Chinese Lives

This is a on-street monkey show, very normal in either cities or countries 10 years ago, but not very popular nowadays in big cities. Monkeys are reared and trained to answer to either drum or whistler played by their master. Reined by ropes, monkeys complete games with their master, who then ask for tips from the audience. In the picture below, it shows the game between monkeys and master.

Pic 1. Master shouted them to sit, and two monkys seemed understand. But look at the stone in his hand.

Pic 2. Master ordered the big monkey to lie on the stomach.

Pic 3. Master laid two bricks up, one end finishing on the monkey’s head. Look at the monkey, teeth clenched and sad eyes.

Pic 4. Master shouted an order while the smaller monkey staring at the big one on floor, who closed eyes with a depressed face. Look at the little girl in red, she seemed not apppreciate this game, worried and sad look.

Pic 5. Little monkey lifted the stone up to his head with both hands, listening to orders master gave, while big monkey stared back at the one who was going to stone him. Look at the girl in red, she looked more concerned.

Pic 6. Clever little monkey missed the target, and stoned at master instead. Master was amused and big monkey checked his head.

Pic 6. Master laughed to cover his disgrace, and warned he would punish them at home.

Pic 7. Big monkey seemed angry enough to jump up, and hit master in the head.

Pic 8. Master squat down to reason with big monkey, but got hit on the face. Audience burst into laughters to see big monkey hit back.

Pic 9. Master was held in the ear by big money, which was a gesture big monkey found some dignity.

Pic 10. Big monkey seemed played far out of the plan. Look at master’s serious facial expression. He tied big monkey up.

Pic 11. Big monkey was tied up with both arms at back. Master shouted challenges to big monkey, asking why he couln’t twist his ears again.

Pic 11. A close-up at tied-up arms.

Afterwords.

Please do not form an impression that monkeys as well as other animals are tortured in China. In fact, monkeys in Sichuan Emei Mountain are kings of their place. Those pictures record a live street show, explaining steps master took to ask for tips. Why at the last pic the monkey was tied in ropes? It was a tactics to ask for money. If he did not get money, he would not let go his anger to forgive the monkey. But master would not kill or torture monkeys in fire or oil wok, because first he would end up in Police station if audience report to Police, second he makes a living on two monkeys. He may not treat two monkeys as families, but not enemies either. The relationship between is similar to a colleague relationship. Weird?