Beijing, May 11: Dongcheng Community Center
After lunch we proceeded to a community center in the Dongcheng area of Beijing. Our bus dropped us off a short distance from there and we passed interesting-looking shops as we walked the rest of the way.
At the community center we were welcomed by a local resident.
At the community center, a group of retired people was practicing Beijing opera. A very talented singer (above, left) was accompanied by musicians with traditional instruments such as the two-stringed erhu (below left). The lady playing the erhu was a former basketball star, we were told!
Afterward, John and Karen tried some of the instruments out.