It’s fairly common knowledge that Chinese people like to perform. If you ever go to a school “dance” in China, you will sit in the audience and watch people perform on stage. The other day I was walking on the busiest shopping street in Qingdao, when I witnessed another kind of performance, Chinese “flash” 快闪 dancing.
Apparently these people met online and set a time. Then at said time they all suddenly got into formation and started dancing, complete with a Micheal Jackson. They danced and when the song was over they dispersed. Very random and amusing. I’ve heard people have done this in other cities too.
Ericka woke up in a Xi'an hotel room one day dazed and confused. After a series of inexplicable events, she found herself speaking in strange tongues and married to one of the locals. Currently, she spends her time in Qingdao translating or teaching and trying to avoid assimilation into the Chinese masses.
I believe the phenomenon originated in America; in the English speaking world, at least, it’s called a “flashmob.” The BBC even got in on it a couple of years ago, performing the world’s first flashmob opera (called, cleverly, “Flashmob: The Opera”) in Paddington Station live on television.
It did reminded me of somethings I saw in new york, I didn’t know the word though.
They don’t allow street performances on that particular street so I figured it was at least in part to avoid the police. Dance and run before the police catch on.