Zagreb, 23 Jan (Xinhua) -- On the evening of 23 January, young dancers from the Beijing Dance Academy staged a dance drama with profound cultural heritage in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.
In the evening, the more than 100-year-old Croatian National Theatre was packed. Croatian Minister of Culture Kornek, former President Messic and other guests were also invited to watch this modern dance drama that carries a heavy cultural accumulation.
"傩" is a Chinese farming sacrifice culture with a history of more than 3,000 years, which has gradually merged with folk beliefs and folk art into a composite cultural form. The intangible cultural heritage research and creation dance drama "Qi Qing" staged this time is composed of nine paragraphs such as "Breaking New Ground", "Life Creation", "Wind and Rain Smooth", etc., vividly presenting the unique life outlook and cosmology of the unity of nature and man, natural harmony and harmony in traditional Chinese culture through tense dance movements and gorgeous and unrestrained and exquisite art design.
After more than an hour of performance, the theater erupted incessant applause. Wei Sina, who has traveled to many parts of China, told reporters that the performance refreshed her understanding of Chinese cultural diversity, and the various masks that appeared in the dance showed a primitive and rugged beauty. When Visiting the Cast and Crew, K.K.'s Minister of Culture Korhnenk spoke highly of the artistic standards of "Love" in "Love".
Croatia is the second stop of the Beijing Dance Academy's "Happy Spring Festival" tour of five Central and Eastern European countries organized by the Chinese Cultural Ministry. It has been performed twice in Bosnia and Herzegovina before, and will be performed in Poland, Estonia and Albania.