If you find yourself in City of Hangzhou, China and want to see a spectacle, take yourself to the Songcheng Grand Theatre , about 30 minutes from the West Lake ( itself a beautiful place where most Chinese would like to be laid to rest, but that is for another time), and see a stage show with over 300 hundred actors in a variety of ever more spectacular outfits , playing out stories from the Song Dynasty .( That was one hell of a long sentence!!) . Hangzhou was the ancient capital city during the Song Dynasty.
Learn about the story of th green snake and white snake that look after normal mortals , but when then become human and the white snake falls in love with a human , all does not have a happy ending. The white snake is eventually banished to the depths of the West Lake and a huge waterfall and cascading rain appears on the stage at the same time sprinklers spread a water mist mist over the entire audience. Or the tragic story of the wronged Great Warrior Yue Fei , with horses galloping across the stage.
There are countless stalls and resturants on this themed area, temples , the chance to dress up androle play.. A real must for the family. It is not a sophisticated show but it is great fun.
In the evening , the Banana Leaf restaurant ( downtown) serves the most stupendously delicious Thai food. It is indeed 'to Thai for' ( groan)
Bye For Now
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