Lu Duan in CCTV's Spring Festival Gala in "When the "Divine Beast" Meets the Divine Beast" CCTV Year of the Rabbit Spring Festival Gala screenshot Photo
Beijing, Jan. 23 (Zhongxin Net) -- In CCTV's "When the "Divine Beast" Meets the Divine Beast" on the spring evening of the Year of the Rabbit, the "Divine Beast" Xiao Lu (lù) from the Palace Museum attracted the attention of many large and small audiences.
There are shadows of divine beasts everywhere in the Forbidden City, and next to the palace throne, it is common to see divine beasts. The image of Lu Duan on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala this time is the naked-eye 3D Easter egg of the Palace Museum's first musical children's drama "Lu Duan".
Image of the Palace Museum's first musical children's drama "Lu Duan" Courtesy of the Palace Museum
From more than 1.86 million pieces/sets, the Palace Museum selected the Ming Wanli cloisonné enamel Luduan aromatherapy of Shoukang Palace to create a cartoon image of Luduan. The image design retains the basic characteristics of the cultural relics prototype, with a unicorn on the head, thick and powerful limbs, and a swollen body that makes it look cute. Coupled with thick eyebrows and cute little tiger teeth, Lu Duan holds his head high, confident and cute. The color is more colorful and bright, with free and fresh blue as the main color, supplemented by passionate and lively red, fashionable and dynamic orange, brilliant gold, cute and warm pink and pure and flawless white, the whole shape is flexible and lively, loved by parents and children.
"Lu Duan" is also a children's drama about the integration of tradition and modernity, and the dialogue between technology and culture. It not only gives a new era connotation to traditional culture, but also leads the audience into the world of Forbidden City cultural relics through a series of cutting-edge multimedia technologies such as visual technology, immersive dance images, and naked-eye 3D. Here, there are Ming Wanli cloisonné enamel lu duan aromatherapy, Qianlong Jinou Yonggu cup, Southern Song Dynasty Shen Zifan's silk plum magpie diagram, and Jin Dynasty calligrapher Lu Ji's cursive calligraphy works Pingfu Post... One by one, the heirloom treasures are transformed into lively and cute character images in the repertoire, taking the audience into history and conducting a dialogue with ancient cultural relics that transcends time and space.
Stills from the Palace Museum's first musical children's drama "Lu Duan" Courtesy of the Palace Museum
Wang Xudong, president of the Palace Museum, once said that the role of excellent children's dramas is far more than a theatrical performance, and it is necessary to guide young people to establish a correct view of history and values. Through the integration of traditional culture and art education and innovative technology, "Luduan" gives a new life to cultural relics, makes the cultural relics of the Forbidden City cute beasts truly come alive, and brings the edification of beauty, love education and positive energy guidance to children.
It is reported that the hard-to-find Forbidden City "Luduan" will be on the stage of the National Centre for the Performing Arts from February 3 to 5, presenting a gourmet feast of traditional culture and children's stage art for family audiences. (End)