[News Page-Taiwan Straits Network]
On the occasion of the Spring Festival in the Year of the Tiger, on the evening of January 22, a good play was staged at the Xiamen Lingling International Circus City...
Representatives of the Jimei District Youth Chamber of Commerce, the Jimei District Youth Committee, the Jimei District Overseas Chinese Youth Association, the Jimei District Committee of the Communist Youth League, the Jimei District Taiwan Affairs Office, and other units attended the premiere ceremony of Xiamen Lingling International Circus City's new circus work "The Great Haunting of the Heavenly Palace." In order to let the young people on both sides of the strait who are in Jimei entrepreneurship, employment and life development deeply feel the warmth of home and the joy of spring, the organizers specially invited the representatives of the Youth Development Platform on both sides of the strait, such as Lingdong Youth, Lingling Cultural Tourism, Oyster Base, Jurong Yijia, Zhengxin, and Craftsman Maker, to enjoy this Circus Spring Festival Gala Feast.
Like many viewers, the Wang Liquan family from Taipei, Taiwan, is full of expectations for the new circus. Wang Liquan said that he has been starting a business in Jimei for more than a year, although this year is the first time to stay in Xiamen for the New Year, but there are many Taiwan businessmen here, and the Taiwan Youth Innovation Base will also hold many activities, so from adults to children are quite accustomed to it, and they like it here. Talking about the upcoming new circus "The Haunting of the Heavenly Palace", Wang Liquan's two children are particularly happy, and they are very much looking forward to seeing the monkey king that their father told them about - Sun Wukong.
The new circus "Big Haunting Heavenly Palace" is based on the story of Monkey King Sun Wukong in "Journey to the West", which integrates magic, thrilling, excitement, joy and fun, and the whole drama through the four chapters of "The Return of the Great Sage", "Dragon Palace Treasure Hunting", "Great Haunting Heavenly Palace" and "Western Heavenly Scripture", presenting the story of the stone monkey's early appearance, the East Sea Dragon Palace's bravery to seize the treasure, the Qitian Great Saint Haunting the Heavenly Palace, and the story of cultivating the right fruit to embark on the road to the scriptures, covering a wealth of big circus content including music, dance, equestrianism, stunts, acrobatics, magic, bungee jumping, clowns, taming beasts and so on.
In order to skillfully combine the circus and the strong Chinese elements of "The Haunting of the Heavenly Palace", Lingling introduced top equipment and professional teams, from the magical and shocking scene design, the comprehensive upgrade of the world's top sound and photoelectric equipment, the 270° panoramic surrounding stage, and the clever use of high-altitude hanging ring track to bring the shocking performance effect of "heaven into the groundwater", creating a 360° three-dimensional all-round sensory impact for the audience. The new circus gathers 100 circus artists from five continents and ten countries, such as Russia, Kenya and the Philippines, and rare animals such as Arabian baboons, Bengal white tigers, alpacas, bears, and small fragrant pigs to form a super luxurious "Circus United Nations" performance lineup, which perfectly shows the magical, shocking and wonderful mythological scenes of the large-scale original New Year's Eve drama "The Haunting of the Heavenly Palace".
"But all the big circuses with life are refined in the acting, innovated in the acting, and transformed in the acting." From the first attempt to integrate international circus art with traditional Chinese culture in early 2020 to "Mulan", to the first Chinese opera with Sun Wukong as the theme of "The Haunting of the Heavenly Palace", it is our Lingling's attitude of dedication to making a big circus with vitality. The words of Li Yuanxin, vice president of marketing of Lingling, showed the confidence of Lingling International Circus City in the new circus.
The new circus, which lasted 90 minutes, was full of applause and cheers from the audience. "I'm also going to fight monsters like Sun Wukong, pick up the golden hoop stick and 'tweet'!" The childish speeches of children from Taiwan are even more amusing.
During the Spring Festival, Xiamen Lingling International Circus City carefully planned a number of good dramas, allowing visitors to experience a different and lively Year of the Tiger - the park newly introduced 4 precious protected animals from Africa black and white colobus monkeys; added theme atmospheres such as Tiger Tianyi, New Year Market, Five Tigers New Year, National Tide Monkey Hall Science Popularization, as well as a series of special activities such as feeding tigers in the Year of the Tiger, Animal Parade, DIY dance of two tigers, and Welcome Team of the West...