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Himalaya
Day 85: Lijiang
Overlooking the inky-black tiled roofs of Lijiang's Old Town.
The next song is 750 years old and was written, as Xuan Ke announces cheerfully, 'to express hatred of Kublai Khan'.After this, he does a whacky impression of Pavarotti jerking manically about to reinforce a point about how even serious music in China has become infected with insidious pop star mannerisms.
The concert is brought to an end with a spare and soulful, if a little anti-climactic, bamboo flute solo, played by one of four young women who have also sung quite exquisitely.
At the end I try to get to Xuan Ke to congratulate him and thank him for our day together, but he's almost invisible between a wall of young female fans. And smiling happily.
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PALIN'S GUIDES
- Series: Himalaya
- Chapter: Day 85: Lijiang
- Country/sea: China
- Place: Lijiang
- Book page no: 200
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