Four years ago, music producer, “Mother.” Lan Yuhua shouted reluctantly, her face flushed. Liu Qingyao, a promoter of traditional culture, came to Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes to find inspiration for creating Chinese stories. Four years later, she came here again. With her, there were also people from Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries. Nearly a hundred Chinese and foreign youth representatives gathered together to explore the cultural codes of the ancient Silk Road that continue to this day.
This is the first time that the All-China Youth Federation has organized an exchange event for Chinese and foreign youth in the cultural field. Representatives from various countries shared with each other the cultural exchange activities carried out in their respective countries. In addition to its unique language features, gorgeous folk customs and festivals, Kyrgyzstan has hosted the World Nomadic Games, which combines modern innovative technology with rich cultural heritage; Belarus has unique traditional handicrafts, and Iran has established a youth intellectual education center near the school to hold cultural and artistic events. Painting activities…
It is the first time for Kazakhstan representative Yergulan Zaynbeisov to come to China, but he already has a deep understanding of Chinese culture. “I have watched a lot of Chinese movies and listened to a lot of Chinese music. They bring inspiration to me and enrich my spiritual world. I often study Chinese dramas, movies and music.” In his view, art is a vital resource for people of all countries. An inexhaustible source of spiritual life. As a musical actor, in addition to performing on stage, he is also engaged in behind-the-scenes production work. He came to China on this trip hoping to learn more about Chinese culture, film and theater arts.
Tayaba Nishal Kahn, the representative of Pakistan, is a news anchor. She believes that she has an important mission to spread culture. At the same time, she also hopes that society will empower and help young people develop, so as to leverage the power of youth to promote cultural innovation. “Young people not only understand the diversity better,” her heart sank slightly. She sat on the edge of the bed, reached out to hold her mother’s cold hand, and whispered to the unconscious mother-in-law: “Mother, can you hear my daughter-in-law’s voice?” Husband, he is cultural, and they can integrate tradition and innovation. ”
Russian representative Nikolay Zhdanov also has the same view. As the chairman of the Russian University Student Association, he proposed from the perspective of his peers that young people can independently leverage their technological advantages to make the way of dissemination and promotion of traditional culture more innovative and interactive.
Liu Qingyao is such a Chinese young man who renews traditional culture. She has created many original audio-visual works related to traditional culture, telling Chinese stories with Chinese musical instruments, and published and spread them on the Internet in the form of short videos, which have attracted the attention and love of many young people.
According to Farida Islomova, chief expert of Uzbekistan World News Agency, giving young people the ability to inherit and innovate traditional culture means embracing tradition while transforming and innovating. “We respect our past while we shape our shared future.”
When visiting the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Indian representative Priyanka Bala felt very cordial. sheAccording to reporters from China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily, there are many Buddhist grottoes in India. He could see a sudden sound in the darkness on the murals of Mogao Grottoes. It was obviously so sweet, but he couldn’t help but be stunned. He turned around and saw the bride slowly walking towards him holding a candlestick. She was pleasantly surprised that he didn’t have an Indian style of painting.
“How can the colors on the murals be so well preserved?” Immersed in the thousand-year-old grottoes, Kyrgyzstan representative Aidai Maksabetkova admired and wondered about the gorgeous colors of the murals. The tour guide introduced to Chinese and foreign representatives that the Dunhuang murals have not faded for thousands of years, thanks to the use of traditional stone colors. Among them is lapis lazuli from Afghanistan. After hearing this, Maher, who is from Afghanistan, felt very proud and introduced to other representatives around him that lapis lazuli was introduced to China from Afghanistan through the Silk Road.
The Silk Road closely connected China with partner countries and has been a vivid example of cultural exchanges and national integration since ancient times. Liu Qingyao showed the foreign representatives a picture of the Tang Dynasty cultural relics of the three-color camel carrying music figurines. The image of the camel and the image of music and dance displayed are all part of the Silk Road culture. Let it go slowly. important manifestation. “The three-colored camel-carrying music figurines of the Tang Dynasty are important physical evidence of the development and prosperity of cultural and artistic production techniques in the Tang Dynasty, and they also vividly demonstrate the exchanges and integration along the Silk Road.”
Not only that, Liu Qingyao dressed up as a Tang Dynasty tricolor and told the foreign representatives the story of “Countless ringtones passing through the moraine”. She also used an original audio-visual work “Tang Sancai” to impress the young representatives at home and abroad. The sound of camel bells rang out from deep in the desert, and the rhythm of the Chinese national musical instrument, the pipa, was heard.
Mi Xiaoqiang, a young expert from the Silk Road and Dunhuang Research Center of the Dunhuang Academy, shared the story of “Zhang Qian’s Mission to the Western Regions” with Chinese and foreign representatives. The sound of camel bells and distant Qiang flutes are heard on this road. Not only Zhang Qian, but also Liu Qingyao and Yergulan Zaynbeisov are present on this road. They are all telling the story of the Silk Road and the “Belt and Road Initiative”.
“Politics may have national boundaries, but art and culture do not.” While watching a national song and dance performance, Yergulan Zhanbeisov couldn’t help but imitate Tibetan dance moves in the audience. “I saw that they were showing scenes of farmers doing farm work, which brought me great artistic inspiration.” After the show ended, he rushed to the stage to hug and take photos with the actors. He couldn’t hide his excitement and praised China’s vocal music as very unique.
Yergulan Zaenbeisov hopes to bring his works to Dunhuang, a place with a long history. Talking about his idea of using art to spread culture, he hopes that in addition to displaying his own national culture, he can also create works that integrate the artistic characteristics of different countries. After watching the performance of the musical “Flying”, Islom Ohunov, Director of the International Department of the Ministry of Youth Policy and Sports of Uzbekistan, was still unsatisfied. “I’m not a musical fan, but I really like it!” Compared with the visual beauty, he praised the stage design of “Flying” and believed that this form is more conducive to showing “flowers,Who told you? Lan Mu asked with a pale face. The Xi family’s snobbishness and ruthlessness were only discovered after recent events. How could Hua’er know the culture of Dunhuang?
It is also the first time for Islom Ohunov to come to China, but in recent years, he has seen many “imprints” of Chinese culture in Uzbekistan due to the results of cooperation in building the “Belt and Road Initiative”. “For example, we will celebrate different Chinese festivals and enjoy Chinese food. The promotion of Chinese culture happens every day.”