "good design", designers, directors, producers, musicians, investors ... friends from all walks of life will come to the party, and sometimes everyone will cook a dish and make a "banquet".

I once chatted with a group of directors and wondered if I could make a deeper space where I could not only feel the food and the objects we want to convey, but also play a role. This gave birth to the "Good Gathering Night Banquet".

2. What relevant historical materials were made before the establishment?

A: In the "good design", we have lunch and dinner, and there is also a "gathering" part to put the products we think are good on our platform. The whole project took three years from planning to opening, and we read hundreds of books related to the Tang Dynasty, including recipes.

3. Roofs, beams and columns and many other places are not "repaired as old", but present a brand-new sense of fashion. What is the consideration?

A: We can't always be "retro" when passing on China culture. We hope that more young people are willing to accept China culture and that China culture will be open to the whole world. Some expressions are also liked by foreigners, subverting their outdated stereotypes about China culture.

Live interview and writing: Stephanie

The designer of this case, Wang Yang.

Wang Yang

Partner/Design Director of Guo Song Design (Shanghai/Berlin)

Liang Jian, founder/chief designer of Ya 'ang Life, co-founder, immersive cultural sensory restaurant.

Famous domestic cross-border designers

He has won the German iF product design award and many awards, and cooperated with many international brands such as Swarovski Elements, Zliren, Walter Disney, H&M, ELLE, Banyan Tree, Van Cleef & Arpels and so on.

Years of experience in living and working in Europe have made Wang Yang form a diversified and open mind. She tries to convey the designer's own traditional oriental spirit and contemporary lifestyle through products in the form of western fashion and luxury, and express Wang Yang's unique design concept and life taste through people's familiar and unfamiliar languages and forms. 20 18, the first multimedia immersive sensory restaurant with the theme of China traditional culture was founded. It aims to reinterpret traditional culture with contemporary language. Many of Wang Yang's design works are collected by major art galleries and museums. A large number of domestic and foreign magazines, newspapers and TV stations interviewed and reported Wang Yang and her design.