China News Service, Lanzhou, February 21 (Liu Xiao) "I am from Qingyang, Gansu, but I grew up in Dunhuang and now work in Dunhuang. In my heart, I am more like a Dunhuang person." Recently, Gansu Hu Fa, an actor of the crew of "See Dunhuang Again" in Dunhuang City, Guangdong Province, said in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com that he hopes that through his and his team's performances, all audiences can experience the history and culture of Dunhuang personally.

　　On February 19, the large-scale indoor situational experience drama "See Dunhuang Again" opened its first performance in 2023 in Dunhuang City.

The play presents the Silk Road culture in an epic style, vividly reproduces the thousand-year-old culture of Dunhuang, and vividly demonstrates the Silk Road spirit of "peaceful cooperation, openness and tolerance, mutual learning, mutual benefit and win-win".

　　"Dunhuang, this ancient city, pick up a handful of sand, it is a piece of history, open a book, it is a story..." Accompanied by Hu Fa's voice, the performance began.

　　"In this performance, the first voice the audience hears is mine." Hu Fa said proudly.

　　Situational experience dramas have high requirements for actors. If the actors can't devote themselves to it, they won't be able to infect the audience. At the same time, if the actors don't know the characters they play, they won't be able to respond to the audience's questions.

The picture shows the stills of cast member Hu Fa (middle) in "See Dunhuang Again".

Photo by Wang Wenchao

　　In order to present better stage effects to the audience, Hu Fa sought various ways to understand the stories of the characters.

Hu Fa said that in addition to traditional books, new media platforms are also a good way to learn.

　　In the first few years when he started working, Hu Fa fell asleep with the sound of the Dunhuang documentary every night.

In this way, Hu Fa gradually grew into a professional actor.

Hu Fa, who has been working for 7 years now, also has the identity of "training teacher".

　　As a trainer, Hu Fa has his own training methods.

He said that love is the most important thing.

　　A few years ago, a girl with 6 years of dance foundation came to the crew of "Encounter Dunhuang" for an interview. At the beginning, she participated in the performance as a dancer.

But after several rehearsals, she gradually became interested in the narrators in the play.

　　When she proposed to transfer jobs, many people did not understand and did not support her.

They thought that retraining would be a waste of her time and talent in dancing.

　　"When she asked for my opinion, I had a serious conversation with her all afternoon." Hu Fa said that the girl was not impulsive, but discovered her real interest, so he encouraged the girl to try bravely.

　　Hu Fa said that the power of love is infinite.

After half a year, this girl will be able to be on her own and explain alone.

The reason why he is willing to encourage her is because Hu Fa saw his former self in this girl.

　　Time goes back to 2016, when Hu Fagang graduated from university. Because he majored in welding technology and automation, he originally wanted to interview the prop master of the crew of "Meet Dunhuang".

But he has loved acting since he was a child, and he likes to stand in the spotlight. With the support of his friends and family, he chose to be brave once and interviewed the cast members at the same time.

In the end, he became an actor through his own efforts.

The picture shows the stills of the large-scale indoor situational experience drama "See Dunhuang Again".

Photo by Zhang Xiaoliang

　　Hu Fa said that now that "Seeing Dunhuang Again" has resumed performances, he will continue to maintain his love and work with the team to present the past and present of the flying murals in Mogao Grottoes and the stories of generations of Dunhuang people dedicating their youth to the desert. The confidence and style of Dunhuang culture and the prosperity and beauty of the Silk Road make "Seeing Dunhuang Again" a new business card for Dunhuang cultural tourism.

　　"Encountering Dunhuang" made its debut during the first Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo on September 20, 2016. As of February 20, 2023, a total of 3,954 performances have been performed and more than 2.2 million tourists have been received.

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