Acrobatic childhood
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Acrobatic childhood
2013-01-24 09:11:24 GMT2013-01-24 17:11:24(Beijing Time)
Two girls exercise acrobatic skills together. (Photo/ Yx.iqilu.com)
Children do exercise in the training room.(Photo/ Yx.iqilu.com)
Children do different training items in the large room. (Photo/ Yx.iqilu.com)
Children gather around a stove to make warm during break time. (Photo/ Yx.iqilu.com)
Chen Kaiyue, 13, is the eldest and the most talented student here. (Photo/ Yx.iqilu.com)
A girl rides barrow; barrow training is only for girls now. (Photo/ Yx.iqilu.com)
A boy makes a tough movement of acrobatics. (Photo/ Yx.iqilu.com)Ningjian, known as the acrobatic town in China, is a significant birthplace of acrobatics. There is an acrobatic arts school in the town, which is famous but simple. Their students come from across the country; now less and less parents like to send their children to learn acrobatics; they prefer kungfu, gymnastic, or others. The school with low tuition fee and provides accommodation and foods to children, so they don't make profit. Their only hope is to inherit acrobatic skills from generation to generation. But the children hope to have new toys, lots of snacks, make trip overseas with performing troupe…