Beijing Opera
I thought I would be asleep at the Beijing Opera performance. It was actually
very interesting. Okay, I also appreciated some of the snacks on the table.
:-)
It is pathetic that the words that the Chinese opera singers sang were
translated into 5th-grade elementary English. It's like taking Shakespeare and
butchered it into elementary-school English. At least I appreciated the
strength, the subtlety, and the poetry in the songs.
I guess I must be getting older. Two weeks ago I found myself enjoying a
western symphony, and today I was enjoying a Beijing opera performance.
Again today I found myself very impressed by all the new buildings and wide
boulevards that were built since the '80's and '90's. I guess building a road
does not require public hearings and environmental impact study here in China!
More information about Beijing Opera ( http://www.chinapages.com/culture/jj_home.htm
)
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