Watch as a Henan man climbs up a ladder of large blades with nary a grimace or a wince.  Rather unbelievably, his feet remain largely intact despite the razor sharp knives, he comes away with only the slightest of indentations! The 25-year old performer was raised in Henan, the hometown of China’s martial arts, and has been working on the skill for years and years. Who knew that it was possible to stay so calm and collected!

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This clip is of an incredibly focused and synchronized group of 700-school children in southwest China moon walking like the late King of Pop. The unique remake of “Dangerous” was filmed in Wushan County at Duping Primary School.  As part of their physical education curriculum faculty teach the students a new song each year, last year’s choice was Korean pop song, ”Nobody”. Watching the children perform in the remote area surrounded by mountains presents a contrast to the usual glitz and glamor associated with Michael Jackson. Many of the children live with extended family because their parents have moved to cities for job opportunities. Their loneliness is exacerbated by the fact that they only see their parents a few times a year. Teachers at the school have noted that they seem to laugh louder and enjoy themselves more than usual while they are dancing. Once again, MJ’s dance moves have worked their magic.

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In this clip, Chef Wu Xinxiao turns the typically meticulous art of ’la mian’ making into a lively performance. ‘La mian’ is the Mandarin term for hand-pulled noodles, literally meaning ‘stirred noodles’ or ‘to scoop out water’. Generally, ‘la mian’ is served in a broth with vegetables and seafood or meat. As a flavor unique to Northwest China, ‘la mian’ creation is taken very seriously with many technical requirements. The basic method is to first press the dough into a flat strip and then pull from the middle several times. Chef Wu proudly claims that he can pull 260,000 meters of noodles with only one kilogram of  plain flour, so thin that 60 threads can be inserted thru eye of a needle!  Watch Chef Wu play with his noodles, tricks that he said only took one month to perfect. He is probably the only ‘la mian’ maker who uses his noodles as a jump rope!

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