China's Gansu network on February 8 (this network reporter Zhang Lanqin correspondent Wang Wenjiang) Golden Bull resigned from the old year, Tigger ushered in the new year. Recently, the Gansu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and the Lao Chinese Cultural Center co-sponsored the "Tiger Leaping Dragon, Auspicious Peace - 'Symphonic Silk Road, Ruyi Gansu' Laos Spring Festival Literary and Art Gala" broadcast on Lao National Television for many consecutive times, together with the Lao people and overseas Chinese to welcome the New Year. Let the Lao people feel the charm of traditional Chinese culture and the happy and peaceful atmosphere of the Spring Festival through television, and also show the brand image of "Symphonic Silk Road • Ruyi Gansu", so that the Lao people feel the strong cultural characteristics of Gansu.
With the theme of "Symphonic Silk Road, Ruyi Gansu", the gala is divided into four parts, including the Spring Festival Overture, the Colorful Silk Road, the Music and Dance Dunhuang and the Epilogue, covering dance, song, acrobatics, intangible cultural heritage, opera and other artistic disciplines, and is equipped with Chinese and Lao subtitles, showing the strong New Year flavor of the Arrival of the Chinese New Year and conveying the deep friendship of the people of Gansu.
At the same time, the 8th "Happy Spring Festival" online temple fair in Laos, jointly organized by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Gansu Province and the Lao Chinese Cultural Center, specially invited Chinese Ambassador to Laos Jiang Zaidong to broadcast live on the "cloud" terminal to send Chinese New Year video speeches to the Lao people and overseas Chinese. Online temple fair activities include the classic Dunhuang dance "Rebound Pipa Long Silk Dance", full of distinctive Gansu characteristics of flowers singing "Go up to the mountain and look at the Pingchuan" and other art forms of performances, bringing a Chinese cultural audio-visual feast to the Lao audience. The event was combined with live broadcasts and interactive lottery activities, and Laotian friends and overseas Chinese gathered in the clouds to celebrate the New Year.
As the closing activity of the "Ministry-Province Cooperation" project between the Department of Culture and Tourism of Gansu Province and the Lao Chinese Cultural Center, this event fully demonstrated the rich history and culture and rich tourism resources of Gansu, and was generally welcomed and highly praised by people from all walks of life in Laos. It is reported that in 2021, the Department of Culture and Tourism of Gansu Province and the Lao Chinese Cultural Center carried out ministerial and provincial cooperation throughout the year, held a series of online and offline activities with rich content, diverse forms, wide coverage and wide audience, and successively held the "Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and Laos 'Symphonic Silk Road • Ruyi Gansu' Tourism and Culture Publicity Week", digital Dunhuang Exhibition, Lectures on Traditional Chinese Medicine Cultural Knowledge, Dunhuang Cultural Lectures, Dunhuang Dance Training Classes and other exchange activities, comprehensively demonstrating the brand image of "Symphonic Silk Road • Ruyi Gansu". It has effectively expanded Gansu's popularity and influence in Laos, deepened the understanding between the two sides, enhanced friendship, and laid a solid foundation for further exchanges and cooperation in the future.