Interview with Zhang Xuesong, general director of the Xiandu Yellow Emperor Festival: After three months of creation, I felt the national and cultural self-confidence from the festival

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"Han and Tang Dynasty meteorology, Great Song Style". In the 2021 Chinese Xiandu Sacrifice Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor Ceremony held this morning, the rituals of "singing odes" and "music and dance sacrifices" that combine Tang style and Song rhymes left a deep impression on everyone.

What kind of creative story is behind this cultural audio-visual feast with Zhejiang characteristics and more contemporary atmosphere? Tianmu News reporter interviewed Zhang Xuesong, the general director of the Yellow Emperor Festival.

Zhang Xuesong told reporters that the main creative team went through a three-month creative process after receiving the task, "We started from excavating the local Yellow Emperor culture in Jinyun and extended to Zhejiang culture, making the entire dance performance full of Tang style and Song rhyme." ”

In the dance session, a total of 13 costumes appeared on the actors' bodies, and according to Zhang Cedar, "they actually have 76 versions." From the pattern, to the pattern, to the style, both the characteristics of traditional clothing, but also into the atmosphere of the times, "all the clothing copywriting is integrated into our Song Yun elements, including collars, headdresses and so on." Zhang Xuesong said.

Zhang Xuesong also introduced to reporters that a total of 246 people participated in the process of the festival dance, and everyone's feelings were very deep, "Our biggest gain is national self-confidence and cultural self-confidence, when 81 children sang the "Ode to Xuanyuan" together, let us feel the unity of the four seas from the bottom of our hearts, Chinese self-confidence, let us have more national pride." ”