Have Dinner Together with the King of Lions

Have you imagined having dinner in the wild together with the wild animals? If you plan to travel to the primitive forest in Africa, you may have this chance.

In a national park in Zimbabwe, with the screaming of lions, you may have the chance to have a exciting breakfast with the wild animals for the first time.

It is really exciting to have dinner here.

In the forest, the chef prepared the breakfast for the tourists. And now you can enjoy the dinner with the wild animals.

Tub Equals Bowl in Shaanxi Province

In China, Shaanxi is province with a long history and rich culture. Here you would find some interesting local conditions and customs. There are ten wonders in Shaanxi province, among which is the local people like to use the big bowl, which can be called tub more exactly.

Shaanxi people like to call the bowl as old bowl. The old doesn’t mean that the bowl has a long history but it means that the bowl is large. The old bowl is not delicately produced but very popular and common among the local people.

No matter how old are you in Shaanxi, no matter children, adults, old people, etc, all people are using this old large bowl. In addition, one old bowl of food is generally enough for any people, which is especially convenient for the people who have to work on the farm.

The local people like to eat together, each people with an old bowl, just like a bowl meeting. Nowadays, the local old bowls are disappearing. However, the tradition of using old bowl would be remembered forever by the local people and the history.

One Wonder of Chinese Local Culture: Qinqiang Opera

Qinqiang opera is called the strangest wonder in Shaanxi Top Ten Wonders. This art form was born in the folk and has a long history. Now it has been listed in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage in the first batch.

In the performance of Qingqiang Opera, common people can express their wishes, likes and dislikes, pains and happiness, which reflect people's life and struggle. Many themes of Qinqiang Opera come from the history stories within long Chinese history.

Because Qingqiang Opera reflects every life aspects of common people and Shaanxi people's folkways of brave, generosity and so on, it has a deep root within the people and has won great popularity. In the Shaanxi local villages, especially after all farm works are done or in some festival occasions, the biggest enjoy for the people is to watch and listing to the Qinqiang Opera.

We should keep it into the heart that Qinqiang Opera is not an art form with elegance and decency. In addition, Qinqiang Opera is not sung out but screamed out. Therefore, you blood would tingle if you attend a live Qinqiang Opera performance.

However, it is a pity now that only some old people are insisting on this ancient art form and it is in danger now. A few years later, we may only to learn Qinqiang Opera from books.