San Jose Episcopal Day School

Here is a delayed post. When we were in Xi’An we did not have time to post the following:

After a long day touring, we were taken to the Tang-Dynasty Palace where we were served a dumpling dinner. Dumplings are fillings wrapped in transparent rice-dough wrappers. The fillings seemed to be as varied as the chief’s imagination. Some of the varieties included pork, ham, chicken, lamb, seafood, vegetarian, cabbage, walnut, and pineapple.

After we had our fill of dumplings, our table was cleared and a wonderful show with dozens of dancers and musicians started. All were dressed in exquisite costumes with bright colors. Each number revealed a different aspect of the culture of China. Here are some of the numbers:

#2: White Sleeve Dance: Folk dance which was very popular in the imperial court in the Tang Dynasty.

#9: Percussion Show “Gossiping Ducks & Hungry Tigers”: Percussion music with drums, cymbaks gongs showing how ducks play, gossip, and quarrel at the Waterside and how tigers come down from the mountain, grinding their teeth in search of prey.

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