There was some kind of International Culture Festival in the morning, but I couldn't go there. In the afternoon there was an event on the sports field. Tens of different groups representing different organisations and faculties (I'm just guessing) presented themselves in a parade.
There were also some army guys showing off with their fighting skills and maybe a couple of hundred people doing tai chi and after that a couple of hundred doing karate. I only got a place outside the field so I saw these things mainly on a screen an didn't get any proper pictures. But it was mind blowing ... :)At one point a couple of hundred white doves were set free. Never seen anything like that in real life.
In the evening there was a concert. We had got the tickets the day before and the line to the place where they dealt the tickets was something I had never seen before. I don't know for how many hours the people who were first in the line had waited. At least I know that there were thousands of people who wanted to get tickets. And many didn't succeed in getting them.
The concert seemed truly amazing but as everything was in Chinese, it was hard to follow. There were different performances with people singing and dancing on a big stage. Some of the artists were probably quite famous, as the crowd started cheering when they entered the stage. But I have to say that the Chinese weren't that much into showing how much they enjoyed the show. They were pretty quiet although I got the impression that they still appreciated what was going on.
The headmaster also sang a song. He seemed to be very popular among the students! Everyone was cheering when he performed.
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