53 countries sent representatives to participate in this year’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival. Among them, about 200 people participated in the special meeting, 207 performers from 11 teams participated in the parade, 10 foreign experts participated in the Chengdu Forum, and more than 90 people participated in other festival activities, totaling about 520 people.
1995 performers There are 21 domestic touring performance teams and 1995 performers.
1,112 Projects Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo*** displays 1,112 intangible cultural heritage projects, and 236 projects organize live performances by inheritors.
1 million people There will be more than 1 million domestic and foreign representatives, tourists and Chengdu citizens directly participating in various festival activities of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the Intangible Cultural Heritage National Park located outside the Yangxi Line was very lively. More than 2,000 folk artists from 21 parade teams from all over the country gathered together to conduct a formal rehearsal in accordance with the actual requirements of the Tianfu Grand Parade.
"Start!" As soon as the on-site conductor finished speaking, more than 100 folk artists from Linfen, Shanxi Province rushed to the center of the road cheering. The loud and majestic gongs and drums sounded instantly, and the atmosphere was immediately ignited. A group of young and attractive people The young men and women of the Miao ethnic group then came on stage, and to the rhythm of the 3-meter-long Lusheng and wooden drum, they danced the cheerful and exciting anti-paimu dance.
“Oh, what beautiful clothes!” The audience on the roadside shouted as they stared at a parade team. This is the Ware football performance team from Mao County, Aba Prefecture, one of the first intangible sports teams in China. The cultural heritage "Wal'o Foot" (also known as the Song Fairy Festival) is very interesting and can only be participated by women. A bright red dress fully expresses the femininity of women. Every year on the fifth day of May, women gather together to sing beautiful songs to show their respect for the goddess Salang. It is said that this is the earliest Women's Day in the world.
The subsequent Xinjiang Muqam performance was even more eye-catching. It is the most complete and richest preserved Muqam in the world, including four forms including Twelve Muqam and Turpan Muqam. Participate in the rehearsal The most popular one is the Daolang Muqam performed by the elderly, children and young men and women. "Xinjiang sent a performance team of 60 people, including almost all the most famous Muqam artists in the autonomous region. The four major This is the first time for type Muqam to perform outside Xinjiang.”
Yesterday’s sultry weather caused some trouble for the performers, because in full compliance with the original ecological culture, many performers in the intangible cultural heritage items wore The costumes were quite thick, and everyone was sweating profusely while dancing. No one was slacking off. At 8:30 a.m. on May 23, 2011, the opening ceremony of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival - the Tianfu Parade - was grandly staged on Shuncheng Street in the center of Chengdu. It was a grand gathering of the world's intangible cultural heritage resources. 11 performance teams of various ethnic groups with intangible cultural heritage from Africa, Europe, America, and Asia, and 21 performance teams from 11 provinces, regions, and cities including Xinjiang, Jilin, Tibet, Yunnan, and Guizhou, ***2000 Many people jointly interpret the preciousness and beauty of intangible cultural heritage. 32 intangible cultural heritage performance teams will dynamically display national culture and exotic customs.
Tonight at 9 o'clock, the Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival themed party - "Watching Home" will be staged at the Chengdu Golden Opera House. This program is all taken from projects selected into the national intangible cultural heritage protection list. Many of them are The actors are out-and-out farmers, herdsmen, and fishermen. 16:30-18:00 Shanxi Jinnan Wei Feng Gong and Drum in the square in front of the Chengdu Pavilion; Theme Square 1, Jilin Yanbian Korean Long Drum 2, Wuqiao Acrobatics 3, Shaolin Kung Fu; Art Wall Performance Area 1, Lanzhou Taiping Drum 2, Tibet Ding Qingre Ba dance 3, Guizhou reverse wooden drum 4, Yunnan Shiping Huayao Yi dance; overseas style town square 1, Korean folk song and dance 2, Madagascar African folk music, dance, drum music 3, Russian folk song and dance 4, Brazilian Bayi Yalekonggavo Round Samba 16:30-17:30 Chengdu Folk Art Troupe’s special folk arts performances and exciting programs are performed every day
From May 23 to June 10, a series of performances will be held in Chengdu The rich and colorful activities fully reflect the theme of the times of "culture and happiness for the people".
The first is to arrange 8 branch venue activities in urban park squares and suburban ancient towns in Chengdu. Second, there are performances every day in the Intangible Cultural Heritage National Park, with 33 exciting series of themed day performances. Third, there are as many as 53 performances of drama, folk arts, puppet and shadow theater performances for free viewing, and 11 more performances will be performed in schools, communities, SOS Children's Village, Invalides, etc. Fourth, the art of guqin will be performed together with puppets and shadow puppets in six primary schools for teachers and students.
"Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival" attracts global media attention
On May 22, 2011, there was a scene of overseas media reporters at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, consisting of 55 journalists. The overseas "media group" has only one purpose for this trip: "Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival". Reporters at the scene saw many reporters from well-known media such as Agence France-Presse, Reuters, and Japan's Asahi Shimbun. According to the staff of the Chengdu Foreign Affairs Office responsible for the reception, in addition to overseas media, dozens of domestic TV stations, newspapers and magazines sent interview teams of more than 100 people.