Cultural Weekend: Nineteen Years of “Cultural Benefiting the People”

Guancheng Cultural Weekend will continue to present high-quality cultural feasts to citizens and friends

　　Guangzhou Daily all-media reporter Liu Manyuan correspondent Gong Yichao

　　For 19 years, Dongguan Guancheng Cultural Weekend has always adhered to the principle of "Cultural Benefiting the People" and "Appreciating Learning", and has developed from a Taiwanese evening party to a Cultural Weekend Forum, Cultural Weekend Youth Choir, Cultural Weekend Chamber Orchestra, and Cultural Weekend Youth Orchestra. and other cultural brands.

　　As the 19th "birthday" of Cultural Weekend is approaching, Guancheng Street recently held an audience symposium for the 19th anniversary of the Cultural Weekend Party to further understand the cultural needs of the general public, listen to the voices of citizens, and improve the various operations of the Cultural Weekend Party. mechanism, improve service levels, and contribute to the construction of a culturally strong city.

Brainstorm ideas to continue hosting cultural weekends

　　"Thank you to the audience for their continued support of the Cultural Weekend, as well as the dedicated efforts of the actors and actresses in front and behind the scenes of the Cultural Weekend." At the beginning of the symposium, Chen Xin, the first-level director of the Guancheng Street Publicity, Education, Culture, Sports and Tourism Office, first addressed the audience and performers Express gratitude to staff.

　　Chen Xin said that the 19-year-old Cultural Weekend is the prime of life. This time, she hopes to narrow the distance between all parties through the symposium. Everyone can brainstorm together to make the Cultural Weekend Party better and better, and provide high-quality services to citizens and friends. A quality cultural feast.

　　At the symposium, participants discussed and exchanged views on topics such as performance content, the mass cultural influence of cultural performances, and the demand orientation of audience groups. Among them, experts and scholars shared their observations and thoughts on the development and innovation of high-quality literary and artistic activities. Audience representatives spoke freely, telling stories about their growth along with Cultural Weekend, and gave opinions and suggestions on how to further improve the quality of theatrical performances, enrich performance forms, optimize performance services, etc. They looked forward to Cultural Weekend deeply cultivating the fertile soil of people's literature and art and bringing more benefits to the audience. To provide more high-quality and down-to-earth literary and artistic content.

Adhere to "Cultural Benefiting the People" and "Paying Equal Attention to Appreciation of Learning"

　　It is understood that over the past 19 years, Cultural Weekend has been adhering to the principle of "Cultural Benefiting the People" and "Appreciating Learning". It has developed from a Taiwanese evening party in 2005 to a Cultural Weekend Forum, Cultural Weekend Youth Choir, Cultural Weekend Chamber Orchestra, Cultural Weekend Cultural brands such as youth orchestras. According to statistics, the Cultural Weekend Gala has so far launched a total of 860 issues and nearly a thousand various theatrical performances.

　　Zeng Li, the person in charge of the Cultural Weekend Engineering Office, said that this year’s Cultural Weekend will continue to launch a series of wonderful performances. It will not only present the regular “Our Festival” and “Our Stage” brand performances of the Cultural Weekend to the general audience, but also launch them in April. The "Light, Shadow and Sound·Special Planning for the 19th Anniversary of Cultural Weekend" series of activities cover various art forms such as Cantonese opera, duet, chorus, singing and dancing. At that time, powerful singers from the Central Opera House, Russia's National Treasure Boy's Choir, Guangdong Cantonese Opera Theater, Zhuhai Song and Dance Troupe and other wonderful performances will be staged in turn, bringing ultra-high-quality performances from top domestic and foreign teams to the general public. In addition, citizens can also participate in various activities on site and win many exquisite peripheral gifts.

"Fan" story

In his eighties, Shaw attended hundreds of performances

　　"I like the sentence at the beginning of the show the most - 'Cultural Weekend gathers in Guancheng'." As the first generation audience of Cultural Weekend, Xiao Jingxian from Guancheng is a loyal "fan" of Cultural Weekend. The staff of Cultural Weekend and The volunteers affectionately called him Uncle Xiao. Since its inception, Shaw has been a dedicated supporter of Cultural Weekend, attending hundreds of performances. "As long as there is no emergency at home or traveling abroad, I will not miss the cultural weekend performances." Xiao Bo said that in his eyes, the cultural weekend is not only a performance to benefit the people, but also a pleasant journey that nourishes the soul. He likes the "performance + explanation" presentation format of cultural weekends the most, as he can enjoy professional performances and gain knowledge at the same time. "Next year will be the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Cultural Weekend. I will be 90 years old by then. I hope I can come and continue to witness it by then!"

　　Pan Hongqiang, who also has many years of experience in attending cultural weekend performances, said: "I hope that the cultural weekend can do more popular science on the etiquette of attending performances, especially in concerts." In his sharing, he also talked about his hope that through market-oriented operations And innovations in performance forms and works bring more vitality to the cultural weekend evening party.

"Iron fans" have saved nearly 200 tickets

　　Two spectators from Dongcheng shared their stories about the cultural weekend. "Post-00s" audience member Huang Zixin said: "As a 'post-00s', I have always loved Cantonese opera and folk music. I hope that Cultural Weekend will innovate in future performance formats to attract more young people to pay attention to and appreciate these excellent traditions. culture."

　　As a mother of two children, Zhou Shujin said: "Our family is all fans of Cultural Weekend. My son likes to attend concerts and my daughter likes children's dramas. I have been very happy to watch the performances at Cultural Weekend several times. I hope that Cultural Weekend will increase the number of students. And the proportion of interactive links.”

　　"These are the tickets I reserved for watching the cultural weekend evening party. Each of them has exquisite art design, performance information and related knowledge." Huang Jingxian, an audience member from Guancheng, showed her collection to the guests one by one. tickets. Huang Jingxian had her first contact with Cultural Weekend when she was still in college. She has saved nearly 200 tickets so far. “I have kept the tickets for many years and they have not faded. They are of good quality!” (Guangzhou Daily)