OK, so I imagine that you are wondering about that picture with the motorbikes in a cage? Well, on our last night in Shanghai, we went to see the famous Chinese Acrobats. This ended up being a highlight of our stay as we were mesmerized for over an hour and the truly fantastic and nearly impossible, gravity defying stunts that were on show. Now, I didn’t think I was someone who was easily impressed. After watching a particular display of about 8 girls climb on each other and contort their bodies into shapes that should be physically impossible, my mouth was on the floor and I was applauding wildly, however, the Chinese people around us looked mildly entertained.
A great act was when one girl lay on a bench and balanced a chandelier type structure on both of her hands and one on her head. She then maneuvered herself (in alarming ways) into different positions. Then, a chandelier was placed on each foot and another one in her mouth, Jake and I thought this was a good ending, there was clearly no way anyone could move with all these things balancing…we were wrong. I have no idea how, and it’s hard to describe, but she managed to twist and turn into different shapes, with all these chandeliers in place!
Another favorite was Chinese men back flipping their way across the stage and then jumping through very high hoops! It was even more exciting when about 5 of them were jumping in all different directions at the same time!
Now, the photo in question was actually the finale of the show. The giant metal sphere opened, and a guy (who obviously didn’t worry about death) drove in on his motorbike. He then proceeded to ride round in all directions, even 360degrees over the top. When another man was added to the cage, I started to bite my nails; there really wasn’t much space in there. They both rode around together and going upside down, it was really something to watch. However, by the time it came to adding the 5th person, yes, I said 5th person into the sphere, the merely entertained Chinese people were also wetting themselves. What followed was a death defying stunt of 5 motorbikes riding around going in different directions and barely missing each other. Wow, what an end to the show.
In all seriousness, I think this show was one of the most incredible things I have ever seen and highly recommend this to all visitors in China.
A great act was when one girl lay on a bench and balanced a chandelier type structure on both of her hands and one on her head. She then maneuvered herself (in alarming ways) into different positions. Then, a chandelier was placed on each foot and another one in her mouth, Jake and I thought this was a good ending, there was clearly no way anyone could move with all these things balancing…we were wrong. I have no idea how, and it’s hard to describe, but she managed to twist and turn into different shapes, with all these chandeliers in place!
Another favorite was Chinese men back flipping their way across the stage and then jumping through very high hoops! It was even more exciting when about 5 of them were jumping in all different directions at the same time!
Now, the photo in question was actually the finale of the show. The giant metal sphere opened, and a guy (who obviously didn’t worry about death) drove in on his motorbike. He then proceeded to ride round in all directions, even 360degrees over the top. When another man was added to the cage, I started to bite my nails; there really wasn’t much space in there. They both rode around together and going upside down, it was really something to watch. However, by the time it came to adding the 5th person, yes, I said 5th person into the sphere, the merely entertained Chinese people were also wetting themselves. What followed was a death defying stunt of 5 motorbikes riding around going in different directions and barely missing each other. Wow, what an end to the show.
In all seriousness, I think this show was one of the most incredible things I have ever seen and highly recommend this to all visitors in China.
posted by anwen in china @ 11:05 PM
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