The fifth Zhuhai Folk Art Parade

The parade is scheduled to be held at 10 a.m. on Feb. 19, 2011, at a location moved back to Jilin University Jiuzhou City from the sports center of the previous edition, with the parade route running along Jingshan Road all the way to the intersection of Jiuzhou Avenue. Parade time is about 1 ? hours to 2 hours between, there will be more than 20 floats square team to participate in the parade. In addition to the city's brand of local specialty teams, a number of distinctive teams will be brought in from outside the city to participate in the parade.

The organizers plan to reflect three major highlights in the parade: first, regional folk art exchanges will become closer and move to a deeper level, second, artistry will be further enhanced, and third, while fully showcasing Zhuhai's local folk art resources, more excellent folk art programs from home and abroad will be introduced to further enhance the brand image and influence of Zhuhai's folk art parade.

At 10:00 a.m. on February 19, 2011, the Fifth Zhuhai Folk Art Parade was staged passionately on Jingshan Road of Zhuhai Jidai, which drew a lively and festive conclusion to the Spring Festival in Zhuhai.

From Zhuhai districts, functional areas of the colorful car 8, 23 performing squares, including 18 Zhuhai native squares, 5 performing squares from neighboring cities, there are 1,500 performers to participate in, in addition to the Sanzao Crane Dance, Doumen water wedding, mounted mud fish, Qianwu Piao color and other 18 original Zhuhai non-folk heritage projects dressed in full costume, for the first time to join the parade, Zhanjiang will bring "human dragon dance", Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Hong Kong, Macao, etc. also showed their own "masterpiece".

Zhanjiang for the first time to participate in the parade, they bring national intangible cultural heritage project "human dragon dance". East China Sea Island and even the Leizhou Peninsula is an important part of the enduring folk customs and large square entertainment activities. Human Dragon Dance is known as "the Orient a great" beauty, the performance of dozens to hundreds of young and middle-aged people to the human body connected to form a "people that is the dragon, the dragon that is a person" long dragon, in the drums and gongs vibrate to the heavens, trumpets and horns in unison, "long dragon" dragon head high, the dragon head is high, the dragon is a person, the long dragon is a person, the long dragon is a person. In the gongs and drums, trumpets and horns, the "long dragon" dragon head is high, the dragon body tumbles, the dragon tail is strong swing, showing a unique color of the island and a strong local flavor.

In 2011, Hong Kong and Macao will again send performances, Hong Kong's "Hakka Pixi Pixi Grand Concert" and the Portuguese dance is very local characteristics. Among them, the Hong Kong side of the humorous style, interpretation of the legendary beast brave special style. Macao's performance of the Portuguese dance is refreshing, in the strong beat of the music, people of different colors step with enthusiasm and unrestrained dance, so that the people of Zhuhai to experience a strong exotic flavor. In addition, samba dance from Brazil, folk style dance from Russia, and jenga from Africa show the multicultural and internationalized characteristics of Zhuhai as an immigrant city.

The parade behind the first colorful car "Future Star" is called "World Gathering", and the actors come from more than 20 countries in five continents, such as Brazil, Russia, the Philippines, Kenya and so on. Neat dress, neat pace, bright and enthusiastic play, pure exotic music as if the public to another country.

Dragons and lions kicked off

While the weather was unkind and rainy, early in the morning, a tidal wave of people poured in from all directions to the parade's venue, Jilin Mountain Road, Jiuzhou City to the intersection of Jiuzhou Avenue, along the way to watch the masses crowded on both sides of the road, and everyone was immersed in the anticipation and joy. Some parents brought their children to Jiuzhou City around 8:00, want to occupy the "favorable terrain" to watch the parade earlier, the whole family **** enjoy a pleasant moment.

At 10 a.m., two dragons, one gold and one silver, symbolizing good fortune and luck, flew after the eye-dotting ceremony and opened the parade. The dragon dance performance came from the Doumen District's Dragon and Lion Leap Performance Team, which is the fifth time they have participated in the Zhuhai Folk Art Parade. The dragon flew up and down, sometimes coiled dragon play beads, just a few minutes of performance, expressed the motherland of the country peace and prosperity, the wind and rain, Zhuhai Dragon Lion Leap, the good wishes of the great development.

