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Over the last few years, the more I get to know about Kunqu and its artists, the more I see its resemblance to Zheng He and his plight. The body of the Kunqu artist has survived the past 600 years - every expression, gesture and movement - they made up its form, which is also its content. However, the traditional artists inherited this craft from their forebears, through a very strict and controlled training which can be somewhat cruel - "Don't ask, just do it ten thousand times and it'll come."...
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... Perhaps this is our inescapable destiny of being the "Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral".