Beijing Opera in photos

 Hello!

 My Mam said I should do a post with my photos from the Beijing Opera because it would be nice for you to see the beautiful costumes and scenery, and I think it is a very good idea, so here we go.

 To recap, we went to see the Beijing Opera on our first Wednesday in Beijing. Wednesday became the day for seeing theatrical spectacles, as on the next two Wednesdays we saw the Acrobatics Show and the Legend of Kung-Fu.

 You can read all about the Opera in my post, "One week in."

 Here are my photos. Click a photo to get a bigger view.

 I adore the colours in the Concubine's outfit! And everyone's headwear is stunning.

 It was an amazing show; one that I feel very privileged to have had the chance to see. Thank you, Beijing Opera, for a brilliant night.

 I hope you have enjoyed looking at the photos; I'll put some more photos up soon on a different theme.

 Thanks for reading,

 Liz x

Some photos

Hello!
Here are some photos from my time in China so far!

First two: the view from my window!

Next: the Study China opening ceremony

Beautiful flowers at the opening ceremony

Me at the opening ceremony

Out and about in Beijing

Cool name for a shop

 A fruit stall 

Some durians

 

Street with lots of food stalls

                                        

Selection of eggs

Seed stall. 

Seeds appear to be important to the Chinese as stalls like this are a common sight.

A Chinese lion

Callum! I saw this and thought of you!

                                     

The famous symbolic bell in the beautiful grounds of Beijing Normal University

A Chinese flag

Some of the nine million

Our first economics lecture

Calligraphy!

Calligraphy!

My attempt at the cursive hand form of the character for the dragon

Beijing Opera

The last lady is the Drunken Concubine who was my favourite character

Am about to go out to celebrate New Year's Eve with the group; I hope you enjoyed the photos and I will upload more as soon as I can.

 Thanks for reading! And Happy New Year!

 Liz x