"A thousand years, a street a thousand years. On April 23, the 2024 Dali "March Street" Ethnic Festival opened in Dali, Yunnan. The Chuncheng Evening News-Kaiping News Front Report Team will take you to see this grand occasion.
At around 8:00 in the morning, the audience in the stands of the event site has begun to enter in an orderly manner. The press gallery is full of guns and guns, and the reporters are ready.
Loading...
At the event, the actors were using the last time before the performance to prepare for the event.
"March Street" is an annual event, today, it is expected that nearly 10,000 spectators will participate in the opening ceremony of the "March Street" National Festival in Dali Prefecture, and the song and dance performance will be officially launched at 9:30 today.
In the audience, local residents can be seen everywhere to help the old and the young to participate in the grand event, compatriots of all ethnic groups wearing Dai, Hani and Yi costumes participate in it, and more faces from foreign countries appear on the scene from time to time, highlighting the inclusiveness and "international style" of the "March Street" ethnic festival in Dali.
The audience was full, which showed everyone's love for this festival.
"Once a year, when I go back to March Street, people come from all directions. ......At 9:30 on April 23, at the March Street Racecourse in the ancient city of Dali, a unique song and dance performance opened the curtain of the 2024 Dali March Street Ethnic Festival. The people of all ethnic groups join hands to catch up with the "Moon Street", and reproduce the liveliness and legend of the Millennium March Street between the bright Cangshan and Erhai Sea in spring......
The Chuncheng Evening News-Kaiping News reporter learned that the opening ceremony of this year's Dali "March Street" National Festival was themed "Prosperous Elegance and Striving for Dali", and the whole song and dance were divided into five chapters:
According to
Preface: "The Age of Dragons"
Chapter 1: "Endless Homesickness"
Chapter 2: "On the Road to Happiness"
Chapter 3: "Harmony and Dali"
Epilogue: "Good Scenery in March in Dali"
Put on a show.
With a total duration of 45 to 60 minutes, more than 2,100 cast members tell the story of the land's past and future.
Lion Dance and Dragon Dance
The agitated drumbeat resounded in the sky,
Prologue performance
"Dragon Age" brings a majestic opening!
On the center stage of the March Street Racecourse, 90 people lined up to beat the huge Chinese drums, two dragons that symbolized the "spirit of the dragon" flew up and down with the sonorous rhythm, and 200 Bai Jinhua presented the overlord whip dance, creating a grand and festive festival scene.
Chapter 1:
"Endless Homesickness"
The dragon head and three strings are played, the Dali folk voice is sung, and the tie-dye is like practicing and flying in the air.
80 Ah Peng from Jianchuan sang the tune of the Bai nationality, holding the dragon head Sanxian that embodies the wood carving skills of the Bai nationality in their arms.
80 Jinhua from Heqing held small hammers, accompanied by the sound of silver bell-like music, and used dance to show Heqing's silverware processing skills, and innovatively presented the artistic charm of intangible cultural heritage from all over Dali Prefecture.
Chapter II
"On the Road to Happiness"
"Playing a white horse and riding a white horse, the white horse copper bell jingles, stepping out of the sunny sky ......" Dali Prefecture counties and cities performance teams appeared one after another, the golden flowers danced the traditional horse dance, the overlord whip flipped into the air, the dance into the lanterns, folding fans, colorful silk and other local customs, concretely showing the style of Dali counties and cities.
Hand in hand, heart to heart, compatriots of the Miao, Lisu and Yi ethnic groups competed to dance and love each other for a better future.
Chapter III
"Harmony Dali"
Under the white clouds and blue sky, beside the green mountains and green waters, the breeze sends lotus fragrance, the Bai fishing song is heard in the distance, the group dancers incarnate lotus leaves, lotus flowers, koi, and the flower boat full of red lotus symbolizes happiness and hope, symbolizing the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, and the green ecological picture scroll of beauty and beauty.
Photo by correspondent Zhang Jihong
End
"Dali Good Scenery in March"
Photo by correspondent Zhang Jihong
The afterglow of the picture scroll does not end, and the stage is danced by 260 actors in the passionate music to dance the camellia dance like fire, the gorgeous and dazzling camellia is graceful, the stage instantly becomes a sea of flowers, and the fire red gives people the hope of forging ahead.
Photo by correspondent Zhang Jihong
The audience applauded the performance from time to time
After the song and dance performance, 100 teenagers cheerled the relay stage, the opening ceremony of the Dali "March Street" National Festival ended here, and the March Street series of activities were announced.
Photo by correspondent Zhang Jihong
The racecourse area where the opening ceremony was held was exciting, and the racing competition and traditional sports of ethnic minorities were launched here at the same time.
Continuously updated......
Chuncheng Evening News - Kaiping News Front Reporting Group
Editor-in-charge: Yi Keyan
Responsible proofreader: Yang Yang He Dan
Editor-in-chief: Yan Yun
Final Review: Editorial Board Member Li Rong