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Welcome to Linda's and Garr's China pictures. |
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| View from bus on the way to Caiguan Village for the dixi ("ground" or "open air") opera, which is pronounced "DeeShee". There are a lot of trees on terraces here. We thought this might be a cemetary, but weren't sure. |
| Interesting hills on the way to Caiguan Village. |
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| A monument to science and technology, I think, in Anshun. Note the Star Fleet emblem at the top from the T.V show "Star Trek". We took another picture on the way back in case this one didn't come out. |
| Two modes of transportation. |
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| Horse on the way to Caiguan Village. |
| Horse on the way to Caiguan Village. |
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| Interesting hills on the way to Caiguan Village. |
| Buffalo in the rice fields and interesting hills on the way to Caiguan Village. |
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| Hillside graves on the way to Caiguan Village. |
| Horses on the way to Caiguan Village. This was horse country compared to the earlier part of our trip. |
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| Caiguan, where we went to see the dixi (ground or open air opera), pronounced "deeshee". Far left is the edge of town. To the right are pigs for sale in Caiguan. |
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| Elderhostelers and townsfolk in the performance area before the dixi. |
| Big bags of rice and other grains were for sale here. This area may have normally been an open air marketplace. |
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| Dixi ("ground opera" or "open air opera") is a local tradition that originated in the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) and is performed in Spring Festivals and summer every year. Printed material we were given said that it began as a ritual to drive away devils and to worship ancestors. However, we were told that this was a battle reinactment of sorts that served as entertainment for the army. |
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| Dixi (dee-shee) performance at Caiguan near Guiyang. This is a stylized battle story. The masks, or Five Color Faces, represent Civil, Military, the Old, the Young, and Female. |
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| Dixi performance at Caiguan. |
| After the performance Barbara reverses her view finder and a couple of Caiguan boys enjoy seeing themselves in it. |
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