Are Buskers Banned in Beijing, China?
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I am in the local park in Beijing City, reflecting on my visit to Scotland in the UK. I was at the Edinburgh Festival, which was full of street performers. This left me with one question: Does China ban busking in the streets in China?
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Buskers are loud, and hard to manage. In China, it’s about management, you have the right to perform and I have the right to quietly enjoy the environment
Good point 👍🏼
It's not about the volume of the "noise". In many of China's parks and squares, you'll find groups of "grannies" doing dancing with loud accompanying music. The issue is with the line between busking and begging. China wants to discourage begging with its feudal connotations. The authorities are quite relaxed if someone played a erhu or pipa in public. But when they start soliciting for payment, they are not too pleased.
@@Zerpentsa6598 Yeah, you are right. It is about encouraging a new china and a move away from some of the old images of China. I get that.
The Edinburgh festival looked like lots of fun 👏
It is a great time to visit Edinburgh. You should go if you get the chance.
@@ForAllLifesAdventures yes there are many many places in the world that I would like to visit one day 😊
I live Nanning where I am now a retired ex pat and I see many buskers from young kids on drum sets to groups of teens and adults playing guitars and wind instruments. The play in shopping malls and parks and no one complains about the noise or the crowds that gather around to watch. I doubt if they play for money as I have never seen any collection boxes in their vicinity.
Yeah, I am never always sure if they are just practicing, sharing or busking… either way, it’s always great to see live music 👍
@@ForAllLifesAdventures I found the Western World is quite mean to China. They may critic a lot for busking or many things but no one will double about the busking in other countries or in their own countries.
In traditional Chinese society, buskers/street performers are associated with persons living rough. A marginalized person.
Yeah, I found that out when I was asking around.!
For my understanding is Chinese people are thinking Busker is just like begging is not moral.
Yeah, I think there is a part of that.
Foreign street performers perform to survive
Panhandlers beg and criminals rob to survive too. 🤔🤔🤔
I think that is an element of it 👍🏼
At least old aunties and uncles are all around with their music boxes dancing.
That’s true and it is so much fun to experience that energy
It used to exist, but it was banned in recent years, probably about 10 years ago (not sure). Some cities may still have it, but Beijing's management is sometimes stricter than other cities. Now these people can switch to online live broadcasting.
Online broadcasting is very futuristic but I do miss the live street performances 😐
@@ForAllLifesAdventures Indeed, it feels better live.
@@summerain6918 👍
Lot of busking by evening when I traveled to HoiNam Island last months.
@@heyheyyouxp 👍🏼
It's hard to distinguish between a busker and a beggar. For example, a blind man sings terrible songs with loudspeaker in order to get money, and you can't tell whether he is performing or begging.. Because beggars are not allowed, but usually people consider a busker as a beggar if he accepts money.
Yeah, 👍 good points
I quite like seeing a good street performer especially when I'm wandering somewhere new. In the UK it makes the city streets a little more interesting especially for photography opportunities.
I agree, I like street performers and street art (not graffiti)
You're right Ian, it's more about social status. I've been playing in pubs around Hangzhou and China for the last 18 years and met many Chinese musicians who have told me the same. Although now live-stream busking with mountains or rivers in the background is getting popular.
I think the live stream busking is interesting and how people can donate online - it is very creative. 👍
In fact, the banning of things in western countries are far far more than in China. When I was growing up, few things were banned in China. For example, there were no age limit for people to smoke or drink in any ages, no movie age categories too. Farmers could sale their products on roadside or town without needing license from the government too, etc. Busking on the street of course is allowed.
Thanks for sharing, your comment has added a lot to my understanding and deepened my reflections. 🙏 ✌️
I particularly enjoyed the music at 9:46 - do you know the name of the song?
It is an amazing tune, but I couldn't find out what it was? so good though, I recorded the whole tune but just showed a part of it.
@@ForAllLifesAdventures good idea, you can always go back to listen to it 😊
Come to the olymic park, north of the bird nest. After sunset there are some buskers around
I will check that out. Is it buskers or just people practicing?
@@ForAllLifesAdventures
They do both at the same time, earn some extra income while practicing, why not.
@@ForAllLifesAdventures Some are real buskers. They have QR codes with them
@@janusli8820 👌 😎
I'm from Singapore.
Busking is allowed, however it is regulated to manage it, just like many things here to ensure orderliness and fair access.
There are 80 places designated for this small island nation.
Open on line registration and balloting if demand exceed supply.
That is a cool way to manage it… 80 places doesn’t seem a lot for the whole island!! 👍
I'm curious why this topic came up, because I saw plenty of street performers every time I visited China. Did malicious posters/RUclipsrs make baseless accusations on the issue?
It was more down to my own curiosity.
I had only seen a handful of buskers during my whole time here in China and when I asked a couple of friends and also a friend who is a musician he explained to me why they don’t busk in the street that often because it is not always acceptable - can be seen as begging!
I had just came back from the U.K. and seen a lot of buskers in the streets (things are tight in the U.K. due to the cost of living standards)
I was surprised that it was a big part social acceptance because I see so much music elsewhere - Parks etc
For me it was another different aspects of the variations in the cultures that I wanted to explore and share.
I hope that came across. 👍🏼
Luv ya China!!! ❤❤❤
A great place to be.
在1949年前，中国的街头艺人与乞讨是相关的；而中国自从1949年后，中国人普遍认为街头艺人是不务正业的人，包括唱歌、杂耍；而现今在互联网（短视频）出现后，很多人是在录制视频，而并非真正的在卖艺谋生；
另外就是城市管理部门对街头表演是有严格要求的，因为很多时候街头艺人往往是在人群集中、人员流动大的闹市区进行表演，因为中国人有凑热闹的习惯，这会对交通及社会治安造成隐患；而偏远的地区又无法聚拢人群观看；
Thank you for helping some more understanding. I see the emergence of the social media influencers (KOL’s) everywhere now - it is a great point I might explore.
Mr.Xi’s wife was a famous singer
Yeah, a big star. 👍🏼