Vocal Imitation
Vocal Imitation is one of the fine traditional items in China. Records in ancient classical books can be traced back to as early as 2,300 years ago in the Warring States Period (475-221). Through repeated process by generations of performers, its contents as well as its forms of performance have been greatly enriched. Gastriloquists can imitate the sound of worms, birds, beasts and machines or even the sound made by human activities, such as military drilling, and baby crying. They often accompany their performances with body movements.
Juggling Objects with the Feet
Juggling Objects with the Feet involves objects of varying weight, including heavy objects like wine jar, wood block, ladder, gong and drum, and even quick, and light objects like colored umbrella made of thin silk. The object juggled spins rapidly like flying wheels no matter it is a smooth painted jar made of pottery, or a heavy, square table. In the past, this acrobatics mainly focused on heavy objects, but nowadays it involves both heavy objects and light objects, and performers can shift the object from one foot to the other even it is a colored umbrella or a carpet as thin as a piece of paper.
Jar Tricks
Jar, originally a grain container, is used by the peasants to perform various feats in celebration of a bumper harvest. Later, it was adapted by acrobats and became a very popular number among the broad masses of the people. It demonstrates simplicity and steadiness and possesses a distinctive national flavor.
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