Thursday, May 10, 2012

Noodles, Art and Chinese Theater


We had lunch at a noodle house.  They make noodles for you.  The man stretches out the dough and twists it. 
 
Each time he twists it makes smaller strings.  When it looked like noodles he gave it to a man who was cooking noodles.  That person put the noodles in a pot of boiling water and cooked them.  They tasted delicious!

Marco Polo learned about noodles when he was in China and brought the idea of noodles to Italy!  Pasta comes from China!

Next we stopped at an art museum.  You could see Chinese art from thousands of years ago until now.  They also had pictures painted by farmers after the Chinese Revolution in 1949.

 
They had a woman who showed us how to write in Chinese calligraphy.

 
I painted some Chinese words. I liked doing it.


 
We used a brush and watery black ink to paint symbols or characters.

David painted my name on a piece of rice paper.

 
This says Zeke in Chinese calligraphy.

 
That night we went to a dinner and Tang Dynasty show.  We went into the theater and sat at dinner tables. A woman was playing a Chinese sounding instrument.

 
They served us dumplings for dinner because this city is known for noodles and dumplings. 

  After dinner they started the show. First, people played instruments.

 
They had groups of girls dancing.  They all did the dance the same .  They had long sleeves made out of silk.  The sleeves went down to the floor.  When the girls swung their arms the sleeves floated in circles in the air.

 
When the play was over we were really tired from the long day.  We went to our hotel and went right to sleep.

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