Once you arrive at the Impression Sanjie Liu show theater, get ready to be immersed in a world of wonder. The theater, known as the China Lijiang River Landscape Theater, is a spectacle in itself. Its stage sprawls across a two - kilometer stretch of the Lijiang River, with twelve magnificent peaks serving as a natural backdrop, and the vast sky acting as an open - air curtain. This setup alone is enough to leave you in awe even before the show starts. As the show begins, you'll be transported into the legend of Liu Sanjie. In the Prologue: The Legend of Mountains and Waters, the stage comes alive with lights, and you'll see Sanjie gracefully arriving on a bamboo raft, her voice filling the air with the iconic (Singing folk songs, singing from here and echoed from there...).