China's Forbidden City in 4K (UHD)
This is part 1 of our Beijing Tour. We visited the Forbidden City, one of the largest palace complex in the world. We also visited the Summer Palace, an imperial garden during the Qing Dynasty and is now a Unesco Heritage Site Listing.
International Hotel Suzhou
Suzhou International Hotel is a 4 star resort hotel which is suited near by the Master-of-Nets Garden, Suzhou. Ancient Suzhou city was famous for all Europe as eastern Venice. It is near from the well-known places such as Canglang Pavilion, the Garden of Pleasance, the Couple¯s Garden Retreat, etc. Velvet lawn, peaceful rockery and pond, flourishing tree spread in all hotel. The 325 guest rooms are complete to satisfy the needs of all guests, including standard rooms, standard suites, etc. Guests can free enjoy wide-band access and gym. The room facilities include satellite TV, decorated bathroom, IDD, DDD, writing table and chair, etc. Guests can hold the various meetings or activities in different 7 conference rooms. 3 Chinese restaurants, owning 2 banquet halls, provide a good eating environment and all the super delicacies are prepared by well renowned chefs. Customers should check in before 18:00 on the arrival date. Guarantee to valid form of payment is required at booking during the peacetime. Cancel 3 days prior to arrival date through original booking agent or internet channel to avoid penalty of 1 room night No-show fee. Direct cancellation request by phone or fax will NOT be accepted. Early check-out charge-A charge may apply. Late check-out condition if customer checks out between 12 noon and 18pm-half of the daily room rate will be charged, if one checks out after 18pm-the whole day room rate will be charged. During some big events or peak time, the hotel may need the whole room rate as deposit and hotel will not accept any cancellation, modification and no-show after the booking, or the whole deposit will not be refunded by hotel. Parking
Best Attractions and Places to See in Kaifeng, China
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List of Best Things to do in Kaifeng
Kaifeng City Wall
Shanxi, Shaanxi and Gansu Province Hall
Bao Zheng's Ancestral Hall of Kaifeng
Millennium City Park
Dragon Pavilion Park (Long Ting)
Kaifeng Iron Tower Park
Kaifeng House Scenic Resort
Gulou Square
Prime Minister Temple, Kaifeng
Xiangguo Temple
Historic recording of Kunqu singer Yu Sulu 俞粟庐: The Peony Pavilion 《牡丹亭》
Historic recording of Kunqu singer Yu Sulu (俞粟庐, 1847-1930).
The excerpt sung here is from scene 24 (The Portrait Recovered, 拾画) of the most famous of all Kunqu plays, The Peony Pavilion (Mudan Ting, 牡丹亭), sung to the tune 【颜子乐】. It was recorded in 1921 and released on Pathé (百代公司唱片). Yu was 74 or 75 years old when this recording was made.
Kunqu (昆曲), China's classical opera form dating back to the Ming Dynasty, was recognized by UNESCO in 2001 as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
Yu Sulu, a native of Lou County in Jiangsu province (today the Songjiang District of Shanghai), was an important Kunqu master of the early 20th century. Spending most of his life in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, his achievements include notating and standardizing many Kunqu songs (published as the two-volume Sulu Scores 《粟庐曲谱》 by his son Yu Zhenfei in 1953) and instructing many Kunqu performers of the next generation. Among his students were his son Yu Zhenfei (俞振飞, 1902-1993), who became a prominent singer of Kunqu and Beijing opera.
The Shanghai industrialist, arts patron, and amateur Kunqu performer Mu Ouchu (穆藕初, 1876-1943) became acquainted with Yu Sulu in 1919 or 1920 and provided the funds for the making of Yu Sulu's gramophone records in the early 1920s. In early 1921, realizing that many of the best Kunqu singers were growing old (and most singers after 1900 were learning Beijing opera rather than Kunqu rather than both, as in the past), Mu, together with Yu, established the Kunqu Preservation Society in Shanghai.
Also in 1921, encouraged by Peking University professor Wu Mei, a Kunqu workshop called the Kunqu Teaching and Learning Institute was established in Suzhou. This school, which was supported by Mu after it experienced financial problems, provided free tuition, board, and lodging, trained more than 40 young Kunqu singers, all from poor backgrounds, including Zhou Chuanying, Zhang Chuanfang, Zheng Chuanjian, and Wang Chuansong, who became nationally famous after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. By 1925, upon their graduation, the young performers had learned more than 100 dramas from memory. Years later, these performers would be referred to as Kunqu's Chuan Generation (传字辈, chuan 传 meaning to carry on), those who successfully carried the art form into the 20th century. Yu Sulu's son Yu Zhenfei, also a prominent Kunqu performer, said, If not for Mr. Mu's efforts, Kunqu might have died out long ago.
In 1920 Mu sponsored the building of a villa beside Taoguang Temple, an age-old Buddhist establishment located halfway up the beautiful Mount Lingyin in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. He named it Tao'an (韬盦), after Yu Sulu's alias, and turned it into a summer resort for Kunqu fans. Mu often invited his friends to Tao'an to rehearse and enjoy their beloved Kunqu opera.
More about Yu's Kunqu Teaching and Learning Institute can be found in parts 8 and 9 of the 10-part CCTV documentary 600 Years of Kunqu, at the following links:
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Majestic Beijing Part 1 | China in 4K Ultra HD
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