Chinese Opera in Jinjiang Theater, Chengdu, China
In Chengdu, there are also quite a few temples. Some are more like a monastery, as Wenshu, with living quarters for the monks, various temples, shrines & a tea house. Unless some Chinese tourists are screaming into their mobiles, it can also be place to soak up a bit of tranquility in this big city.
Jinjiang Theater is Chengdu’s cultural pride, with Chinese opera performances aiming at the many Chinese tourists who visit this city. For the few foreigners, there is a digital display that tries to translate what is being sung or said. It was a great evening with a little bit of everything, luckily!
The Chinese opera singers and soloists playing traditional Chinese instruments were top artists, but nevertheless our ears only slowly adjusted to this kind of music. It is simply incomprehensible that somebody can sing in such a high-pitched voice. So we were glad, surely as well as the rest of the audience, that in between the music sessions there were other types of artistic performances, like hand shadowing, sketches and acrobatic acts of every kind. The most fascinating was one where the artists all wore masks that changed in color, shape or design in a split of a second or imply disappeared at all from their faces.
Chinese Opera in Jinjiang Theater, Chengdu, China
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