Sinan Night Party opens a cultural holiday, summer solstice, fashion collides with tradition Sinan Y | Music | Sinan

On the afternoon of June 21st, Charlie Motto from France turned the corridor of "Sinan Literature House" into a small stage, and the lively female lead singer quickly gathered the audience. As one of the activities of the 2023 Shanghai "May 5th Shopping Festival" and "June 6th Night Life Festival" series, the "Sinan Y é Party · Summer Solstice Music Day" will be held from June 21st to 23rd at Sinan Mansion. During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, as one of the cultural landmarks of Shanghai, Sinan Mansion will use music to present youthfulness and fireworks, lead citizens to experience the cultural charm of the East and the West, and light up the nightlife of Shanghai with music.

In 2020, the first Shanghai Nightlife Festival was launched at the Sinan Mansion, and "Sinan Y é Party" gradually became a brand. Theme activities such as "Sinan Y é Party · Discovery Museum" and "Sinan Y é Party · Cool Night" were held successively. This year, the "Sinan Y é Party · Summer Solstice Music Day" gathers over 50 lifestyle stalls, more than 30 international music performances, traditional intangible cultural heritage, cross dimensional opera collision, Hanfu interactive experience, creative long table feast, food and wine cooling, outdoor public welfare yoga, summer message sculpture exhibition, etc., to activate the holiday economy with a fusion of Chinese and Western cultures and cross-border nightlife. After the performance of the Charlie Motto band, the Beijing Opera singing section "Drunken Consort" and the musical "Shan Hai Jing" pop-up concert brought a strong atmosphere of traditional culture.

Entering Sinan Mansion from Fuxing Middle Road, a bamboo tied dragon boat shaped installation caught everyone's attention. The Sinan Y é Party · Summer Solstice Music Day is divided into five themed areas. In the intangible cultural heritage leisure area, artists from the Shanghai Folk Literature and Art Association bring over a dozen traditional handicrafts, including tie dyeing, crafting, Wusong dough sculpture, sachet, enamel, gold and silver craftsmanship, velvet flowers, incense, jade carving, jewelry, ceramics, leather carving, brown weaving, crochet weaving, etc., bringing traditional culture to life and allowing citizens to experience the collision of intangible cultural heritage and fashion. In the traditional theatrical living area, the art and drama culture brings the theme activity of "Dragon Boat Festival Drama Appreciation · Visiting Sinan". Participants can wear Hanfu and night tour Sinan, put on full makeup of traditional opera, and play while strolling, full of fun.

Creative Guizhou Cai'entaoli has set up a Guizhou ethnic characteristic long table banquet in the Sinan Alley, and professional yoga brand Manduka has planned a public welfare outdoor yoga in the yoga experience area. In the midsummer cooling area and summer solstice music area, cuisine from all over the world is dazzling. The business hours of Sinan Bookstore have been extended to 21:00, and participating in in in store activities during the Dragon Boat Festival will entitle you to a limited edition of embroidered sachets for free.

Every summer solstice, the Sinan Mansion holds a Summer Solstice Music Day event, and this year is already the 14th edition. Two open-air stages will hold over 30 performances over a 3-day period, with 5 hours of non-stop performance every day, covering a wide range of music genres. The music created by the French band Charlie Motto has a strong sense of rhythm; The combination "Wang Meng+Yu Miao" co founded by new media artists and musicians extends the creativity of music to the field of new media art through the dialogue between the performance of ancient acoustic instruments and electronic music; The music style of "The Band From Jingdezhen Renaissance" from Jingdezhen, Jiangxi has been evaluated as rich in landscape charm and humanistic color. This time, it brings music works that integrate rock, folk legends, Chinese literature, mythology, and modern fables; The Gufan Orchestra brought the China-Chic version of the Dragon Boat Festival Concert. The actors wore antique costumes, played drums and whistles. The opening song of the concert was Dragon Boat performed by the dulcimer, bringing the audience to the scene of the dragon boat race with music

In addition to band performances of different styles from around the world, the Sinan Y é Party Summer Solstice Music Day is also a music day with traditional Chinese cultural characteristics. The original musical "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" by Yunduo Theater is linked with Sinan Theater to bring a pop-up concert of the musical "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". Musicians Zhao Yifei, Ba Wenhao, Cai Runjie, Dou Shiya, Cheng Siyang, Yang Sicheng, Wang Yunyi, Zhang Xinyuan, He Yucang, and others jointly performed representative songs in the play. This is the first time a Chinese original musical has landed on the stage of the Summer Solstice Music Day. The excerpts from "Drunken Concubine" in Peking Opera brought about by the art and drama culture showcase the charm of national essence and the charm of traditional Chinese opera.

The new exhibition "Summer Message" at Sinan Time Zone Gallery - Liu Chao Sculpture Art Exhibition was also unveiled. One day, I watched forty-four sunsets. The Little Prince, who lived on B612 planet, described a story about "love," "growth," and "beauty.". On the lonely planet created by artist Liu Chao, there is also a little prince. The exhibition presents Liu Chao's representative works "Lonely Planet" and "Dragon Baby" series of creative works, and the artist's creative sketches from the past 10 years are also presented to the audience.