The Hengqin New Area float named "Future Star" led the procession. "Dolphin" prancing, implying that the new area of Hengqin riding the waves to chase the high aspirations, and will soon be uprooted to the iconic buildings on display, but also let the people of this dynamic new city full of expectations. On the float, the Changlong mascot family, including the lucky rabbit and the Bobo tiger, waved to the audience from time to time, and their playful and cute appearance was very appealing. The float was accompanied by a touring party of more than 120 performers from more than 20 countries on five continents, showcasing a diverse range of ethnic cultures and flavors, with lively and animated renditions that left people wanting more. The "internationalized" lineup and performance content fully demonstrated Hengqin's high-end positioning as China's first demonstration zone for close cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, facing the world and leading the future.

The six rare animals brought by Changlong Group even stole the show. Bengal tigers, snow tigers, drop-eared rabbits, flower rabbits, such as the "little star", before the debut of the show has been a hot favorite, found its "traces" of the public scrambled to take pictures with it. In order to prevent the little stars from freezing, the staff dressed them in red or yellow cotton-padded jackets, festive and cute. At the official debut, the starlets on the float, carried by the staff, staged a "tiger and rabbit swimming together" interesting picture, which symbolizes sending off the safe year of the tiger and ushering in the auspicious year of the rabbit. Despite the spring rain, many people could not wait to hold umbrellas to capture every joyful moment with their lenses. Five folk art teams from Hong Kong, Macao, Zhanjiang, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and other regions also made a spectacular debut, including the debut of Zhanjiang's distinctive national intangible cultural heritage project "human dragon dance", Jiangmen "Wing Chun Quan".

Doumen District to dragon boat racing, wave-cutting as the theme of the float, "red hot", "water Doumen", "opera charm" and "powerful gongs and drums". "Mighty gongs and drums" and other formations appeared one after another, Doumen water wedding, mud fish, Lianzhou color, gongs and drums cabinet, Cantonese opera and other non-heritage projects have appeared, Hongquan, Lianzhou Fire Dragon Dance also appeared in the parade for the first time, so that the parade's folk culture flavor is more intense. To "Journey to the West" as the theme of the floating color, color core number of 10 people, floating color in the Tang Monk, the Monkey King and other characters were riding the "auspicious clouds" floating in the air in a staggered manner, both thrilling and beautiful.

Jinwan District floats and squares are reminiscent of the auspicious white crane. The floats were dominated by the shape of auspicious birds and aerospace technology, and hundreds of white pigeons were released at the scene, signifying the release of the belief and ambition to swim in the sky, which caused quite a stir at the scene. Intangible cultural heritage project Sanzao Crane Dance throughout the three performances in Jinwan District, in the "Lion and Crane Spring", the spirit of auspicious white cranes, lively and lovely crane with the lion and a piece of joy in the New Year, let people love. One of the "leading crane" is still eighty-year-old Chen Fuyan old man, he has been on the parade stage for many years to promote the precious intangible cultural heritage, touching.

As the main city, Xiangzhou District to participate in the Lantern Festival parade floats unique: like a mobile air garden, the main shape of the above both the Orchid Pavilion, water goblet, goose pool, plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum Four Gentlemen, but also the literati, ladies and boys, hoping to specifically reproduce the "Shixi Cliffs Stone Carving Group" carried by Xiangshan The historical and cultural connotations of Xiangshan carried by the "Shixi Cliff Rock Carvings Group". Followed by the original work of Xiangzhou District Dance "Lanting elegant gathering", beautifully demonstrated the theme of the float, reflecting the Shixi "also Lanting" of the flowing style of the legacy of charm. The Phoenix Chicken Dance, one of the masterpieces of municipal intangible cultural heritage, was presented at the World Expo, together with the Northeast Rice-planting Song, Northwest Waist Drums, and Hainan Bamboo Dance, which demonstrated the multiculturalism of the immigrant city of Zhuhai, and in particular, the popular cartoon images of Bubba Panda, Wukong, etc., which were seen with the foreigners living in Zhuhai, which showed the elegance of the internationalized city of Zhuhai.

