The Chinese state circus is a national treasure of the power of the heavens, its history of existence stretches for two millennia. Its peculiarity is that in it there are no rooms with trained animals. It shows how a person tames himself by attracting hidden powers and capabilities of the body. All circus tricks are exceptional and only Chinese artists perform them.
Homeland of the circus
China is the birthplace of all big tops. Tradition is an unshakable dogma of all creative teams. The main circus of the Middle Kingdom is four thousand years old, it is a huge universe, artists are taken there from infancy. As a result, they learn craftsmanship to breathtaking fantastic heights. No matter how ancient the circus of China is, it is the place of work of the young, there are no artists over twenty-five years old. To fully penetrate into all the intricacies of productions, you need to be a Sinologist. The show has a lot of hints, references to traditions and myths. "The Western circus entertains children, the Eastern amuses adults" - this is the expression of the Chinese.
National treasure
The Chinese circus is the oldest on the planet. It has been improving for nearly two millennia and as one of the main types of art is a national treasure. Until recently, all the secrets of craftsmanship were state secrets.
In the old days, women snakes were executed for divulging the causes of plasticity. The fourteen-year-old fragile girls bending the body, like flexible creepers, instantly folding their arms and legs into a knot, today seem mystical and fabulous.
In Russian and European circuses there are family, family dynasties. In Chinese, there are traditions of schools: each school accumulates its knowledge and methods.
Artists
Circus performers are very hardworking and work from morning to evening without rest to achieve their goals. Being an artist of the Chinese circus is the fate of the best and most powerful.
Performances in the arena are like magical rites and immerse the audience in a hypnotic trance, so much so that it is impossible to take your eyes off the artists until the end of the performance.
In the provinces of China, there are acrobatic groups in which children from the age of three begin to comprehend the most ancient art and, over time, amaze the audience with the plasticity of their bodies. Many numbers are performed by young people aged 12 to 23 years.
To get into the circus, the child goes through a contest (choose from 2-3 thousand applicants). At the age of twelve, adolescents have the title of laureates and are high-class professionals.
Rooms
There are no animal trainers or animals in the circus of China. This is the strength of his namesake in Russia, showing how a person tames an animal. Chinese shows the taming of man, the mobilization of the latent forces and capabilities of the body.
The numbers of the Chinese circus consist of acrobatic stunts, their complexity striking the audience. Each performance is unique and with a symbolic meaning, therefore only circus artists from the Middle Kingdom can perform numbers. Popular Chinese plates, spinning on long sticks, personify the sun. And the artist is an intermediary between him and the audience.
The Chinese circus is touring the entire planet and preparing programs, focusing on the mentality of the country of performance. But only 30% of the whole meaning of the presented numbers is perceived.
To climb to the top of Taishan Mountain, they make a road of 7,200 steps and 11 gates pass. When you multiply each step by the number of days of its creation, it turns out that you will have to climb to the top for thousands of years. When viewers watch unusual performances of Chinese groups, they rise to the top and travel to the past into the world where men fly and women are weightless.
Show `` Fantasy from the Middle Kingdom ''
The Chinese circus in Moscow often gives performances, and the audience every time watches these performances with delight: the girls and boys are very agile here.
In Moscow, a group from the city of Hangzhou gives representations - these are dancers, acrobats, jugglers and wrestlers aged 13 to 25 years. In the circus of China, not adults work for children, but children work for adults. They perform anywhere without losing their entertainment. The technical preparation of the numbers escalates the exclusivity of the performance, because viewers are asked to turn off their mobile phones, as a call during a difficult trick can lead to an accident.