Huaxi Opera Tower (Shanxi-Shaanxi Guild Hall)
花戏楼(山陕会馆)
A guild hall built by Shanxi and Shaanxi medicine merchants in the Qing dynasty, with exceptional brick, wood carvings, and painted decorations on its opera tower. It is a National Key Cultural Relic Protection Unit.
The Huaxi Opera Tower was originally called the Great Guandi Temple. It was built in the Shunzhi era of the Qing dynasty by merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi in Bozhou's North Gate district and takes its name from the richly painted opera stage. The water-ground brick archway in front of the main gate features dozens of opera scenes in as many as seven or eight tiers. The wooden carvings of the Three Kingdoms characters on the opera tower are full of life, and there are also two iron flagpoles. Tickets cost about 45 yuan, or about 60 yuan combined with the Nanjing Lane Money House. Opening hours are 08:00 to 17:30. A guide is recommended to help you read the brick carvings.
Opening hours
08:00–17:30