The actor performed the southern word "Lu Xing" on the spot. (Courtesy of the interviewee)
Fuzhou, 16 Dec (Xinhua) -- The epidemic cannot stop the enthusiasm for cross-strait cultural exchanges. On the 16th, the "Pro-Fujian-Taiwan Relations - 2021 Cross-Strait Intangible Cultural Heritage 'Cloud' Exchange" activity was held in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. Non-hereditary inheritors on both sides of the strait have shown their unique skills one after another, and then continue the cross-strait intangible cultural heritage love affair.
"Ten fingers interpret the world's cold, one palm to support a life." The exhibition and exchange activities kicked off in the palm puppet "Finger Palm Qiankun" brought by the Zhangzhou Budai Puppet Heritage and Protection Center. Immediately afterward, wonderful programs such as the Jinge performance "Mintai Love", the Gezai opera performance "Eighteen Phases", the cloth bag puppet show "DamingFu" and the Nanzi "LuXing" took turns to play, and the non-hereditary inheritors showed their respective housekeeping skills and interacted with the audience from time to time.
The event adopts a combination of online and offline methods, and is broadcast live through integrated media. Puppeteers from Taiwan Chiayi Changyi Pavilion Palm Theatre Troupe and Taiwan Yixin Theater Troupe Singers and Opera Artists sent blessings to the event through video connection and presented wonderful programs such as the puppet show "The Dream of the Fire Rose Mandarin Duck" and the Song Boy Opera performance "Xianchen Welcoming the Phoenix", which won the applause of the scene.
Ling Mingliang, head of the Changyi Pavilion Theater Troupe in Chiayi, Taiwan, said in the video that he was deeply sorry that he could not communicate with his mainland counterparts face-to-face this year. "The roots of Taiwan's puppet show are in the mainland, and I hope to exchange views with more puppet show colleagues on both sides of the strait in the future."
Ling Mingliang, head of the Changyi Pavilion Palm Theater Troupe in Chiayi, Taiwan, sent his blessings through video link. (Courtesy of the interviewee)
Lin Xinghua, executive deputy director of the Broadcasting All-Media Center of Fujian Provincial Radio, Film and Television Group, the organizer, said that the "Pro-Fujian-Taiwan Relations and Cross-Strait Intangible Cultural Exchange Exhibition" activity, as a brand activity familiar to villagers on both sides of the strait, has been held for 6 consecutive years, with footprints all over Taiwan Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli, Chiayi, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Yunlin and Fujian Pingtan, Xiamen and other places. "The successful holding of the event shows the strong desire of the people on both sides of the strait to strengthen exchanges, which cannot be stopped by the epidemic and other interference factors." He said.
Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, is an important ancestral hometown of Taiwan compatriots and an intensive investment area for Taiwan businessmen. He Jincai, director of the Zhangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, delivered a speech at the event, inviting the vast number of Taiwan compatriots to come to the mainland to experience the rich and colorful intangible cultural heritage. He said: No obstacle can shake our firm conviction in continuing to deepen cross-strait exchanges and cooperation, and compatriots on both sides of the strait should continue to hold hands and connect hearts, work together in harmony, unite and move forward, jointly inherit and carry forward China's excellent traditional culture, and inject a steady stream of impetus into deepening cross-strait integration and development.
It is reported that the event was sponsored by the Fujian Provincial Radio, Film and Television Group, the Fujian Provincial Office of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, the Fujian Provincial Radio and Television Bureau, and the Fujian Provincial Association for Foreign Cultural Exchanges, and was hosted by the Southeast Broadcasting Corporation and the Zhangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism.