WUQIAO ACROBATIC SCHOOLS

I was spending a few days in Beijing and having some free time I decided to visit Quqiao, which is about 300 km south of Beijing. Quqiao is a small town that became famous due to the government acrobatics school. That way they started opening small schools over time. I have had the opportunity to see very tough and moving situations throughout my life.But these visits to three schools have made me so moved by the hardness that is practiced by children, who are practically abandoned there by their parents, they train in completely harsh conditions and in the hope of someday becoming circus performers. After my short visit, I decided that never again in my life would I attend a circus show ... "The Wuqiao Acrobatic Troupe was created in 1950 in Wuqiao, in the Province of Hebei. Although it is the only professional art organization in Wuqiao, it is located in what is known as the" Cradle of Chinese Acrobatics. "Tomb murals of the Eastern Wei Dynasty (534-550), found in the Xiaomachang Village of Wuqiao County in 1958, depicts the performances of hand balancers, plate spinners, trick riders, etc. However, it was after the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368) that Wuqiao acrobats when the Yuan Dynasty was established, the Chinese capital was moved from Kaifeng, in the Province of Henan, to Beijing, and the acrobats of Wuqiao, in the neighboring Province of Hebei, began to prosper and became increasingly Today, China's most important acrobatics festival is held in Wuqiao. "