China News Service, Iguazu, Brazil, February 14th: Title: Macao young actor's trip to Brazil: "Happy Spring Festival" blends China and Brazil
China News Service reporter Lin Chunyin
"Happy Spring Festival - Waterfall City Celebrates the Chinese Year of the Dragon" theatrical performances have been staged in Foz do Iguazu, Brazil. The professional art troupe of Macau Pei Ching Middle School came across the sea and shared the stage with the Brazilian Orchestra and the Chinese People's Orchestra in Brazil, giving a wonderful performance to Chinese overseas Chinese and Brazilian people.
On the 14th, many young actors from Macau who had returned to China told reporters that they cherished the performance experience of China and Brazil the most when reviewing their trip to Brazil.
On the evening of February 10th, local time, at the Iguazu Falls Park in Brazil, the Macau Peizheng Middle School Art Troupe performed a still of the folk dance "Autumn Ripening". Photo by Guo Jingwen
Chinese cultural context surges
Chen Ziqian, an actor from the Art Troupe of Macau Pui Ching Secondary School, is only 12 years old. He played "Spring Dawn in the Snow Mountains", which describes the beautiful scenery of Tibet, with great fluency. He said that only by starting from the customs and customs of Tibet can we better understand the speed of the movement. The slow movement relaxes and accumulates power. "When the strength is full, use the fast movement to exert force."
Guo Jingwen, vice principal of Macau Pui Ching Middle School, said that the school has participated in the "Happy Spring Festival" activities in Portugal for three consecutive years and has received a good response. This is the first time to perform in Brazil. "All of our performances (performances) are selected with the most Chinese characteristics. This is the cultural gene of the overseas Chinese."
Liang Jiandan, a young dancer from Macao and chief director of the performance, said that the ethnic dances in this performance are unique, such as the Dong dance, which is relatively rare in large-scale performances. "With the help of the 'Happy Spring Festival' platform, Macao children can bring the most traditional things of China to To all parts of the world.”
Nina, who announced the curtain, is a second-generation overseas Chinese living in Pakistan who speaks both Portuguese and Chinese. "These programs have entered my heart." Nina said that she and her friends all plan to go back to China to study. "I am very interested in Chinese and national musical instruments. They are all required courses."
This performance included songs to celebrate the triumph of the Shenzhou 15 manned spacecraft and the 25th anniversary of Macau's return to China. Zheng Yue, a young actor from Macao, said that when the China Manned Space Engineering Delegation visited Hong Kong and Macao at the end of last year, she made a special trip to the Macao Science Museum to check in. “After seeing the models and exhibition boards, I was very curious and proud.”
Macau young actor Wang Xiaohui played "Moon Over the Mountain" on the guqin. "This is an ancient song about the homesickness of the border soldiers," she said. "In my heart, it is a tribute to the astronauts of the motherland. This is a great profession."
On February 11, local time, spectators came to watch an artistic performance at the Plaza de la Paix in Foz do Iguazu, Brazil. Photo by Guo Jingwen
Integration of Chinese and Pakistani cultures
A highlight of this performance is the co-performance of the Brazilian Bossa Nova Orchestra, the Art Troupe of Pei Ching Middle School of Macau, and the Chinese People’s Orchestra of Brazil. The guqin and zither were played softly and slowly, and jazz music flowed out; Brazilian singer Haisa sang "May I Live Long" in Chinese with a smooth accent, which resonated with the audience.
This has also become the most unforgettable scene for Macau young singer Long Zilan. She said that during the performance of "Moonlight Shines on the Mountains" that night, the waterfall was like thousands of horses galloping, and the scenery was rare and shocking. "Brazilian artists sang the artistic conception of ancient poetry. Although we are in different places, we all have one thing in common." The moon, 'May we live forever and share the beauty of the moon thousands of miles apart'."
On the evening of February 10, local time, young actor Long Zilan from the Art Troupe of Macau Pei Ching Middle School performed at Iguazu Falls Park in Brazil. Photo by Guo Jingwen
In February last year, Morales, then a city councilor in Foz do Iguazú, proposed a motion to “designate the Chinese New Year as an official holiday,” which was unanimously approved by the city council. Morales, who is now the Speaker of Foz do Foz do Foz, said that more and more Chinese are starting businesses in Foz do Foz and bringing job opportunities, and Foz do Foz is willing to promote more people-to-people and cultural exchanges between Brazil and China. (over)