Soaring singing, moving melodies...... A week ago, the 2024 Chengdu International Sister Cities Youth Music Week, hosted by the Chengdu Municipal People's Government and undertaken by the Foreign Affairs Office of the Chengdu Municipal People's Government, the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism, the Chenghua District People's Government, and Chengdu Media Group, was officially launched. In the past week, 28 overseas art teams from 19 countries and regions presented a number of wonderful art performances for the audience in Chengdu, allowing everyone to enjoy an audio-visual feast at the "doorstep". According to the organizers' statistics, Chenghua District received more than 200,000 people to share this music event during this music week.
"Music Week was really wonderful! Although the language is different, you can feel the collision of different cultures through music, which is the charm of music! Ms. Zhao, the audience, sighed after watching the performance.
Matthew Arnold, from Australia, said: "The music scene here is really amazing! The city is very beautiful and we had a great time here! ”
The "Chengdu International Sister Cities Youth Music Week", whose main venue is located in the eastern suburbs of Chengdu Media Group, · Chengdu International Fashion Industrial Park, has gone through 17 years of development. In addition to the opening ceremony, the cultural performance of Huimin set up in the Chenghua District venue is also one of the "highlights" of the music week. In order to enhance the audience's sense of experience, Chengdu Chengdu Stage, Odd and Even chillbus Stage, Dongshan Re°est Stage and Green Field Grass Stage were set up in Chengdu District, and young artists from Russia, India, Canada, United States, Thailand and other countries brought wonderful performances.
"Our family came to Chengdu for a tour this time, I didn't expect to encounter such a wonderful performance on the street, this city really gave us too many surprises, international and cultural fan!" Mr. Sun, a tourist from Guizhou, said.
Not only that, the Chenghua District venue also set up a "Sister City Note Market", which not only displays and sells good things from international sister cities, but also rich content such as cultural creativity, cute pets, jewelry, clothing, and food, which is interesting and informative, easy to shop and fun.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Chenghua District Bureau of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the music week provided a number of high-quality concerts from different countries for the citizens of Chenghua District, so that the citizens could feel the vitality of different music and the integration of cultures. In the next step, we will continue to use music as a medium, and use the forms of elegant art "three in" and street music activities to let citizens feel the charm of music at their doorsteps and enjoy a "cultural feast", so as to continuously improve the sense of gain and happiness of citizens.
Chengdu Daily Jinguan News reporter Lu Jiali Photo courtesy of Chenghua District Editor-in-charge Zeng Shurui Editor Wang Ling