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At present I am retired and spending my time mostly on fishing and photography. I bought my first SLR way back in 1982. It was a Minolta XG1. My last film camera was the Maxxum 9000. When the fantastic Sony Alpha 100 was launched, I changed over to the digital system. My Alpha 580 was acquired followed closely by my Alpha 77.

My main interest in photography is lifestyles, sports, sceneries, nature, birds and macro shots. Lately, I have spend more time on bird and nature shooting. As a regular contributer to some fishing magazines, I shoot quite a lot of photographs of anglers too....hence my photography blog is named 'SHOOT THE HOOKER'.



Having grown up near the confluence of two, the Kangsar and the Perak Rivers, it is not surprising that one of my main interest is fishing. My younger days were spent swimming and fishing.... with a bamboo pole, line and small hooks.Now while fishing, my friends and I do take a lot of photographs of anglers in action. The anglers must be careful so as not to accidentally hook on to a photographer. So I think as a reminder, I would like to name my fishing blog as 'HOOK THE SHOOTER'.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

CHINESE OPERA

Chinese Opera dates back 4000 years ago. During the Han Dynasty (206BC - AD220) dances were blended with story telling to produce an elementary form of musical drama.
This was further developed during the Zhou Dynasty. During the Song Dynasty, usually groups of family members travel together to put on shows. Actors were trained from very young ages. As opera actors were lowly regarded, women were banned from stage. Their roles were taken over by female impersonators.
In 1790, theater companies from all over China arrived in Beijing to perform for the Qing Emperor, Qianlong's birthday. It was here that the history of the various opera forms that we know today began.
Applying makeup for
 the appropriate character.
An actress with
full colorful costume.
A drama in progress.
Musicians at the front and
below the stage provide
the accompanying music.
The actress bending
 backward for a stunt.
These are the percussionists
 providing the tempo
and beat for the dramas.

Final touchup
before the stage.


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