Ein 13-jähriges Mädchen mit dem Zunamen Xie zeigt ihren Fuß nach stehend auf den Blades von Fleisch Hackmesser in Wenzhou Stadt barfuß, East China ¯ s Zhejiang prov
A 13-year-old girl surnamed Xie displays her foot after standing barefooted on the blades of meat cleavers in Wenzhou city, east China¯s Zhejiang province, 22 June 2015. A 13-year-old teen from Wenzhou city, east Chinas Zhejiang province, has turned heads with a painful-looking trick: the ability to walk on blades. She's been pulling off the performance since the age of seven, and her father is now encouraging her to drop out of school and pursue a full-time career in blade-walking. The girl's father, Xie Jikui, began learning magic tricks at the age of 10 and made a living through his acrobatic performances. After an unsuccessful marriage, he became the sole caretaker of his young daughter. Xie took his daughter to every one of his performances, and when she was old enough, she began assisting him. By the time she was seven, he started teaching her how to balance herself on the two blades. "It kind of scared me when I first started practicing and I got injured several times, " young Xie told reporters during an interview with Wenzhou City News on Monday (22 June 2015). "But I love acrobatics and magic, so I'll never give it up." During the interview, her father asked her to stand on the blades while waving two five-liter bottles in the air to °make the performance more visually attractive".Over the past years, the Xie family has lugged their "family heirloom" all across China, usually setting up performances at bars or outside of night clubs.
