7~ Song Dynasty Theatre

After a whole day of classes we all had to meet for 7pm to get the coach to an excursion that had been organised for us to the Song Dynasty Theatre which was in a sort of theme park. It was so bizarre to see 'Old China' but with all the electric signs and lights, definitely more of a touristy spot than any actual history but still worth a visit if you're around there. 

We all walked through the park in the direction of the theatre, Nik always joking that no one could be slower than me and that I am always the last person because I take too many pictures! I always tell him to just wait until he is in England taking pictures of a post box and i'm hurrying him up! 

I wasn't feeling too great that day and didn't think I would appreciate the theatre, usually its not my sort of thing for fun in England so I didn't go there with high hopes but boy was I wrong! Chinese theatre is so completely different to anything I have ever seen before, I was awestruck! The effects, the music and the dancing it was an incredible experience, so much so that I felt I couldn't write about it and give it justice so I compiled together a little video down here to see a little snippet for yourself  :P. 

Incredible! Bella and I were amazed afterwards and couldn't stop raving about it - it definitely perked us up and was just what we needed. 

Lowering of lanterns over the audience~

The theatre performance was about Hangzhou and its past, they also performed some ancient stories (like the White Snake I mentioned in a previous post) - all in all absolutely incredible and would highly recommend, they even had English and Korean subtitles on the backdrop for the story telling part so no worries if your Chinese (like mine) isn't up to scratch! Overall it was just brilliant and I'm really thankful for Zhejiang University and StudyChina to have organised that for us it really definitely worth it! :D ~