This Friday, the program shipped about 50 of us up to the provincial capital of Guangzhou to see the opening ceremony of the Guangdong Tourism Festival. The best way I can describe the event, which was held in the Guangzhou stadium, is to say it was a mini Olympics opening ceremony. There were 26,000 people in attendance and the performances ranged from a progression of floats to vocal performances by some of China's top pop stars. The most impressive parts, though, were the numbers that featured just massive numbers of people.
This first picture is an example. Tons of people dressed in many different costumes would run around and form themselves into this or that. It was pretty impressive. There were fireworks, sparklers, and of course the 26,000 fans all equipped with both mini-lightsabers and thundersticks. Needless to say, it was the most fun I've had in a while. But the large masses of people were not the only entertainment to be had. China pop star JJ sang a couple of songs, which were great. Finally, as the closer, none other than Jackie Chan ran onstage from a giant-ass fake airplane to sing a song. He actually has quite a good voice. I'm told he began his career in music. The only pictures I could get were fuzzy, but you can kind of tell that it's him. After the concert, Phong and I went out to meet up with some British teachers living in Guangzhou that we met in the Phillipines. We had a great night at the bars and got back to Shenzhen on early afternoon Saturday.
This first picture is an example. Tons of people dressed in many different costumes would run around and form themselves into this or that. It was pretty impressive. There were fireworks, sparklers, and of course the 26,000 fans all equipped with both mini-lightsabers and thundersticks. Needless to say, it was the most fun I've had in a while. But the large masses of people were not the only entertainment to be had. China pop star JJ sang a couple of songs, which were great. Finally, as the closer, none other than Jackie Chan ran onstage from a giant-ass fake airplane to sing a song. He actually has quite a good voice. I'm told he began his career in music. The only pictures I could get were fuzzy, but you can kind of tell that it's him. After the concert, Phong and I went out to meet up with some British teachers living in Guangzhou that we met in the Phillipines. We had a great night at the bars and got back to Shenzhen on early afternoon Saturday.
2 comments:
That first picture looks amazing.
theres no way you know exactly how many people were there.
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