How does Jiangnan culture "break the circle"? Look into the future from this window

The large-scale dance drama "YunHe" was staged. Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of suzhou municipal party committee

Suzhou, October 30 (Zhou Jianlin) On the evening of the 29th, with the performance of the large-scale dance drama "Yunhe", the third China Suzhou Jiangnan Culture and Art International Tourism Festival was closed, but the story about Jiangnan is not finished. In the past month or so, the daily Jiangnan rhyme, the Chinese fan in the bones, has quietly penetrated into every corner of the city in this series of art activities held in Suzhou.

The 3rd China Suzhou Jiangnan Culture and Art International Tourism Festival is hosted by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Jiangsu Province and the Suzhou Municipal People's Government. During the event, suzhou native and the Yangtze River Delta region, many provinces and cities along the Grand Canal, a number of art categories of famous troupes, masterpieces gathered in Suzhou, the classic ballet "Red Detachment of Women", dance poetry drama "Only this green", opera "Morning Bell", drama "Red Boat Chasing Dreams", Yue opera "Lu You and Tang Wan", tin opera "Pearl Tower" and many other excellent plays were brilliantly staged.

More than 100 plays and more than 200 performances, including the exhibition and performance of famous operas of famous troupes, the 8th China Kunqu Opera Art Festival, the 8th China Suzhou Pingtan Art Festival, the 4th Jiangnan Youth Drama Festival, the "Jiangnan Small Theater" summer and autumn performance season, and the newly created stage art works of the Suzhou Literary and Art Academy, attracted more than 20,000 people to watch the theater.

Nine high-level exhibition activities, such as "Jiangnan Picturesque - Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition", "Poetic Jiangnan - National Oil Painting Exhibition", "Moving Imagination - Gu Kaizhi Artistic Spirit Chinese Painting Invitation Exhibition", were presented in a concentrated manner, bringing beauty enjoyment to nearly 500,000 people. The second "Suzhou Most Jiangnan" Academic Forum, Zhishu Jiangnan • 2021 Suzhou Roundtable and other 7 high-level forum seminar activities, a total of nearly 400 artistic masters and cultural scholars were invited to Suzhou to discuss Jiangnan culture.

In this autumn, the "2021 Tribute to Classics International Restoration Film Exhibition" gathered 12 classic films and screened a total of 50 performances in the Suzhou Arts and Humanities Cinema Alliance, including "Pansi Cave", "Rouge Buckle", "Muhran Road" and so on. Senior curator Sha Dan conducted a pre-screening guided tour for fans and friends. Sha Dan said that the restoration of "Pansi Cave" is extremely great, and the audience can emotionally touch the development history of Chinese films through this film, which restores not only a movie, but also a historical memory of filmmakers.

On the occasion of the white moon and the clear wind, climb the stone of a thousand people, the color sleeves flying, the throat is clear and elegant, the neon flashes, and the sound is haunting... On the evening of September 25, the 22nd China Suzhou Tiger Hill QuQu Festival kicked off in the Huqiu Mountain Scenic Area, and nearly 200 musicians from 36 music clubs across the country sat around the stone of a thousand people and sang a gentle Kunqu opera. On opening night, the event attracted 1.2 million online viewers.

A series of activities held during the 3rd Suzhou Jiangnan Culture and Art International Tourism Festival in China have attracted wide attention from all walks of life, with more than 210 million viewers watching live broadcasts online and participating in online selection activities. It is worth mentioning that this event also successfully "broke the circle", causing extensive discussion among netizens on network platforms such as B station and Weibo, and the influence of Jiangnan cultural brands is constantly expanding.

As the most representative city of Jiangnan culture, Suzhou is one of the most poetic and desirable places in the minds of Chinese literati throughout the ages. The secret of the long-lasting prosperity of Suzhou culture in the "most Jiangnan" lies in the virtuous circle of favorable time and place. At present, how to transform rich historical and cultural resources into huge economic and social value is a "must-answer question" in Suzhou.

At the beginning of this year, Suzhou held a conference on the high-quality development of the cultural industry, officially released the "Three-year Action Plan for the Brand Building of "Jiangnan Culture", and launched 66 projects and more than 200 initiatives around ten major projects such as Jiangnan cultural research, Jiangnan cultural heritage protection, jiangnan cultural promotion and innovation, and strived to build Suzhou into a world historical and cultural city with bright ancient and modern characteristics and outstanding influence.

Jin Jie, member of the Standing Committee of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee and minister of publicity, said that this series of cultural events in the golden autumn is the latest window for Suzhou to use a more creative "open way" to show new symbols and new paths with more Jiangnan charm. "From this window, we can see that Suzhou is realizing the leap from 'exploring the ancient hook' to 'cultural self-confidence', from 'cultural resources' to 'cultural highland', from 'millennium ancient city' to 'city of innovation'." (End)

Source: China News Network