On January 30th, the 2022 Henan Spring Festival Gala was brilliantly presented on Henan Satellite TV and major Internet platforms, with the theme of "Tigers and Tigers And Chinese Trends", creative upgrading, cultural tone continuation, integration of dance, sketches, opera, instrumental music programs as a whole, in the new form, new ideas to achieve "self-transcendence".
Program scenarios, real-life virtualization, performance diversification... In the words of the creator, it was a "party that wasn't like a party." As a result, the audience saw the bold combination and creative expression expected in the 2022 Henan Spring Festival Gala. Song and dance, sketches, dance, opera, cross-talk, fashionable ways to express the thick history and culture.
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What is the history and culture on display
《National Color Heavenly Fragrance》
Perfect interpretation of the ancient capital Luoyang
The dance program "National Color Tianxiang" was beautifully presented, and eleven young dancers gathered on the stage to perform historical figures such as Bai Juyi, Di Renjie, Shangguan Wan'er, Li Chunfeng, Yuan Tiangang, etc., and used dance art to tell their stories in Luoyang, Henan, the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty.
In the Chinese-style dance, there are silhouettes of the Tang Dynasty, and there are also the admiration and inheritance of culture for thousands of years in later generations. Find the rhyme in traditional culture, show in a variety of ways, and complete the temperament throughout the whole party in such an internal logic.
The ancient capital of Luoyang, with more than 5,000 years of civilization history, more than 4,000 years of urban history, more than 1,500 years of capital history, has Xia, Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Northern Wei, Sui, Tang, Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin 13 dynasties built their capital here, is the earliest, longest and most dynastic cities in the mainland.
Xia Du Erlitou, Yanshi Shangcheng, Eastern Zhou Wangcheng, Han Wei Ancient City, Sui Tang Luoyang City five major capital city ruins lined up along the Luo River, "Five Capitals Huiluo" is rare in the world; Longmen Grottoes, China's Grand Canal (Huiluocang and Hanjiacang ruins), Silk Road (Han Wei Ancient City, Sui Tang Luoyang City Dingding Gate, Xin'an Han Han Han Gu Guan Ruins) and other 3 items and 6 world cultural heritage through the millennium, shining brightly; after the introduction of Buddhism to China, the first temple run by the government, White Horse Temple, the only "forest, temple" in the country Guan Lin, the place of Guan Gong sacrifice, Sui and Tang Luoyang City National Historical and Cultural Park, MingTang, Heaven, Yingtianmen, Kyushu Pond and other major sites protection and display projects, all highlight the rich historical and cultural heritage of Luoyang, as well as the Luoyang Peony Jia world.
"Good Year"
Reproduction of the Oracle of Anyang Yin Ruins
The dance program "Good Year" dismantles the oracle bone "Nian" character and uses a long-standing folk culture to show the harmonious coexistence of man and nature.
The oracle bones found in the Yin Ruins of Anyang, Henan, are the earliest mature writing systems found in China so far, and are one of the four major ancient scripts in the world. It has pictograms, finger things, meanings, shape sounds, transpositions, false loans and other word creation methods, marking that it has entered a mature stage.
About 150,000 pieces of oracle bones and more than 4,500 single characters were found in The Yin Ruins of Anyang, Chinese characters evolved from oracle bones, which played an important role in spreading Chinese culture and promoting the formation and consolidation of China's great unification.
Yin Ruins, located in the northwestern suburbs of Anyang, was the capital of the late Shang Dynasty of China, with a history of 3300 years. In March 1961, Yin Ruins was announced as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. On 13 July 2006, Yin Ruins was inscribed on the World Heritage List at the 30th session of the World Heritage Committee.
《Towel Order》
Fashion interprets Mulan
At the party, the dance program "Towel Order" combined dance, martial arts and film and television narration techniques, Ling Yun, a non-hereditary inheritor of Emei martial arts, performed Mulan, and a number of well-known popular dancers in the industry added a lot of modern colors to this ancient dance. Rigidity and softness show the feelings of home and country.
Who said that women are inferior to men, do not show sharp brilliance! For thousands of years, Mulan has been a respected woman by the Chinese, because she is brave and simple, and "Mulan Poems" has been included in middle school textbooks and recited by thousands of people for generations.
Mulan's deeds and image were put on the stage, and the long performance was not faded, the most well-known is the Yu opera "Mulan" performed by the famous Chang Xiangyu artist Chang Xiangyu, and the classic lyrics "Brother Liu's speech is too biased, who said that women are inferior to men!" ”
The spirit of Mulan has inspired thousands of Chinese sons and daughters to defend the country, and now on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala in Henan, the image of Mulan has been more fashionably expressed.
"Yellow River Mud Baby"
Tell about the Yellow River culture in the Central Plains
The dance "Yellow River Mud Baby" takes the national intangible clay sculpture technique as the prototype, and adapts to the perception of modern people by adding a sense of science and technology, a sense of the times and an interesting way, and tells the inheritance of the roots of the Yellow River culture.
By the Yellow River, in front of the house, in the courtyard wall, a group of cute Yellow River mud dolls are doing games carefreely, and the innocent childhood "old time" has caused warm memories across time and space for generations!
It is understood that "Yellow River Mud Baby" is starred by Zhao Enmin, a master of Chinese arts and crafts and a representative inheritor of the provincial intangible cultural heritage Zhao Enmin clay sculpture. The "plastic space" technique used in these clay sculptures has changed the immutable characteristics of traditional clay sculptures after molding, and the head and hands can be flexibly rotated or even replaced.
Cute children, imitating clay dolls, remind everyone of those innocent childhood "old times"... Many netizens have "broken the defense".
"Next Second"
The aesthetic dance shows Wenxian Taijiquan
The Tai Chi Creative Program "Next Second", using the philosophical thinking of Tai Chi Chuan as a guide, uses modern dance for visual expression, presenting a "Tai Chi Program That Does Not Play Tai Chi"...
Taijiquan originated in Wenxian County, Henan, the national intangible cultural heritage, is based on the traditional Chinese Confucian and Taoist philosophy in the Taiji, Yin and Yang dialectical concepts as the core idea, the name taijiquan is because the boxing method is infinitely changeable, so the ancient Chinese "yin and yang", "taiji" this philosophical theory to explain the boxing theory was named.
Taijiquan contains the philosophical idea of "the unity of heaven and man", the overall thinking of yin and yang dialectics, the pursuit of harmonious and different cultures, the wisdom of pushing oneself and people in the world, the mission and responsibility of the world for the public, the concept of self-cultivation and self-cultivation, enriching people's cognition of the universe, nature and the operation of the human body, not only highlighting the core values of Chinese culture, but also building a bridge between people and the people of the world with the advantages of cross-cultural communication of physical practice, and eliminating communication barriers for people around the world who pursue health. Building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind" contributes unique Chinese wisdom.
On December 17, 2020, the "Taijiquan" project declared by the mainland was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
In the 2022 Henan Spring Festival Gala, from program creativity, dance choreography, actor performance, to lighting, costumes, props, production, all programs are naturally connected in one go, there is no host to string the scene, but the theme of each program is very distinct, warm and moving, as Chen Lei, the general director of the evening, said, from the oriental aesthetics into the topic, set up a framework for telling Chinese stories, and tell the world about the continuous Traditional Chinese culture.
Luoyi Ancient City, Mulan, Yellow River Mud Baby, Taijiquan,
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