On February 4, the Winter Olympic Torch Relay came to the Summer Palace. Chi Xiaoqiu, a national first-class actor and famous Peking Opera performance artist, is the third torchbearer of the Summer Palace, and this Peking Opera master who became the winner of the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award at the age of 19 is running forward with the torch high. She said: "We must use the art of Peking Opera to tell the story of China well. ”
The Summer Palace is an imperial garden during the Qing Dynasty in China and has a profound historical and cultural heritage. Chi Xiaoqiu said: "The torch relay in the Summer Palace has a special significance, we have also performed in the ancient opera house here, I think the torch relay here is not only a transmission of the Olympic spirit, but also a cultural inheritance." ”
"One minute on stage, ten years offstage." Chi Xiaoqiu knows that there are no shortcuts to art, and the same is true for sports. From Peking opera artists to torchbearers, Chi Xiaoqiu said that the Olympic spirit is something that cultural and artistic workers especially need to learn, because culture and art need real kung fu, and sports athletes need real kung fu.
Chi Xiaoqiu also expressed her blessings for the Winter Olympics at the torch relay site: "The holding of the Winter Olympics is a major event for our Chinese nation, I wish the world's athletes a high level, and I wish our Chinese Olympians more gold medals!" ”
It is reported that Chi Xiaoqiu is a leading figure in the Cheng school of contemporary Peking Opera, serving as the secretary and head of the party branch and the leader of the Youth League of the Beijing Opera House, the leading actor, enjoying the special allowance of the State Council, and has won the first prize nomination award of the second Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award and the first Mei Lanfang Gold Award Competition. Her Beijing Opera House also launched the Winter Olympic Song "Together to the Future", Chi Xiaoqiu said: "Combining the traditional culture of Peking Opera, the national essence of art and the Olympic culture can show the charm of our traditional culture and art." ”
Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Lu Yang
Editor: Wang Qiong
Process Editor Tai Shaofeng
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