When nature becomes a stage

Wang Ge, who's in charge of architecture, says the village has the capacity to host an audience of 1,000 people.

And to ensure safety the team have reinforced the old residences while maintaining their original appearance.

Wang Chaoge has also recruited some elderly villagers for the show, and she and her team lived in the village with them for months to train them.

One of the elderly actors, who is in his 60s, is surnamed Zhang. Earlier, the man, who was a driver, used to play mahjong - a popular form of amusement among people in Sichuan province - to kill time. Now, he's glad that he can be an actor in the show and he likes his new lifestyle.