China News Service, Kunming, February 10th (Han Shuainan, Chen Jing) "There are innovations and surprises. This year's Yunnan Spring Festival Gala is interesting!" "I learned about Yunnan for the first time through the party, and I really want to travel." "The program is down-to-earth, Thumbs up for the Spring Festival Gala in my hometown!”
At 8 pm on the first day of the Lunar New Year (10th), "There is a Life Called Yunnan" 2024 Yunnan Province Spring Festival Gala (hereinafter referred to as "2024 Yunnan Spring Festival Gala") will be held on China News Network Omni Media Matrix, Yunnan Satellite TV, Hunan It was broadcast simultaneously on international channels and other domestic and foreign platforms, attracting praise from many audiences at home and abroad, and brought the audience to experience "there is a kind of life called Yunnan".
International style highlights Yunnan’s openness and tolerance
On the Yunnan Spring Festival Gala in 2024, Chinese and Lao artists performed a pop-up "China-Laos Railway Sonata" at Kunming South Railway Station to interpret the China-Laos friendship and showcase the results of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative. The Kunming International Philharmonic Orchestra, composed of musicians from more than 10 countries including China, Ukraine, Italy, and Russia, presented "The Year of China", using Western instruments to play with the "national trend" and offer a special Spring Festival blessing to the audience.
"It was great to see artists from both countries performing a program about the China-Laos Railway at the Yunnan Spring Festival Gala! This year I took the China-Laos Railway international passenger train home. It was so convenient." Lao netizen "Thongm" said.
The picture shows a still from the 2024 Yunnan Spring Festival Gala "China-Laos Railway Sonata". Photo provided by the organizer
Yunnan Province, located in the southwest border of China, serves as an important link in the southwest direction of the "One Belt, One Road" initiative. From the "Southern Silk Road" more than 2,000 years ago, to the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway and the Yunnan-Burma Highway in the 20th century, to today's International events such as COP15 and CAEXPO have recorded Yunnan’s ever-expanding “circle of friends.” In the 2024 Yunnan Spring Festival Gala, programs full of international style demonstrated Yunnan’s increasingly close ties with neighboring countries and even the world.
Multiculturalism sings the good voice of harmony and happiness in Yunnan
"With the integration of nationalities, the people of Dai are getting excited..." In front of the TV, audience member Mei Zhongjie of Lincang, Yunnan Province hummed along with the cheerful rhythm of "UP Gengma". "This 'Brainwashing Divine Comedy' was performed at the party, Yunnan It’s time to ‘go to Oita’ again.”
There are 26 ethnic groups living in Yunnan. The various ethnic groups have a long history of exchanges, exchanges and blending, creating a long-lasting and splendid national culture. It is a veritable "ocean of singing and dancing" and "paradise of music".
The picture shows a still from the 2024 Yunnan Spring Festival Gala program "Yunnan Golden Song Map". Photo provided by the organizer
The 2024 Yunnan Spring Festival Gala cleverly constructed the "Yunnan Dance Map" and "Yunnan Golden Song Map", which condensed rich cultural elements such as multi-ethnic songs and dances, costumes, musical instruments, and folk customs, and showed a harmonious picture of Yunnan's multi-ethnic cultures, each with its own beauty and shared beauty.
At the party, electronic music singer-songwriter Hu Mengzhou and the Yuxi Nie Er Bamboo Orchestra jointly appeared on the stage. They used bamboo instruments with Yunnan characteristics and modern electronic music to re-interpret the song "Su", allowing innovative expression of national elements and bringing a new audio-visual experience.
The light of originality illuminates Yunnan’s dazzling cultural treasures
"Peach blossoms and flowing water cannot leave the world..." "Five hundred miles away from Dianchi Lake, running towards the eyes..." At the party, Xu Xiake, the "travel blogger" of the Ming Dynasty who loved Yunnan, wrote the title "The Best Long Couplet in the World" for the Grand View Tower of Dianchi Lake in Kunming. The ancient Yunnan "Internet celebrity" Sun Yanweng and the Ming Dynasty "navigation expert" Zheng He who came out of Yunnan "traveled through time and space" to have a dialogue with modern people, recreating the unique scenery and rich history of Yunnan.
The picture shows a still from the 2024 Yunnan Spring Festival Gala program "There is a Life Called Yunnan". Photo provided by the organizer
"This program uses a novel way to bring Yunnan's famous historical figures to life. I am both moved and proud of my hometown." said a netizen from Kunming called "Shaking Home".
