Beijing Diary#5 -Dancing in the park!

The Temple of Heaven park is located in a straight line south of the forbidden city and Tian'anmen square, and has also got the same kind of attraction to Chinese tourists and is -I guess- a must see place for Beijing visitors. It was quite nice and very old fashioned Chinese with the big complex of nice ancient temples. It was very hot day, and with the experience of the forbidden city in mind, we were not really up to the struggle to get to se much among the thousands of other visitors. Maybe July isn't the best month to visit Beijing or China at all, as it is the big holiday month in China as well.
We managed to see the most of the sights before we were looking for the exit and back into the buzzing life of Beijing outside this huge park. just coming close to the east gate we started to hear music, and very loud music. As we got nearer it turned out to be a kind of a mobile dukebox, playing Chinese evergreen dance music, and then between the trees and on the oben square next to the path way, dozens of people was dancing and enjoying the music. It was like a Sunday tea dance ceremony, just happening in the public park under the trees. People of all ages were tip toeing around, some looking as they took it very seriously as it weas an important dance contest.
It is very typical and in most Chinese cities this is a common event on Sundays in the park, I was told later. I like that and it is the same with people exercicing in public places, but I'll talk abbout this later anyway, so this time you have to do with this little story.