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Chongqing Liyan Baguo: Huayan Banquet – Etiquette of the Eight Kingdoms Questions
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Imagine stepping onto a movie set. You walk through grand wooden gates, and suddenly, you’re not in modern, mountainous Chongqing anymore. You’re in the ancient Ba Kingdom. This is a “culinary show” – a concept that’s gaining traction in China but is still relatively unknown to Western tourists. It’s part dinner, part live theater, part cultural immersion. You’re seated at individual, beautifully set tables (a traditional “fen can” or separate…
system), and for about 90 minutes, you’re served a sequence of dishes, each accompanied by a performance that tells a chapter of the 3,000-year history of the Ba region.