Wuqiao,  the birthplace of Chinese acrobatics, is located in Cangzhou of southeast Hebei province, 320 kilometers south of Beijing and 220 kilometers east of Shijiazhuang. In the Wuqiao Acrobatics World, tourists will watch all kinds of wonderful acrobatics, including the performances by Skillfully Handed Wang Baofu and funny animals, the evening show, maigc performances and Circus Performances, that make it a worthwhile trip here.

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What to see?
The Acrobatics World in Wuqiao is the only acrobatics themed park in the world and the biggest folklore tourist attraction in China where you can see various acrobatics. There are 7 performing venues in Wuqiao Acrobatics World, two in the southern scenic area and five in the northern scenic area. 

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There are circuses, tricks, Qigong (a system of deep breathing exercise), Chinese opera, marionette show, raree show and training rats show. The acrobats wear Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1911 AD) costumes and speak in the language of the time. This will provide you with a cultural atmosphere of Old China from the late 19th century to the early 20th century.  Acrobats perform here in turn, including Gao Fuzhou who can slice cabbage on the belly and split bricks with a single hand, Li Yinhuai who can swallow irony balls or swords, Guo Shutong who can train rats to perform folktales and Wei Chunhua who can support and rotate a vat weighing 180 kilograms (400 pounds) using only her legs, and more performances.

Acrobatics Museum
The museum in Wuqiao Acrobatics World consists of 9 exhibition halls showing the progressive history of China’s acrobatics. Visitors can enjoy a movie in the Red Peony Theater here telling the story of a famous acrobat, Sun Fuyou and his daughter.  

Guishou Theater
This is the place where the famous acrobat - Wang Baohe performs. Wang Baohe can let three small balls change their position in three cups secretly, thread a needle inside the mouth and shrink bones. His hands are so skillful that people reputed them as “ghosts’ hands”. 

Red Peony Theater
Red Peony Theater is a large-scale acrobatics evening show. This acrobatics show integrates modern sound, light, electricity and various high-technologies while telling the history of acrobatics with thousands of years from Huangdi time (2717 – 2599 BC) till today.

Circus Amusement Park
You can see here 16 horses running in the prairie stretching to the horizon while acrobats sometimes handstand on the horse, sometimes stand up on a horse or 2 horses and some other breathing-taking actions. You can also have a try with the help of the acrobats.

In addition, there are magic performances like dividing human body into 3 parts, crossing steel plate, walking upside-down, fetching items from an empty bucket, creating people out of nothing, and escaping from the binding in Magic Palace of Wuqiao Acrobatics World.

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Travel Tips
Add: No.1 Jingfu Road, Wuqiao County, Cangzhou City,Hebei Province

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