w88 casino News Network (provided by UIBE International Business Chinese Base)On September 13, 2019, in order to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia, after more than half a year of careful planning and preparation, and with the strong support of Hanban and the Chinese Embassy in the Russian Federation, the Confucius Institute at the Russian State University of Humanities at the w88 casino invited the Tianjin Youth Peking Opera Troupe to hold a special Mid-Autumn Festival Peking Opera performance at the Chinese Cultural Center in Moscow. Gong Jiajia, Cultural Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Russia, Director of the Chinese Cultural Center in Moscow, Vice-President of the Russian State University for the HumanitiesОльга Вячеславовна Павленко, Director of the Department of Oriental Languages, w88 casino of Linguistics, Russian State University for HumanitiesМария Борисовна Рукодельникова, Wang Xiuling, director of Tianjin Sino-Russian Cultural and Art Exchange Center, Fu Mingxin, head of the Moscow Representative Office of "People's Pictorial", Han Xuemei, general manager of Huaming Group Sunshine Travel Agency and other guests attended the event. Yi Fucheng, foreign dean of the Russian State University of Humanities at the w88 casino, and Li Tao, a Chinese teacher, presided over the opening ceremony.
Ms. Gong Jiajia, Cultural Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Russia, said affectionately in her opening speech that this year coincides with the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia, and today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional Chinese festival. It is of unique significance to hold this Peking Opera performance. In 2010, Peking Opera was listed as a world intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO, and China's national quintessence Peking Opera also has a very deep connection with Russia. In 1935, the Chinese Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang came to the Soviet Union to perform, which caused a great sensation and formed a deep friendship with the Soviet drama masters. The two performance systems of China and the West can learn from each other, learn from each other, and enrich each other.
Ms. Gong Jiajia, Cultural Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Russia, delivering a speech
Vice President of Russian State University of Humanities, w88 casinoОльга Вячеславовна ПавленкоIn his speech, he expressed his blessings for the everlasting friendship between China and Russia and his gratitude to the Chinese Embassy in the Russian Federation and the Chinese Cultural Center in Moscow.Ольга Вячеславовна ПавленкоSpecial mention was made of the achievements of the Confucius Institute at the Russian State University for the Humanities in Chinese language teaching. The cultural activities organized by the Confucius Institute provided a very good platform for teachers and students of the University of Humanities and Moscow citizens to understand China.
Vice-Rector of the Russian State University for the HumanitiesОльга Вячеславовна ПавленкоSpeech
Before the performance started, Shi Anyun and Li Tao, two teachers from the Confucius Institute at the Russian State University for the Humanities, introduced the knowledge of Peking Opera to the audience, and interspersed a prize-winning guessing session, allowing the audience to gain knowledge about the origin and development of Peking Opera in a relaxed atmosphereCultural background knowledge such as "Sheng, Dan, Jing, Chou" roles.
The Tianjin Youth Peking Opera Troupe, which performed this performance, is China's first-class professional Peking Opera performing troupe. It was rated as a "National Key Peking Opera Troupe" by the Chinese Ministry of Culture in 2005. Currently, the troupe has more than 40 national first-class actors and first-class performers. It is a powerful Peking Opera performing group with a complete range of industries, rich repertoire, and diverse genres. The actors of the troupe have won many national drama awards. In this event, the Tianjin Youth Peking Opera Troupe sent a strong lineup of 28 people, including 9 national first-level actors and 8 national second-level actors, to bring three traditional classic excerpts to the Russian audience: "The Great Descent", "The Jade Bracelet Pickup", and "The Palace in Heaven". Among them, Sun Wukong in "Havoc in Heaven" is played by Shi Xiaoliang, a national first-class actor and Plum Blossom Award winner. The classic appearance of Sun Wukong and Monkey King attracted everyone's attention and received bursts of applause as soon as it appeared on the stage.
Wonderful excerpts
The rich facial expressions of Peking Opera actors, especially their superb acting skills that are good at using their eyes to express the inner activities of the characters, are amazing! They used smart body language to break the language barrier and successfully conveyed the thoughts and feelings of the characters in the play to the Russian audience. The profound skills and perfect performance of the Peking Opera artists deeply moved all the audience present. Applause, laughter and cheers continued throughout the performance.
This event is unprecedented and the online registration system of the Moscow Cultural Center is not openAll 200 places were sold out within 2 hours. Some citizens who had not registered were waiting outside the cultural center early in the afternoon of the event, hoping to catch a glimpse of Chinese Peking Opera. In the end, more than 220 spectators watched this wonderful performance. "People's Pictorial" and other media reported on this event.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is originally a festival for family reunion, but it has been sublimated on the stage of the Chinese Cultural Center in Moscow. Art has no borders, and the quintessence of Peking Opera has attracted lovers of Chinese culture in Moscow to gather together and share an artistic feast. The Tianjin Youth Peking Opera Troupe’s Mid-Autumn Festival performance was a complete success, making a positive contribution to promoting Sino-Russian cultural exchanges and deepening Sino-Russian friendship.
Everyone took a group photo after the performance
