Text, photo/video Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Zhang Wen correspondent Luo Hui
On February 26, the first batch of 12 members of the "South China Sea Lion Group" in Foshan Nanhai officially appeared in the "South China Sea Lion Group Birthday"! At the foot of Xiqiao Mountain, on the shore of Tingyin Lake, the lion group parade, group ceremony, blessing, and spring festival opened the curtain of this festival celebration one by one. Awakening lion originated in the South China Sea, passed down from generation to generation, and has lasted for a long time. The lions of the East have awakened, the Chinese people are all excited, China is experiencing major changes that have not been seen in a hundred years, and in the new era, the culture of waking lions calls for new responsibilities. To this end, the Nanhai District Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau closely follows the important national policies of the central government on "the creative development and innovative transformation of excellent traditional culture" and "comprehensive rejuvenation of traditional culture", continues to exert efforts and innovative measures, and jointly launches the "South China Sea Awakening Lion Renewal Development Plan" with the Institute of Cultural and Creative Development of Tsinghua University, to continue the context of traditional culture, actively respond to the expression of contemporary cultural innovation, promote Lingnan culture in a way that the public likes to hear, and promote the sustainable development of South China Sea Awakening Lion culture.
The members of the Awakening Lion Group appeared one by one
The "Nanhai Lions Birthday" event was hosted by the Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports of Nanhai District, Foshan City, and provided academic guidance by the Institute of Cultural and Creative Development of Tsinghua University. In response to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, the event took Tingyin Lake Square and Feihong Hall as the main venues, and at the same time opened live broadcasts on CCTV, Cultural Tourism China, Weibo, WeChat and other platforms, which received wide attention from audiences at home and abroad.
In the noisy sky of gongs and drums, the lion flag fluttering in the wind, the lion regiment flag displayed by the flag, the jubilant big-headed Buddha, the majestic 12 lions, and the unrestrained participating lion team formed a parade team with distinct characteristics of the South China Sea, changing the formation of the "awakening" character, showing the great charm of the awakening lion, a national intangible cultural heritage, and won the warm applause of the audience. The event officially began. A set of imposing, lifelike hand-drawn illustrations reveal the historical changes of the South China Sea Lion from Rui Lion to Lion Awakening. For thousands of years, the lion dance has been prosperous for a long time. Nowadays, the new South China Sea, the new chapter of the Lion Exhibition, the event organizers based on the existing 2700 lion teams in the South China Sea District, selected 12 representative, inherited and innovative lions to form the "South China Sea Lion Group", with new media, new forms, new stories, to the new era of new people to tell the story of the South China Sea lion awakening.
Among the twelve lions unveiled this time, there are both masters of high moral standing, as well as young people with fresh smiles and smiles, there are bold and courageous people who are self-reliant, and there are also representatives of cute lions with full vitality. Blue Lion Amin, Love Lion Ah Hong, Zhi ge Lion A Zhong, Houlang Lion Anzai, Old Lion Fu Afeng, Slash Lion Pi Tsai, Yuanqi Lion Le Tsai, Ye Qing Lion A Cheng, New Wave Lion Ain, Hanlin Lion Alang, Little Lion Sister Ah Ping.
The on-site leaders and guests jointly completed the finishing ceremony
The ceremony of the South China Sea Lion Group continued the tradition of "New Lion Eye-catching", which was led by Li Nianzhong, the inheritor of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Project Guangdong Awakening Lion, and the on-site leaders and guests jointly completed the eye-catching ceremony, and the South China Sea Lion Group was officially established!
Liang Huiyan, executive deputy director of the Publicity Department of the Nanhai District Committee of Foshan City and director of the District Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau, said that the lion group debut event was innovative in content and form, and in terms of content, the music of the event added new elements of the national tide on the basis of traditional drum beats. At the same time, in the South China Sea, from kindergarten children to the elderly, there are a group of groups determined to spread the culture of waking lions, this lion group excavated the little-known story behind 12 lions, created the South China Sea Lion Group, set up a festival for them, and let more young friends love him. In the form of communication, in addition to setting up live TV broadcasts, this time it has also opened up a vibrato number and a fast hand number, and constantly updated the dynamics. "This lion group showed the image of 12 lions, hoping that through this activity, the traditional lion culture will be injected into the spirit of the times." She said that in the future, the South China Sea will keep the integrity and innovation, continue to optimize and upgrade the lion awakening competition, promote the standardized development of the lion competition, and make unique contributions to the development of the South China Sea lion competition to the whole country and the world.
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