“The evening party of this station involves a variety of art categories such as songs, music, poetry and painting (drama), dance, acrobatics, opera, symphony performance, etc. It contains a lot of ingenuity and ingenuity, and flexibly uses cutting-edge stage technology to realize the digital presentation of Yunnan’s people and scenery. At the same time, let the large screen interact with the scene to connect the shining points of cultural prosperity in Yunling." said Li Xiaolin, the director of the party.
Stage “black technology” brings a new visual experience
Giant butterflies flap their wings on the Three Pagodas of Dali, the lead singer of the band sings in the clouds, the drummer transforms into a "giant" and plays in the sea of rapeseed flowers in Luoping... In the song "Now Now" brought by Mayuan poet, XR technology allows a A large fold of time and space is presented to the audience.
The picture shows a still from the 2024 Yunnan Spring Festival Gala program "Now Now". Photo provided by the organizer
"Mayuan Poet's program is so imaginative, it's so interesting!" Netizen "Qianqianlate" commented, "While watching the program, I can not only enjoy the band performance in the beautiful music, but also revisit my memories in a very creative way. In Yunnan, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Hani Rice Terraces, Stone Forest, Xishuangbanna Tropical Rainforest... it’s so immersive and beautiful.”
In the dance "Youth in the Age of Prosperity", young dancer Yang Wu, who studied under Yang Liping, transformed into the spike of a traditional Chinese handicraft lantern, and performed the noble character of the four gentlemen of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum as well as the prosperity in the lights of thousands of houses with graceful and agile dance movements. At the climax of the dance, Yang Wu instantly jumped into the air and stopped, rotating 360 degrees, as if time had been frozen. Li Xiaolin introduced that during the filming of the show, 128 cameras were used to film the dancers in all directions to present the effect before their eyes. Netizens exclaimed, "I'm so amazed at the frozen moment!"
Yunnan’s “hot searches” are all available in one place, looking back on the whole year
In 2023, the international passenger train on the China-Laos Railway will be officially launched, the "Pu'er Jingmai Mountain Ancient Tea Forest Cultural Landscape" will be included in the "World Heritage List", the TV series "Go Where the Wind Is" will make Dali "popular", and the Yunnan band Ma The garden poet became famous all over the Internet, Yunnan astronaut Gui Haichao went on a business trip in space, Bao Weizhong, a grassroots judge from the Wa ethnic group, was named a "Model of the Times", and there are also "Divine Comedy", "Hani Baby" and "Midu Folk Song" that are popular all over the Internet... This Yunnan Spring Festival Gala will cover all the hot events and "out of the circle" events in Yunnan in the past year, leading the audience to review "There is a life called Yunnan".
The picture shows a still from the 2024 Yunnan Spring Festival Gala program "The Wind Can Be Gentle". Photo provided by the organizer
Among them, "Sister Lang" Chen Bing and the Little Dujuan Chorus of Xiaguan No. 8 Complete Primary School in Dali City jointly performed "The Wind Can Be Gentle", allowing the wind of Erhai Lake to blow from the Yunnan Spring Festival Gala stage to the whole country. The music, poetry and painting program "Guardian of a Lifetime" tells the story of Bao Weizhong, a grassroots judge in Cangyuan, Yunnan, who dedicated his life to the people, which moved people to tears. The famous singer Sun Nan performed the song "Missing That Place", which showed the natural scenery and cultural customs of Jingmai Mountain, the world's first tea-themed world cultural heritage. What is surprising is that the Yunnan Spring Festival Gala successfully "rocked people" in space, and astronaut Gui Haichao from Baoshan, Yunnan also sent New Year blessings to the people in his hometown.
Central District joins hands to dominate screen broadcasting and set new record
At 8 p.m. on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the 2024 Yunnan Spring Festival Gala will not only be broadcast on Yunnan Satellite TV and Hunan International Channel, but also on China News Network’s client, Sina Weibo, Douyin, Kuaishou, WeChat video account, Baijiahao, bilibili, Zhizhi It was broadcast simultaneously on Huhu, Facebook, X platform, YouTube and Mango TV, setting a new record for the Yunnan Spring Festival Gala broadcast platform.
The picture shows a still from the 2024 Yunnan Spring Festival Gala. Photo provided by the organizer
On multiple online social platforms, topics related to "Yunnan Spring Festival Gala" have been on the hot search lists many times. Topics such as "There is a life called Yunnan", "Sun Nan joins the Yunnan Spring Festival Gala", "Gui Haichao pays New Year's greetings to Yunnan folks", "Yunnan Spring Festival Gala also plays the 'peak game'" and other topics continue to arouse heated discussions among netizens. There are also Spring Festival Gala emoticons, Yunnan Province Online activities such as the Song Contest and the Yunnan Provincial Dance Contest have set off "Yunnan fever" on the Internet. (over)