China News Service, Beijing, February 5th (Reporter Liu Likun) In the blink of an eye, it is another year of Lantern Festival, and the "Four Seas and Spring" 2023 Global Overseas Chinese New Year Cloud Gala is coming as scheduled!
Overseas Chinese from more than 50 countries and regions on 5 continents celebrated the Lantern Festival together. Directors of Overseas Chinese Affairs Offices, heads of Overseas Chinese Federations, and many overseas Chinese celebrities, cultural and sports stars sent blessings to overseas Chinese around the world... How to live a "world flavor" "Chinese New Year?
This year's "Cloud Gala" gave the answer!
"Unicom ancient and modern" Lantern Festival
In this "Cloud Gala", many places combine their characteristics to "play with the national trend", combine classical culture and modern technology to "connect the past and the present", vividly interpret the rich and colorful traditional customs of various places, and show the beauty of Chinese traditional culture in a new way, making people The audience's eyes lit up.
Prison cattle with a good temperament enjoy the music of plucking strings, and Xuanniao, the "Envoy of Spring God", "greeting" to the auspicious beast on the spire... The fantasy lantern show "Auspicious Beasts Navigating Mountains and Seas" relies on AR technology to depict "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" "In the festive scene of the gods and beasts making a New Year's Eve; the electronic version of the ancient music of the Tang Dynasty "Dalabang", vividly interprets the names of traditional Chinese five-tone tones, national musical instruments, ancient octaves, and twelve rhythms of ancient music, making ancient Chinese paintings " Come alive"; the highly popular virtual character Luo Tianyi interprets the famous "Book of Songs" and reinterprets Chinese classical poetry in a way favored by young people at home and abroad; Reproduce the love between Su Shi and his wife Wang Runzhi, and present a visual feast of Chinese classical beauty to the audience.
Screenshot of the electro-acoustic version of Datang Ancient Music "Dalabangba"
Chinese New Year Abroad
The Spring Festival is a day of reunion.
No matter how far away from home, people always miss the purest flavor of the year.
The creative short film "World Taste of Chinese Year" shows the scenes of overseas Chinese celebrating the Spring Festival overseas. They paste Spring Festival couplets, make dumplings, dance dragons and lions, and restore the taste of the New Year in their memories in foreign countries, and also bring the "Year of China" to the world. overseas.
Screenshot of the short film "Four Seas in the Same Spring: Shining Stars"
Huaxing Art Troupe, as an important literary and artistic group among overseas Chinese, is like stars scattered all over the world, making Chinese culture shine overseas.
In the program "Four Seas in the Same Spring: Huaxing Shining", several overseas Huaxing art troupes appeared. People dressed in traditional costumes danced lightly, and their superb martial arts moves were vigorous and vigorous. Both movements and movements were vivid expressions of China's 5,000-year civilization.
Screenshot of the short film "Four Seas in the Same Spring: Shining Stars"
Highlights of the new generation
The new generation of Chinese Americans is the future and hope, and an important force to continue the Chinese culture and tell Chinese stories overseas.
In this year's "Cloud Gala", the new generation of Chinese Americans participated in a variety of ways, which became a highlight.
Guoguo, a Chinese-Australian teenager, is the "second generation of Chinese" born overseas.
In the three chapters of "Lights in Ten Thousand Families", "Reunion in the Four Seas", and "Spring Comes New in Vientiane", she introduces the customs of Lantern Festival to the audience, makes special Lantern Festival, and makes her New Year's wishes, vividly showing the influence of Chinese culture overseas. Inherited, full of warmth and fun.
Screenshot of the short film "Chinese New Year Taste of the World"
Popular singer Li Xinrong has participated in the "Cloud Gala" many times.
This year, she sang the song "Light Up the Future" together with teachers and students from more than ten Chinese schools around the world, Sydney Huaxing Art Troupe, etc., hoping that everyone can sail to a happy distance in the new year.
Screenshot of "Cloud Chorus" and "Light Up the Future"
Embarking on a new journey, the hometown of overseas Chinese will not be absent
Over the years, overseas Chinese have played an extremely important role in China's construction.
This time, the "Cloud Gala" has added a section of "Hometowns of Overseas Chinese on the New Journey", showing the new era of hometowns of overseas Chinese in various places in the form of short films.
The Suzhou Pingtan selected by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Suzhou showed the customs of the Jiangnan water town; the Guangdong Overseas Chinese Affairs Office and the Hong Kong super moment band jointly performed the Cantonese song "Finding a Bowl of Soup", which was full of nostalgic flavor; Qingtian TV station selected an original rap, performed in Mandarin and Qingtian dialect , showing the thriving scene of Qingtian today...
Screenshot of the short film "See You in Fujian"
In the new period of the "14th Five-Year Plan", the hometown of overseas Chinese will also embark on a "new journey" and continue to shine in the country's construction.
This year's "Cloud Gala" is hosted by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council of China, the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, and the China Overseas Friendship Association.
As an important stage for the annual display of traditional Chinese culture, the "Cloud Gala" has become a cultural "bridge" linking China and the world.
In recent years, with the further increase of China's influence, more and more people feel the charm of Chinese culture.
"Cloud Gala" will continue to flourish in the future, presenting a more exciting feast of Chinese culture to audiences at home and abroad.
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