Yesterday night, the entire group of us (about 50 students) and assorted Chinese host families went to a "Flying Acrobatics Show." First we took a bus ride for all of seven minutes to the theatre. The show was kind of like a circus, but without the clowns and animals- only the acrobatics. The show began with dry ice and lasers and mystical music and some sort of prologue about ancient tribes worshipping the sun. Then a man dressed in some sort of ridiculous costume emerged on a platform about fifty feet up and a few live parrots flew to him from the audience. Lots of amazing tricks were performed and everyone wore over-the-top costumes. It was quite impressive how flexible some of those people were- it seemed like the women had no backbones.
Photos: http://s591.photobucket.com/albums/ss353/klebling/