Immersive Halls

Story worlds you walk through

Immersive Halls builds 3D museums of great stories that open in your web browser. Nothing to install: it works on a computer, a tablet or a phone.

Liu Bei in yellow, Guan Yu in green and Zhang Fei in black armour kneel at an altar under a flowering peach tree, beside a board carrying the words of their oath
Hall 1, the Peach Garden, 184 AD. Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei kneel at the altar to swear their oath. A free hall.
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The Three Kingdoms Museum is open

Twenty halls follow the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms in story order, from the Peach Garden Oath to the Empire Reunited. In each one a famous scene is performed by 3D figures, among exhibits and captions in English.

  • 20halls, one scene in each
  • 184AD, the year the story begins
  • 280AD, the year it ends
A thatched cottage behind a snowy footbridge in a bamboo grove, with horses tethered and three visitors at the gate
Hall 8, the road to Longzhong, 207 AD. The thatched cottage in the snow, with the golden arrow that leads you on.

Each hall is one famous scene

Walk in, look around, and watch the moment play out where it happened. The boards beside it tell you who was there and what really took place. When you are ready, follow the golden arrows on the floor to the glowing gate and the next hall.

Best with headphones. You can walk with the keys or a mouse, or with your thumb on a phone.

The gate of Hulao Pass under red banners, with Lü Bu in gold armour beside his red horse and rows of cavalry along the walls
Hall 2, Hulao Pass, 190 AD. Lü Bu and his horse Red Hare wait before the gate.
Guan Yu in a red robe inside a camp tent, with the caption: Brother, wait. Let us hear what General Lü intends.
Hall 4, the White Gate Tower. Captions give each line as it is spoken.
Guan Yu on a stone bridge over a stream, facing armoured soldiers, with the caption: Guan Yu fears a trap. He will not step down from the bridge.
Hall 6, Five Passes, Six Generals. Guan Yu will not step down from the bridge.

The route, 184 to 280 AD

The halls run in the order of the novel. Choose one to see its scene, its chapter and year, and whether it is free.

  1. Hall 1: The Peach Garden Oath

    桃園結義

    Chapter 1 · 184 AD

    In a peach orchard in bloom, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei swear to live and die as brothers.

    Free to explore

  2. Hall 2: Hulao Pass

    三英戰呂布

    Chapter 5 · 190 AD

    Below the walls of Hulao Pass, the three sworn brothers take on Lü Bu together.

    Free to explore

  3. Hall 3: The Phoenix Pavilion

    鳳儀亭

    Chapters 8–9 · 192 AD

    In Dong Zhuo’s garden on a spring afternoon, the singer Diaochan turns Lü Bu against the man he calls father.

    Free to explore

  4. Hall 4: The White Gate Tower

    白門樓

    Chapter 19 · 198 AD

    In the flooded city of Xiapi, Lü Bu, the greatest fighter of the age, meets his end.

    Free to explore

  5. Hall 5: Heroes over Warm Wine and Green Plums

    青梅煮酒

    Chapter 21 · 199 AD

    In Cao Cao’s plum garden, as a storm gathers, he tells Liu Bei they are the only two heroes in the world.

    Free to explore

  6. Hall 6: Five Passes, Six Generals

    過五關

    Chapter 27 · 200 AD

    On the dusty northern road, Guan Yu rides a thousand li to find his sworn brother.

    Free to explore

  7. Hall 7: Guandu

    官渡之戰

    Chapter 30 · 200 AD

    In Cao Cao’s camp on the Guandu plain, a defector changes everything and the grain stores burn.

    Free to explore

  8. Hall 8: Three Visits to Longzhong

    三顧茅廬

    Chapters 37–38 · 207 AD

    On the snowy road to Longzhong, Liu Bei comes three times to ask for Zhuge Liang’s help.

    Free to explore

  9. Hall 9: Changban

    長坂坡

    Chapters 41–42 · 208 AD

    Zhao Yun rescues a baby prince, and Zhang Fei holds a bridge alone against an army.

    Opens with the US$10 pass

  10. Hall 10: Red Cliffs

    赤壁之戰

    Chapters 43–50 · 208 AD

    On the south bank of the Yangtze, on the night of the great fire attack.

    Opens with the US$10 pass

  11. Hall 11: Ganlu Temple

    甘露寺

    Chapters 54–55 · 209 AD

    At the hilltop temple above the Yangtze, Liu Bei comes to Wu to marry Sun Quan’s sister.

    Opens with the US$10 pass

  12. Hall 12: Torchlit Duel at Jiameng Pass

    葭萌關

    Chapter 65 · 214 AD

    At Jiameng Pass, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao fight on into the night by torchlight.

    Opens with the US$10 pass

  13. Hall 13: Dingjun Mountain

    定軍山

    Chapters 70–71 · 219 AD

    In the mountains of Hanzhong, old Huang Zhong makes his famous charge.

    Opens with the US$10 pass

  14. Hall 14: The Flood and Maicheng

    水淹七軍

    Chapters 74–77 · 219 AD

    Guan Yu drowns seven armies in the autumn floods, then his luck runs out at Maicheng.

    Opens with the US$10 pass

  15. Hall 15: Yiling to Baidi

    火燒連營

    Chapters 84–85 · 222–223 AD

    Along the river on a summer evening, Liu Bei’s war of revenge ends in fire.

    Opens with the US$10 pass

  16. Hall 16: The Seven Captures of Meng Huo

    七擒孟獲

    Chapters 87–90 · 225 AD

    In the southern jungle, Zhuge Liang wins the south by capturing its king seven times.

    Opens with the US$10 pass

  17. Hall 17: The Empty Fort

    空城計

    Chapter 95 · 228 AD

    On the walls of Xicheng at dusk, Zhuge Liang plays the qin before an army of 150,000.

    Opens with the US$10 pass

  18. Hall 18: Wuzhang Plains

    秋風五丈原

    Chapters 103–104 · 234 AD

    Zhuge Liang’s last camp, on an autumn night under falling stars.

    Opens with the US$10 pass

  19. Hall 19: Deng Ai Crosses Yinping

    偷渡陰平

    Chapter 117 · 263 AD

    On the snowy cliffs, a Wei army finds the one way into Shu that nobody guarded.

    Opens with the US$10 pass

  20. Hall 20: The Empire Reunited

    三分歸一

    Chapter 120 · 280 AD

    On the Yangtze at dawn, the story of the Three Kingdoms comes to its end.

    Opens with the US$10 pass

Eight halls free, twelve for US$10

  • Free: the Entrance, Halls 1 to 8 and the Museum Shop. Walk in and stay as long as you like.
  • US$10, paid once: Halls 9 to 20, from Changban and Red Cliffs to the Empire Reunited.
  • It lasts for good, on up to two devices.
Start with the free halls
A path lit with golden arrows leading at night to the army camp at Red Cliffs, between exhibit boards about the battle and a portrait of Zhou Yu
Hall 10, Red Cliffs, 208 AD. Boards on the battle and its commanders line the path to the camp. In the US$10 pass.
Looking out through the open gate of Xicheng, where old men sweep the road and an army under Sima banners waits beyond
Hall 17, the Empty Fort, 228 AD. The gates stand open and old men sweep the road while Sima Yi’s army waits outside. In the US$10 pass.

More worlds are being built

Immersive Halls is a home for many story worlds. Each new one will open here, and each starts with free halls, so you can walk in before you decide.

A moon gate in a white garden wall in Hall 3, the Phoenix PavilionThree Kingdoms: open now
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