Lijiang attracts thousands of tourists with its huge temptation like a paradise, and has become a holy land for people to explore the simple and mysterious national culture. People who come to Lijiang for exploration try to not only enjoy the most beautiful scenery during their short stay, but also learn about the rich and charming folk customs. In order to satisfy the inner desire of tourists and show the endless charm of Lijiang’s landscape and people’s sentiments to the world, Lijiang Snow Mountain Tourism Performing Arts Co., Ltd. invested 8 million yuan to install domestic first-class performance equipment in the Lijiang (International) National Cultural Exchange Center Theater: Computerized color-changing lamps, color changers, consoles, etc. (world-leading level) imported from Italy, the United States, Taiwan and other countries and regions; stage sets designed and produced by China Opera and Dance Theater; designed and produced by Shenzhen Hezhonghe Art Design Company Various ethnic costumes. Hiring Zhou Peiwu, a first-level choreographer in Yunnan Province and winner of the "Five One Project Award" of the Central Propaganda Department, as the chief director; Wu Yi, a famous composer in Yunnan Province, as composer; a national first-level stage designer of the China Opera and Dance Theater, an outstanding expert from the Ministry of Culture, and a Chinese Stage Ju Yi, deputy secretary-general of the Art Society, was responsible for the stage design and lighting design; with the strong support of the Lijiang Prefectural Committee and the Administrative Office, he created and produced a large-scale national costume, national style dance poem and painting "Lishui Sands" Mountains Rivers Show. Since its performance to the audience on May 1, 2002, "Lishui Sands" has been widely praised by Chinese and foreign tourists and people from all walks of life.
In the form of dance, poetry and painting, "Lishui Golden Sands" brings together the unique ethnic culture of the Northwest Yunnan Plateau nurtured by Lijiang's strange mountains and rivers, and the cultural treasures of the ancient Naxi Kingdom, which are ancient and beautiful. The most representative cultural images of each ethnic group comprehensively demonstrate Lijiang’s unique and broad national culture and national spirit. "Lishui Jinsha" is divided into four scenes: "Preface", "Water", "Mountain" and "Love". "Preface" puts people in an ancient historical scene, where you can see the only remaining hieroglyphics in the world - Dongba characters; you can see Dongba, the priest of Dongba religion, paying homage to Dongba in his unique way. You tell the history; while the majestic and loving Snow Mountain Goddess protects the sunny and windy Northwest Yunnan Plateau in her unique way, and the plateau people who are constantly striving for self-improvement. In the first scene "Water", in the artistic conception of the poem, the leisurely and contented Dai girl brings the tenderness of water, allowing you to enter the peaceful and harmonious Peach Blossom Spring. The second scene "Mountain" uses the structure of ethnic custom paintings to combine the Naxi people's "Bangbang Hui", the Hualisu people's "pig driving tune", the Tibetan people's "weaving Pulu", various ethnic groups' "looking for girls" and "Torch Festival" and other scattered gold and jade are strung into charming garlands, showing the beautiful national style from multiple angles and sides. The third "love" scene selects and expresses Lijiang's most representative love and marriage culture: the only remaining matrilineal clan in the world - the Mosuo people on the shores of Luzhan Lake who visit Axia at night and return in the morning; the touching marriage custom of the Naxi people The profound love story and the longing for the third country of Jade Dragon; the euphemistic and beautiful heart songs, lingering emotions, and skillful and affectionate dances vividly express the infinite charm of Lijiang's love and marriage culture. "Lishui Golden Sands" is a traveling song and dance party that makes full use of modern artistic methods and expression methods, through beautiful dance vocabulary, exciting music melodies, colorful national costumes, three-dimensional and magnificent dance scenes, and superb lighting effects. It strengthens and enhances the expressiveness of ethnic songs and dances, creates new forms of expression of ethnic songs and dances, and has a strong artistic impact and shocking power on the audience. A foreign professor from the Beijing Dance Academy praised: "'Lishui Sands' can be called China's 'Broadway'." Seeing the mountains during the day and watching the show at night is a great enjoyment for tourists coming to Lijiang. When you come to Lijiang, you must see it.
Zhou Peiwu: Chief Director of "Lishui Sands"
First-level choreographer of Yunnan Song and Dance Troupe. Member of the 7th and 8th CPPCC Yunnan Provincial Committee. The Yunnan Provincial Government has awarded "Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding Contributions". Relevant associations in the United States, Britain and Taiwan have awarded the "Golden Record Award", "Twentieth Century Achievement Award" and "Twentieth Century Chinese Legacy Award". In the national dance competition, "Olive Song", "Earth, Mother" and "Banna Three Colors" won the second prize for choreography. The large-scale Yi dance drama "Ashima" won the "Wenhua Award" from the Ministry of Culture, the "Five One Project Award" from the Central Propaganda Department, the "20th Century Dance Classic Award", and the first prize in the National Dance Drama Competition. In addition, he also created large-scale song and dance evening shows such as "Footprints of Love", "National Music and Pictures - 1999", "Towards the New Century", "Blue Sun", "Emerald" and the Dai dance drama "Splashing Festival".
Among them, "Blue Sun" and "Emerald" have performed more than 500 times.
Wu Yi: Composer of "Lishui Jinsha"
A famous composer in Yunnan Province. He studied in the Composition Department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music and studied under the famous composer Professor He Zhanhao. He once served as a composer and conductor in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Song and Dance Troupe in Gansu Province and the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture Song and Dance Troupe in Yunnan Province. He is currently a member of the Yunnan Provincial Musicians Association and the music director of Yunnan Tianfeng Audio and Video Production Company. He has won composition awards in art activities and competitions such as the 3rd China Art Festival, Yunnan Provincial Concert Performance, Central and South Yunnan Art Festival, the First National Metallurgical System Art Festival, and National Workers' Song Collection; and participated in the large-scale music, dance, poetry and painting "Red River Love" "Red Earth Love", "Emerald", "Dance of the Yi" and other music creations and productions have been widely praised.
Ju Yi: Stage design and lighting design of "Lishui Sands"
Graduated from the Stage Art Department of Shanghai Theater Academy in 1979, majoring in Lighting Design, and graduated from Shanghai Theater Academy in 1991 with a degree in Stage Art Design and Theory major, Master's degree. He is currently a national first-level stage designer of the China Opera and Dance Theater, deputy secretary-general of the China Stage Art Society, and a member of the Art Steering Committee of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. He was awarded the title of Outstanding Expert by the Ministry of Culture and enjoys special government subsidies from the State Council.
He has performed in the operas "The General's Love" and "The Feather Lady", the drama "Out of the Body", the dance dramas "Youth Festival", "Ma Le Visits the World", the national large-scale literary and art evening "Ode to Light", He has been responsible for stage design, lighting design and planning in more than 100 performances such as "Ode to the Return", "Ode to the Motherland" and "Ode to the Red Flag", and has won many international and national awards.
Vice President Yang Fuquan said that the Naxi people respect the gods of nature, and the harmonious coexistence between man and nature is an important part of the Naxi culture. This culture has been given new meaning in the new era, injecting fresh blood while carrying forward fine traditions. The reason why Lijiang attracts many people is that the poetic picture of "small bridges, flowing water, and people's houses" is an important factor. This is due to the Naxi people's simple humanistic concepts and national culture that keeps pace with the times.