Kung Fu Hustle

After an exhausting day of hiking the Great Wall and shopping at the Silk Market, we treated to each other to a true cultural experience: Kung Fu.

It was truly gravity-defying! I have been to a number of dance and cheer competitions. I have never seen anyone jump that high. There was one point in time where the participants were jumping from the floor so high that they had time to spread their bodies out completely parallel to the floor and still landed on her feet. There were also some very young (couldn't have been older than eight), very talented kung fu artists.

The show was in a big theater. Jayde and I walked in past a big crowd of people and were immediately ushered to the front and center. I don't know if they were confused about who we were, but I don't care. The seats were fabulous!

There was a story too. The captions did not make a lot of sense, but I think it was about a young orphan that worked at a school of Kung Fu. He observes the students and asks the master to study under him. He has to prove himself and along the way falls in love with the master's daughter. Not a novel storyline, but entertaining. There were people hanging by their feet with scarves dropping from the ceiling, balancing on the tips of swords, and laying on beds of nails. Indoor rain. What more could we ask for?

It was an incredible ending to a memorable day.