Chinese Kung Fu Show

Red Theatre in Beijing, the show called 

“Chun Yi – The Legend of Kung Fu.”

The lotus blossoms silently ;
The sunshine is weaving a rainbow;
A drop of water feeds in to an ocean;
A split second becomes eternal.

Thousands of years ago, in a mysterious land called the Middle Kingdom, many legends were created, martial arts was one of them, made famous by its name KongFu. In an ancient temple perched high on the side of a mountain, we encounter a little boy, through practicing Zen Buddhism and Kong Fu, our little monk eventually grows and finally reaches the sacred goal of enlightenment

It all started great before even the show itself because when I went to ticket office pick up tickets I reserved on-line… I was supposed to have tickets upstairs but they (girls in a ticket office) gave me tickets on fourth row of the first floor, not complaining at all! Because its not a tourist season, there were no one sitting in front of us so we had an excellent view on the stage.

About the show, one word to describe: Awesome! Music, lights, the story and skillful actors – all was just built together as a one great show. It was divided in six different scenes lasting 1,5 hours in total, and during that time there were not even a single boring moment.

After the show theatre offered an option for crowd to go on a stage to take pictures with the stars which was so cool! It only did cost 20rmb (about 3e) to do so and if you decided to buy something from the souvenir shop they did compensate the price off from the item purchased, which is very clever I think. I bought the book about Tai Chi, we will see am I actually ever going to read it but at least it remains as a great memory for myself.

Ps. Video trailer of the show can be viewed here: The Legend of Kung Fu Trailer