The human dragon dance of Shentang in Leizhou, Zhanjiang, is known as the soul of the Leizhou Peninsula folk dance, with its distinctive rhythm, strong drums, and majestic, inspiring atmosphere. Yesterday, in the fifth Zhuhai folk art parade site, Zhuhai citizens have the honor to witness this national intangible cultural heritage performance. The human dragon dance originated in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, has a history of several hundred years, has been inherited for more than 20 generations. Shentang people dragon dance originated in the Qing Jiaqing years (1523), Shentang villagers to celebrate the local official Chen Shikai new Shentang dike and the beginning of the human dragon, in the Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th and 16th of August in the dike on the street carnival. In building a harmonious society today, zhanjiang, leizhou attach great importance to folk culture construction. And Shen Tang to tap the nearly five hundred years of traditional cultural heritage, to create a cultural brand, breaking the old form, from clothing to action in all aspects of the folk art without changing the original flavor on the basis of the "People Dragon Dance" a new rehearsal guide, so that it blends the power, art, dynamics in one.

Jiangmen City, which is taking part in the parade for the second time, will continue to showcase Jiangmen's martial arts by bringing the famous "Wing Chun" square after sending a 50-member "Cai Li Fo Boxing" square in 2010. Wing Chun has become a major sect of martial arts, celebrities famous at home and abroad, including modern international kung fu star Bruce Lee is the disciple and grandson of Jiangmen Heshan Wing Chun boxing generation of master Liang Zan, a "Ip Man" is to make it a household name. Today, Wing Chun is included in the Guangdong Province intangible cultural heritage protection project list, is an important local characteristics of Heshan culture, has a deep cultural heritage.

The highly acclaimed national intangible cultural heritage of Cheung Chau "Drunken Dragon", which was brought by the city of Zhongshan in 2010, will continue to make an appearance. The "Drunken Dragon" originates from the ancient folklore of Changzhou, Zhongshan City, and is a unique and rare folk art in Lingnan culture. It is a combination of dance, martial arts, juggling is equal to a body, dance process both sets and random play, the shape of drunkenness and God is not drunk, coupled with the dance in the peculiar wooden dragon, the atmosphere of the scene is strong, every time out to attract eyeballs.

In 2011, Hong Kong, Macao sent the performance of the square, respectively, Zhuhai people are familiar with the "Hakka Pixi Pixi Grand Concert" and Portugal, the dance of the wind, have appeared in the parade. The parade organizing committee responsible person said, Hong Kong and Macao, Zhongjiang and even Zhanjiang's performance team's participation is a highlight of the parade, reflecting the parade Zhuhai, Hong Kong and Macao regional cultural exchanges and Zhuhai-Zhongjiang regional cultural exchanges characteristics. The parade is not only a cultural brand of Zhuhai, but also a regional cultural brand to accelerate the construction of the core city on the west bank of the Pearl River Estuary with "culture first" and promote the integration process of Zhuhai-Zhongjiang with urban cultural activities.

The fifth Zhuhai folk art parade activity flow:

Dancing dragon

Waking lion

The first float is the future star of Hengqin New Area

Changlong Beauty Art Troupe

Hong Kong's folk artists Hakka Pixi great repertoire

The second float Gaolan

Macao folk dance of native style

Zhanjiang People's Dragon Dance

The third float Wanshan No.

Zhongshan Drunken Fist

The fourth float cross-border No.

Wushu Performance Team

The fifth float Zhuhai National Hi-Tech Zone

High-tech Zone Beauty Drum Dance

The sixth float Doumen District

Water wedding, "Journey to the West" floating color, Mud fish, Lianzhou ground color, gongs and drums cabinet, Cantonese opera and other performing teams

Seventh float Jinwan District float

Waking Lion, Crane Dance

Eighth float Xiangzhou float

Lanting Yaju, Fenghui Dance, Northeast rice-planting song, Northwest waist drums, Hainan Bamboo Dance, Babu Panda, Wukong and other cartoons

Yuanming New Garden Royal Royal Royal Guards

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