On Saturday morning, we met with a group of 17 Tianjin Normal University students who will be traveling to Cambridge in July for a 4 week English program. We played some games, and participated in some intercultural activities.
In the afternoon, we had professionals from a Peking Opera troupe come to paint our faces and teach us a little about Chinese Opera. It was quite a process! The face "masks" in Chinese opera are all painted on, and some of them take a long time to complete.
Some costumes included hair pieces!
We all enjoyed playing dress up and learning so much about the behind the scenes aspect of the Peking Opera.
On Sunday, we all got (our first) much needed day off. Most of us chose to spent it
either relaxing at the hotel, or shopping for goodies to take home!
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