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Oriental Opera Queen
Jun 18, 2018 06:27:02   #
Pixeldawg Loc: Suzhou, China
 
My wife is from a city in China called Jinhua. By Chinese standards, it is a small town, only about 7 million people in it. It is a beautiful city at night and one of the most beautiful places in the Jinhua Opera House, where for $7, you can see world-class Chinese opera. It is the first Chinese opera I'd been to and I was enthralled. The language is old Chinese. So old in fact, even the Chinese need a translation, and as the performers speak in ancient Chinese, the audience has a scrolling text translation on the side of the screen. These performers start at a very young age and learn the operas and language. Most start around the age of 6. This young woman was an evil princess in the opera we saw. The first act was 4 hours and 2nd act, another 4. We saw the 2nd act. Unfortunately, Chines opera is a dying art form, but the government has gotten behind the effort of revitalizing it. I hope they do and I will go back to see this again.



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Jun 18, 2018 06:32:11   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Thanks for that.

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Jun 18, 2018 06:33:18   #
SkyKing Loc: Thompson Ridge, NY
 
...Spectacular...!!!

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Jun 18, 2018 06:44:54   #
BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD
 
Stunning image - beautiful. Are the actual colors that vivid or have they been enhanced in PP?

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