Created in 1979 as a gift to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the large-scale folk dance drama "Silk Road Flower Rain" is based on the world-famous Silk Road and Dunhuang murals. "Silk Road Flower Rain" has visited more than 20 countries and regions, and its performances have been well received, and it is known as "a model of Chinese national dance drama".
"Silk Road Flower Rain" is a large-scale national dance drama created by Gansu Dunhuang Art Theater based on the mural art of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and absorbing the strengths of folk songs and dances from all over the world. It has been praised by the news media as "living Dunhuang murals, beautiful artistic enjoyment", "this dance should only be seen in the sky, rare to see a few times on earth", "Silk Road Flower Rain" "opened up a new road for Chinese dance drama".
In the years since, this drama has been performed in all parts of the country for a long time, and the grand situation everywhere it goes, during which it has also been performed in Hong Kong and other regions of China, as well as Korea, Japan, Italy, Thailand, France, Latvia and other countries, and has been performed more than 1,800 times so far, and has been recorded as a classic Chinese dance drama in the 20th century, which has been recorded in the annals of Chinese national art history.
Set against the backdrop of the heyday of China's Tang Dynasty, "Silk Road Flower Rain" takes the world-famous Silk Road and Dunhuang murals as materials, draws on the strengths of folk songs and dances from all over the world, praises the glorious artistic labor of the old painter Zhang And the father and daughter of the singer Yingniang, describes their sorrows and joys, highly praises the long-standing friendship between the people of China and the Western Regions, and reproduces the grand situation of the Tang Dynasty's internal affairs and frequent foreign economic and cultural exchanges.
The play is a six-time historical dance drama, and on the Silk Road, merchants from all over the world flocked endlessly. Suddenly, the wind blew, and the old painter Zhang Andi took his daughter Yingniang to rescue the Persian merchant Inus who had fainted in the desert. But on the way, Ying Niang was robbed by robbers. A few years later, in the Dunhuang market, Shenbi Zhang found his daughter, but Yingniang had become a kabuki of the Hundred Operas group.
Inus redeems herself for the bride and the father and daughter are reunited. In the Mogao Caves, Shenbi Zhang painted a masterpiece according to his daughter's dance posture - rebound pipa trick Lotte. The city cao, who was in charge of the trade, attempted to dominate Yingniang, and Yingniang and Inus took refuge in Persia. The British and Persians lived day and night, teaching each other skills. Inus was ordered to lead a caravan to Tang and Yingniang to return to the motherland with him. Shi Cao instigated the drama class to stop the caravan. The divine pen opened a beacon to save the caravan, but he gave his life.
In August 2008, the innovative and rehearsed dance drama "Silk Road Flower Rain" went to Beijing to participate in the major cultural activities of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and performed five times in a row, and the warm and unceasing applause conveyed the audience's "Silk Road Flower Rain" complex that had not been interrupted for 29 years. With its extremely high attendance rate, "Silk Road Flower Rain" once again proves the infinite charm of the classic and once again shows its strong artistic vitality.