Minority Performance Center
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The man who sold us the tickets ran over several times to translate the Chinese coming up on the screens to the side. He explained that despite hoping to become a huge tourist attraction in the future, as it’s quite new there haven’t been any subtitles put in place yet. They also said no pictures or video was allowed to be taken, yet the head of security gave us the go ahead! I decided I liked the feeling the wine gave me, so I asked for more wine, and they said sure, but none was seen.
Richard enjoyed his nap until we attempted to wake him up several times. He felt the performance was boring, and I agreed to some extent. I love Chinese culture, but I hate Chinese performances and drama, as the acting is always terrible. The only part of the performance I enjoyed was the juggling and modern dancing. Sad, huh? I’ll let those more interested in ancient history and traditional aspects of the culture experience it for themselves and give us a more detailed review.
Minority Performance Center
At the end, Richard was approached by a woman and a cameraman, who asked if he spoke Chinese. Lucky for me, he pointed straight at me with a shit-eating grin on his face. They asked me questions on camera in Chinese and people started swarming around me. I spoke as quickly as I could to make it sound like I knew what I was saying, but in all honesty, I was quite nervous and only understand half of what they were saying, and couldn’t express myself fully.
As we left, they asked us to wait a minute. After the minute was over, they produced a brand new mini keg of the same wine we drank earlier and told us to enjoy it! I had only expected a single glass, but they gave us the whole keg for FREE! I felt like a superstar, and going completely against Chinese custom, we all tipped the man 20rmb ($2.80). If you would like to meet up with Mr. Lee and experience this performance or any other activity he has to offer, you can find him at the People’s Park, or call him at +8613908035353.
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