The performers of the Shanxi Taizhong Drum Art Troupe are performing the drum music "Shengshi Drum Rhyme".
A theatrical performance at the opening ceremony of the 18th Central Plains Folk Art Festival.
Autumn is high and cool, and the autumn colors are pleasant. After three days of wonderful blooming, the 18th Central Plains Folk Art Festival, sponsored by the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, and undertaken by the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio and Tourism, came to an end on the afternoon of October 3. Opening Ceremony Performances, Intangible Cultural Heritage Excerpts, Square Dance Model Performances, Citizen Concerts, and Intangible Cultural Heritage Traditional Skills Display...... The colorful artistic charm ignited the flame of passion for the National Day holiday, making the art festival truly a grand event of art and a festival for the people.
At the opening ceremony of the 18th Central Plains Folk Art Festival, the actors performed Tai Chi sword.
Since its inception in May 2006, the Central Plains Folk Art Festival has been successfully held for 18 sessions, and in 2010, it won the highest award of the National Social, Cultural and Art Government - the "Star Award" of the Ministry of Culture. With the theme of "the grand event of art and the festival of the people", this art festival focuses on the display of excellent folk art, adheres to the principle of "highlighting and promoting the main theme, highlighting the cultural characteristics of Handan, and highlighting the coordination and linkage of the whole city", and organizes a series of mass cultural activities with prominent themes, rich content and novel forms in urban areas, blocks, parks and scenic spots, forming a fiery scene of "cultural and tourism activities blooming everywhere and the masses sharing a happy life".
The opening ceremony of the art festival is a theatrical performance.
During the National Day holiday, Handan is full of flowers and red flags. On the morning of October 1, the warm and jubilant theatrical performance of "Prosperous Mountains and Rivers, Full of Love in the Central Plains" held in the East Square of Handan Grand Theater opened the curtain of the Central Plains Folk Art Festival.
The actor is performing the situational poem "Jian'an Wind and Bone".
When the sonorous and powerful opening drum music "Shengshi Drum Rhyme" was played passionately, the scene immediately applauded. Subsequently, Shandong Allegro, Henan folk dance, Shanxi acrobatics, Hebei local opera and many other wonderful programs were staged one by one, and Handan's local original scene poem "Jian'an Wind Bone", martial arts and Tai Chi performances, scene rap "Idiom Handan" and other programs have realized the integration of various performance forms, reflecting the inheritance and innovation of culture, which is eye-catching. "With Handan idiom allusions, historical stories, and folk skills as the starting point, and the original characteristic programs of Handan as the main content, it brings together the folk art with distinctive local characteristics of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan and the excellent literary and artistic essence of strong regional customs, to create an inclusive and colorful literary and artistic feast." Chi Yong, the chief director of the art festival and the main person in charge of the Municipal Qunyi Museum, said.
The actors of the Jinan Opera Art Center in Shandong Province are performing the Shandong Kuaishu "Wu Song Fights the Tiger".
This year's art festival attracted dozens of performance teams and folk artists from Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong and other places to participate, and they used their own unique performance forms to let the new wave and ancient rhyme, tradition and modernity collide with artistic sparks, interpreting the deep friendship for their hometown and their deep understanding of life. "Handan has opera, love is full of four seasons" intangible cultural heritage excerpt special performance, the stage is sung by famous artists, and the audience interacts, so that opera lovers can enjoy the play; "Dancing in the Central Plains" square dance model exhibition and children's dance performance, various mass organizations from the community, parks, and campuses on the big stage to show their beautiful dancing; "Sing the Central Plains" Citizen Concert, the singers participating in the singing are music lovers from all walks of life, which fully reflects the mass nature of the art festival; The original song concert of "Music in the Central Plains" highlighted the local cultural spirit, customs and moving stories of Handan, and injected new vitality into the inheritance and innovation of Handan culture.
As one of the theme activities of the art festival, the exhibition of intangible cultural heritage traditional skills of "Yiyao Central Plains" attracted many citizens and tourists. More than 30 intangible cultural heritage items such as Fengfeng Cizhou kiln, Shexian tiger head shoes, Fuxing District paper-cutting, Daimyo straw weaving, Weixian cotton textile, museum pottery black pottery, Guangping water and land painting, Yongnian crispy fish, Wu'an balsamic vinegar and other more than 30 intangible cultural heritage items were displayed and sold, and the national intangible cultural heritage project Quzhou Dragon Lantern was also exhibited to create an intangible cultural heritage market that can be seen, tasted, touched, and taken away, and the masses can experience and feel the charm and style of traditional skills at zero distance.
Performers of the Changzhi Acrobatic Troupe in Shanxi Province perform the acrobatic "Cube".
There is movement and quiet, in addition to the lively performances and displays, the "group of texts" art calligraphy and photography exhibition was held in the Handan Museum, the majority of artists and art lovers around the theme of "new era and new journey", splashing ink, wonderful hands in spring, freeze the splendor, they use different artistic languages, to create a piece of Chinese style, Handan characteristics, national flavor, folk atmosphere of the excellent works, to show the face of the motherland, the style of the times, to the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
When the art festival meets the National Day, from the town to the countryside, from offline to online, from the main venue to the branch venue, Guzhao Handan presents the charm of art everywhere and is filled with a festive atmosphere. The wonderful activities, amazing moments, and profound scenes make the art festival more public, open, mass, interactive and ornamental, and the cultural atmosphere of festivity, joy and peace is stronger, and it is more loved and welcomed by the masses. The responsible comrade of the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, and Tourism said that the Central Plains Folk Art Festival has become a cultural business card to show the charm of Handan city, and we will actively promote Handan to become a new highland for the Central Plains Economic Zone, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan provinces to jointly promote the excellent traditional Chinese culture and advanced socialist culture, and strive to build a mass cultural brand that gathers the Central Plains, goes out of China, and goes to the world, so as to provide cultural support for Handan to build a regional cultural tourism center city with unique charm, beautiful scenery, high-end taste, and national renownacity.
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Reporter: Liu Hong, Liu Kun, Liu Min/Text, Hao Qunying, Fan Wenping/Photo