Shanghai Story(253): Happy acrobatics (II)
Culture
Length: 00:25:00
Date: 2016-1-30
Collection
Keywords: Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe | Shanghai style acrobatics | Folk arts | Performance market | Shanghai Municipal People's Acrobatic Troupe | SMG files | Tomorrow Circus Festival in Paris, France | Theatrical performance

Panda "Panpan" is the mascot of the Asian Games which is familiar to Chinese people. Its prototype is the panda "Wei Wei" in the Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe. Famous acrobat Jiang Zhengping devoted most of his life to the acrobatic cause in Shanghai. Xu Mile joined in the Acrobatic Troupe in the 1990s and now he is the inheritor of Shanghai acrobatics.