Hand in Hand 2021 Wuhan Dragon Boat Festival Gala Show
Hand in Hand 2021 Wuhan Dragon Boat Festival Gala Show
As the traditional Dragon Boat Festival is drawing near, artists in Wuhan city gather to present a feast of culture and art, celebrating the joyous holiday with the world.
Wuhan is prestigious for being a “city of theater”, for going to the theater is their long-held tradition. No wonder its residents also perceive the world in a romantic, dramatic view. Han opera, an essence of the state-level non-material cultural heritage, plays an outsize role not just in Wuhan opera, but in the history of Chinese drama. Scenes from the real classic, Drunken Imperial Concubine, blew the mind of audience at home and abroad, with its unique charm and elegance. The festive puppet performance Lion Dance and Ode to Millennium Ceremonies distinctive of the Jingchu culture, introduced the audience Zhangtou puppets, a 170 age-old art in Wuhan City featuring wooden puppet.
Acrobatic Performance Strength and Balanced Bowls are artistic, thrilling, and fun to watch, presenting toughness and flexibility as well as balance and strength through the cooperation between performers and their deft skills. The dance for two, Bosom Friends of Han Embroidery perfectly displays the Chu Culture in the graceful dance moves, creating a painting of bosom friends, with the notes lingering on the brocade and depicting the exclusive beauty of this land.
Five traditional Chinese instruments – lute, bamboo flute, Erhu fiddle, Zhongruan and Sheng are played together to bring the lively Busily Carting Grain and Rippling Brook. The audience get to appreciate a variety of vivid styles and implications, with the music ringing in their head.
As the Chinese verse goes, “Alone, a lonely stranger in a foreign land, I doubly pine for kinsfolk on a holiday”. To ease the homesickness of overseas compatriots, the gala also presents the well-known folk song Jasmine Flower and Dragon Boat Race, Dragon Boat Melody, and Hope My Brother Back Home at Dragon Boat Festival that blended with ethical elements.
Twelve performances in an hour will make a stunning audio-visual feast. In hopes of taking this festival and the fantastic show as an opportunity, we’d like to invite overseas friends to enjoy the our Chinese culture and special Wuhan flavor. Meanwhile, by demonstrating the Wuhan culture, we hope friends all over the globe will get to know this dynamic city integrating tradition and modernization, promoting mutual appreciation of civilization and people-to-people exchanges.