Nine Emperor Gods' Opera Backstage

Traditional stuff is fading away year by year.
Chinese opera is fighting tough for surviving, and volunteering religious opera is worse still.
It is the Nine Emperor Gods festival started a few days ago and last out for 9 days, a festival to celebrate the return from heaven to earth of the Nine Emperor spirits.
Night time is much tougher for the praying ceremony. Instead, I concentrate more on the Chinese opera backstage shooting.


A senior performer with great expression, a typical rich quality of the opera stage performance.


Preparing of the show...


A bored music instrument player...

I think my buddy EOS 350D and the lens which I am having right now did quite well overall.
But I doubt I will stop dreaming my EF 35mm F1.4L and EOS 50D...