Jimu news reporter Lin Chuhan
Correspondent Wu Wen Travel
The creation of the "East Asian Cultural Capital" is in full swing in wuhan, a heroic city. Recently, the Wuhan audience who walked into the theater to watch the play was pleasantly surprised to find that the prominent positions such as the halls and stages of the city's major performance venues were uniformly arranged with posters and logos of "Creating the East Asian Cultural Capital • Wuhan Opera", creating a strong atmosphere of creation. While enjoying the wonderful performances, everyone was also infected by the atmosphere of creating an East Asian cultural capital, and was full of confidence in Wuhan, a city with a strong artistic atmosphere, to create an East Asian cultural capital.
Promotional video of Wuhan Acrobatic Hall
Wuhan has 8 municipal literary and art academies and 12 art species, both the number of academies and troupes and the art species in the first place in the sub-provincial cities, they are the foundation of Wuhan to create the east Asian cultural capital, but also the main force of cultural exchanges with East Asian countries.
Reminiscences: Cultural exchanges are thick with time
Opening the "Wuhan Chronicle of Foreign Affairs", the pride of Wuhan literary and art workers suddenly emerged, and the Wuhan Professional Literary and Art Academy Troupe had frequent cultural exchanges with Japan and South Korea, making outstanding contributions to the dissemination of culture and the promotion of friendship.
In September 1963, the Chinese art troupe composed of the National Orchestra of Wuhan Song and Dance Theater visited 11 cities including Tokyo, Japan, and performed 26 performances, with an audience of 58,800 people. Before they performed in Japan, they conducted a rehearsal review in the Great Hall of the People, and Premier Zhou Enlai cordially received them.
Premier Zhou Enlai took a group photo with the Chinese Art Troupe composed of the National Orchestra of the Wuhan Song and Dance Theatre
In June 1979, in order to celebrate the first anniversary of the signing of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Friendship, "acrobatic diplomat" Xia Juhua led the Wuhan Acrobatic Troupe to visit Japan, and the performance was warmly welcomed by the Japanese people everywhere it went.
In 1982, in order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Japan and the third anniversary of the establishment of a sister city, wuhan song and dance theater formed the Wuhan Art Troupe of China, which translated the Japanese classical drama "Yoshi 46 Ascension to Heaven" into Chinese, went to Japan for a return visit and performed 9 performances in 4 cities including Oita.
In November 1988, at the warm invitation of the Japan Drama Society, the Wuhan Han Theater Youth Experimental Troupe, composed of young actors with an average age of only 20 years old, performed the Han opera "The Martyrdom of Tsonezaki", which was adapted from a famous Japanese work, in Osaka and Nizaki, Japan. Several major newspapers, such as the Mainichi Shimbun, The Asahi Shimbun, and the Yomiuri Shimbun, rushed to report on it, and Nippon Television and Kansai Television also broadcast live performances during prime time. The Japanese theater industry also held an academic symposium held by the Japan Drama Society, which fully affirmed the importance of the play in the exchange of oriental literature and drama.
Japanese friends warmly welcome the Wuhan Han Opera Youth Experimental Troupe to visit the Japanese performance troupe
From August 29 to September 19, 1989, in order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the friendship city between Wuhan, China and Oita, Japan, at the invitation of Oita Mayor Masami Sato, the Chinese Wuhan Art Troupe performed a 22-day friendship visit to Oita City and Usa, Hita City and Takeda City, which belong to Oita Prefecture. The Wuhan Peking Opera Troupe brought three classic folding plays such as "Haunting Heavenly Palace", "Thief Immortal Grass" and "Picking Jade Bracelet", which were performed 11 times in total, with an audience of about 20,000 people. They impressed the Japanese audience with their wonderful performances, won wide acclaim, and promoted Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges. In addition to selling "standing tickets", there are even seats in front of the audience for the audience to sit on the ground and watch.
Wuhan Peking Opera Troupe went to Japan to perform "Haunting the Heavenly Palace"
From January 19 to 29, 1994, at the invitation of the Korean Association for the Promotion of World Culture, the Wuhan Peking Opera Troupe went to South Korea for exchange performances, and the performances of traditional plays such as "Yandang Mountain", "Ancient City Society", "Jade Bracelet", "Blocking Horses", "Haunting Heavenly Palace", "Three Forks", "Qiujiang", "Thief Immortal Grass" and other traditional repertoire were warmly welcomed by the Korean audience.
From May 12, 2008 to June 22, 2008, Wuhan People's Art Theatre's large-scale fairy tale puppet drama (Sleeping Beauty) went to South Korea to participate in the "China Excellent Children's Stage Drama Art Festival" held by the Korean government, which lasted for 40 days, and the play was performed more than 60 times in seoul, Incheon and other four cities in South Korea, and was rated as one of the most popular plays by Korean audiences.
In 2009, the Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra went to Tokyo, Japan to participate in the "2009 Asian Symphony Week", and the scene was warmly received, and 6 tracks were added, which was highly praised by the Japanese media.
The Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra performs at the Tokyo Opera Hall at Asia Symphony Week
Looking at the Present Dynasty: A New Look at the Cultural Exchange Exhibition
Today, the cultural exchanges between Wuhan and East Asian countries have become more and more frequent with the help of Han brand activities such as the Qintai Music Festival and the Wuhan International Drama Performance Season, which not only realize the "going out", but also "invite in" the literature and art of Japan and South Korea.
Between 2014 and 2019, Wuhan Song and Dance Theater went to Oita to participate in the "Dream Music Festival" five times, and the local Jingchu music whirlwind was blown.
Wuhan Song and Dance Theater participates in the "Dream Music Festival" in Oita City, Japan
In 2015, the famous Korean conductor Jung Myung-hoon brought the Dresden State Orchestra to Han to participate in the 4th Qintai Music Festival. In 2018, the Japanese stage play "Journey to the West" came to Han to participate in the fifth Wuhan International Drama Performance Season.
The famous Korean conductor Jung Myung-hoon participated in the 4th Qintai Music Festival
The Japanese stage play "Journey to the West" participated in the 5th Wuhan International Drama Performance Season
Looking forward to the future, Wuhan literary and art workers will continue to write the magnificent chapter of the times with heart and soul, tell the story of Wuhan well, be the messenger of cultural dissemination, and use practical actions to help create the cultural capital of East Asia.
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