On the evening of October 31, 2021, the promotion activity of the theme of “Liangzhu Solicits the Beautiful Poetry Road and Seeks Sound”, sponsored by the Information Office of the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province and the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, was successfully held at the Canal Culture Release Center in Hangzhou, China.
The purpose of this activity is to make an article on Youshilu, shine the light of Liangzhu, show the world the excellent culture with Chinese characteristics, embody Chinese spirit and contain Chinese wisdom, and create a Chinese image of “amiability, respect and loveliness”. Li Gao, director of the Information Office of the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province, Chu Ziyu, director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Xu Peng, deputy director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Peng Bo, deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Provincial People’s Government, and foreign envoys from Spain, Poland, Venezuela, Slovakia, Chile, Malaysia and other countries attended the event. Mr. Van Rompuy, former President of the European Council, and other European celebrities sent congratulations for this event. Ms. Carmen Fontes, Consul General of Spain in Shanghai, delivered a speech at the event.
Witnessed by people from all walks of life and more than 30 domestic and foreign media, the guests at the scene lit up the jade Cong pillar representing Liangzhu culture, and opened the promotion ceremony of “Liangzhu Embraces Show · Poetry Road Seeks Sound”. The festival is divided into two chapters: the global premiere of symphony “Shi Lu Xun Yin” and the cross-border performance of “Liangzhu Lan Xiu”. Mark Chait, an American Hollywood musician who won the Emmy Award and the Taili Award of the World’s Top Music Awards, collected music in Zhejiang and composed a symphony “The Way to Poetry” with international style and reflecting the humanistic characteristics of Zhejiang’s landscape. In the evening, Mr. Mark Chait was present in person to perform with Ding Yang, a world-class pianist, and Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra, a luxury lineup, Four internationally renowned musicians (Russian classical violinist Yury Revich, American violinist Igor Pikayzen, German cellist Benedict Kloeckner, and Japanese violist Tomoko Akasaka) in music halls around the world participated in the cloud concert of symphony through the Internet, and jointly completed the global debut and performance of “Shi Lu Xun Yin”. When the music sounds, the audience listens attentively. The flowing notes are like walking in the picturesque landscape of Zhejiang, touching everyone’s heart. Through music expression, it also makes the world’s understanding of Zhejiang richer and more emotional.
Subsequently, the large-scale clothing show “Liangzhu Lanxiu” brought a very shocking visual feast to the audience. The 30 clothes on display were all carefully created by Ms. Xiong Ying, the top Chinese clothing designer and the founder of the “Gaia Legend” brand. In her design, she extracted the most representative “divine emblem totem” patterns, jade articles, symbols and other elements from the “Liangzhu Culture”, and integrated the flowers, trees, birds and animals patterns and cultural landscapes with Jiangnan characteristics, showing the unique landscape charm of Zhejiang. These garments are made through multiple processes by using intangible cultural heritage techniques and combining the cutting of western suits, cloaks and other large silhouettes. On the classical and atmospheric stage, the cross-border performance of “Liangzhu Embracing the Show” with the theme of “Liangzhu”, “Zhejiang” and “the world” reflects that Zhejiang uses cultural blending to interpret the essence of Zhejiang’s humanities in modern, fashionable and international languages, so that people around the world can better understand Zhejiang, appreciate picturesque scenery and experience the charm of ancient human civilization. Cixi Celadon Ou Orchestra performed with music in the clothing exhibition for the first time. Teachers and students of the dance department of Zhejiang Conservatory of Music performed the dance “Sacrifice Song” with the theme of Liangzhu, which was created for this promotion activity, before the start of the costume show.
Civilizations are colorful due to exchanges, and rich due to mutual learning. Chu Ziyu, director of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, said that Zhejiang launched the “Zeguo on the Cloud Liangzhu Civilization Theme Exhibition” on the Internet last year, sharing the unique charm of Zhejiang’s ancient civilization with friends around the world. This year, through the combination of online and offline, the “Liangzhu Embraces the Beautiful Poetry Road and Seeks the Sound”, which integrates Liangzhu culture, Zhejiang style and modern art, will be held to vividly show to Europe and the world the significant contribution of Liangzhu civilization to human civilization, and the poetry road cultural belt that crisscrosses the landscape and gathers beautiful articles. Chu Ziyu said that although Zhejiang and Europe are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, they both enjoy a long history. Today, in the ancient civilizations of both sides, we can still see the beauty and wisdom shared by mankind. Zhejiang is willing to share with guests and friends at home and abroad the splendor and beauty of Zhejiang, appreciate the breadth and depth of Chinese culture, enhance understanding and recognition, and promote prosperity and development. We sincerely invite you to visit Zhejiang more after the epidemic, enjoy the picturesque landscape and experience unique customs.