Asian Cultural Carnival held in Beijing! The colorful flowers of civilization Bloom 'bird's nest','sunny Asia, warm my home every day, connected by mountains and rivers, intimate Asia, beautiful Asia, glorious Asia, hand in hand, we are a family. '
Last night, a ten thousand people interactive chorus "our Asia" resounded through the National Stadium 'bird's nest'. The Asian culture carnival was in full bloom with beautiful lights and surging passion, lighting up the night sky. Actors from all over the world presented their own unique song and dance performances, a colorful Asian style party, shining the light of cultural integration and mutual learning of civilizations.
Chinese President Xi Jinping watched the Asian carnival with leaders of several countries and envoys to China, heads of relevant international organizations and representatives.
On stage and off stage interaction
At 8 o'clock last night, the lights of the bird's nest dimmed. On the stage like a blooming flower, the light band composed of LED screens changed into various dazzling scenes. On the wall of the people composed of actors in front of the stage, colorful lights flicker to outline the countdown number. At the same time, words like "Hello Asia", "welcome to Beijing" are constantly changing in Chinese and English.
The audience waved their fluorescent sticks and counted down the countdown in a neat and uniform manner, welcoming the artists' delegation from Afghanistan, Indonesia, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, North Korea, Singapore, China and other Asian countries to appear on the stage one by one, and a cultural get-together began.
The opening theme song "our Asia" is jointly performed by the 'Asian United orchestra' composed of top musicians from Asian countries, including Chinese young pianist Lang. What is particularly exciting is that when the conductor Tang Muhai turned to face the audience, ten thousand people stood up at the same time to sing for Asia. The scene was warm and moving.
Colorful cultural blending
The carnival performance covers chorus, dance, percussion music, Peking Opera, martial arts and other forms of performance, which not only vividly shows the colorful Asian culture, but also flexibly presents the fusion and collision of eastern and Western cultures. Most of the programs are performed by actors from different countries and regions.
The joint performance is not a simple combination, but a display of civilization symbiosis in the integration--
The hand dance "Silk Road blooming" is inspired by the hand posture of Buddha in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes. The dancers lift their belts as if they are dancing in the clouds. The fingertips change to create a visual impact, showing the rich and diverse cultural characteristics and exotic customs of the countries along the ancient Silk Road.
In the song and dance program "Asian customs", artists from all over the world wear different costumes to bring their own unique folk dances. Japanese hetaigu, Russian folk dances, Pakistani folk songs and Turkish fire Dances & hellip; & hellip; carry the good wishes of jointly promoting the prosperity of Asian culture and bring profound emotional experience and resonance to the audience.
Italian singer Andre middot Bocelli, who is known as the world's fourth largest tenor, leads the singing of the classic Aria "no one sleeps tonight" of the opera Turandot. The natural voice conquers the audience, and the opera itself is also the product of cultural integration.
Show Chinese elements
The carnival is also a platform for displaying Chinese culture. In the whole performance, many programs are integrated with intangible cultural heritage and other traditional elements, with distinctive Chinese characteristics: percussion music "drum fly" Jiangzhou drum music in "hundred Gees fighting for crossing", water sleeve performance in "Silk Road blooming", a series of classic Beijing opera aria in "Shengshi pear garden", and even the green landscape elements of painting and calligraphy "a thousand li River and mountains" can be found on the performance set.
The magnificent stage design is also one of the highlights of the carnival. It is understood that the 15000 square meter stage is the largest stage in the history of the bird's nest. Its main scenery is composed of fans of different sizes and six streamers on both sides. Light and shadow are projected on it, constantly changing the patterns of flowers, oceans, architecture and so on. The LED dot matrix stereo video imaging system, which was first applied to the performance, presents a 360 degree stereo image through the up and down movement of CNC Weiya, so that the audience can see the 3D effect without wearing glasses.
Show the vitality of Asia
With the melody of the song "shining Asia", the Asian Cultural Carnival comes to an end. Young people from Asian countries return to the center of the stage to sing and dance, showing the boundless vitality of young Asia.
The brilliant purples and reds of Asia will bloom as the president of Xi Jinping said in his Carnival speech. The art will span the nation, penetrate the soul, and communicate ideas, and will show the world a glorious Asia, a vibrant Asia, a peaceful and progressive Asia.