Sunday, July 4, 2010
Millenium Park
We went to Millennium Park while in Kaifeng, which is similar to Disney World in Florida. Everything was built to resemble the Song dynasty, and the famous rainbow bridge in located here. Given the time of day we were there, most of the shops and smaller performances were finished for the day, but we were able to go on the bridges and explore the gardens. We had dinner at the park, equivalent to the grandeur of the Henan University banquet, except with more soup and no baijiu. There was wonderful watermelon and noodle soup at the end of the meal to signal its completion. I did not care for the turtle soup that was presented to us throughout the meal. Following dinner, there was an elaborate production of a story reenacting old China. The show took place over a lake, stage, hills, and buildings with lots of colorful lights, several hundred performers, and an appearance of a female warrior on her horse. It was on a superior scale to anything at Disney World and no Mickey Mouse was there either. With this, it was evident how the Chinese pay attention to detail in everything they do. Everything was so beautifully portrayed and vividly decorated that it was hard to not be impressed by what I saw.
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