There are a lot of things that you can do once you set up your WeChat Wallet. One of the essential things is to buy cinema tickets. We will guide you through the process. However, you also need some basic Chinese in order to buy the tickets of the right movies from WeChat.

If you haven't set up your WeChat Wallet, you can tap 'Read More' in the bottom and follow all the steps that we have posted before. You don't need to worry about the safety of WeChat Wallet since there are set of security on it and most Chinese people use it on daily basis.

Step by Step

• Open WeChat

• Press the 'Me' button at the bottom of the screen, then tap the 'Wallet' option.

• You will then be taken to the main Wallet menu. Tap 'Movie Tickets'

• You will see movies that are currently showing or are screening soon in your area. You can change the city (tap A) and you also can see your ticket by tapping the 'Me' button later.

*You need to remember that the tickets bought via WeChat cannot be refunded.

A: Dalian

B: What's on

C: Coming soon

D: Buy Ticket

E: Movies

F: Cinemas

G: Me

• Choose the movie you want and tap on the 'Buy Ticket' button. You will see the list of cinemas showing this movie. You can either choose 'Buy ticket and book seats now' or 'Buy voucher' and redeem it later in the cinema. Some cinemas, however, do not offer the voucher option.

Voucher might be more flexible in the term of schedule (it generally expires after 30 days), also buying it straight from WeChat is cheaper and it is guaranteed that the seat chosen will be available.

A: Dalian

B: Buy ticket and book seat

C: Buy voucher

D: Distance (places the cinemas in order from closest to farthest)

• Decide which cinema you want and tap it. You're now looking at the schedule of the movie and the price. Tap on the screening time that you want.

A: Name of the cinema

B: Address of the cinema

C: Starting time

D: Estimated finishing time

E: Amount to be paid

• Fill in your phone number so the order will be valid.

• Now you are looking at the seats map for the screening time you selected. Choose the seat you want.

A: Done

B: Seats available

C: Seats you chose

D: Seats not available

• Now you proceed to payment. When you arrive at the cinema, show the code that was sent to the phone number that you input before to the staff in the ticket office and they will give you the ticket. In big cinemas, there are also automatic machines that you can use to redeem your ticket.

A: Book another seat

B: Seat number

C: Amount to be paid

D: Check out

• Pay through WeChat Wallet and you will get the redeem code. You can also find the ticket in the 'Me' section, where all your tickets or vouchers can be found.

Happy watching!