And listen to the Dragon Boat Festival symphony of Chinese civilization, the sound of the river is majestic and the clear water | Mother River | Chinese civilization
In midsummer, the Dragon Boat Festival is a time of flourishing vegetation and flourishing life. Just one day after the passionate summer solstice, we welcome the traditional festival of Dragon Boat Festival, which is closely related to the imagery of water. This year's Dragon Boat Festival, a cruise ship gracefully passed by the Xilingxia section of the Yangtze River, reciting the symphony of mountains, rivers, and civilization in this place with water and poetry.
On June 22, the 2023 Dragon Boat Festival special program of China Central Radio and Television Station, the large-scale symphonic poem "Long Song of Dragon Boat Festival by Blue Water", made an innovative debut. This is the first time that the Dragon Boat Festival special program of the main station has left the studio and landed in Qu Yuan's hometown of Yichang, Hubei. Over the Yangtze River, symphonies and poetry recitation performed on a cruise ship run through the entire process. This mother river of the Chinese nation carries the long-standing history of Chinese culture. In this symphonic poem of the Dragon Boat Festival, there echoes the national spirit centered on patriotism and the enterprising spirit of respecting and not restoring the past, filled with the profound cultural heritage and open mindedness praised in the mountains and rivers.
A long song of clear water
Flowing with poetic expressions of patriotism
Poetry is one of the earliest forms of expression and expression in human civilization. Over five thousand years of civilization development have made Chinese people love and skilled in using poetry to express emotions and emotions. The themes of national and family, love and ambition, have been sung for generations. Poetry and music are inherently homologous and equally emphasize the art of rhythm. In many languages, the term "symphony" means to complement and resonate harmoniously. The combination of two arts has shaped the poetic temperament of the Dragon Boat Festival special program on the main station, which has a strong Chinese style, as well as the beauty of rhythm shared with the world.
The director's team revealed that when the theme of this year's Dragon Boat Festival special program was determined to be "symphonic poetry flowing on the Yangtze River", how to achieve innovation in content and form for the entire program finally had a starting point: to showcase the beautiful scenery of green mountains and rivers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait through real-life scenes, and to plan and layout according to the four movements of classical symphony music, from the lively and auspicious festival customs to the condensed world spirit of Chinese literati's sincerity and nobility, to broaden the scale of cultural expression during the Dragon Boat Festival and to interpret the patriotism and love for home more romantically. "After finding the form of symphonic poetry, we finally got the name 'Blue Water, Long Song, Ode to the Dragon Boat Festival'."
In the four movements of the special program's overture "Duanyang" and "Wuxiang", "Wuai", "Wuzhi", and "Wuguo", the fusion of symphony and poetry not only emphasizes musical harmony, but also emphasizes the transmission and continuation of emotions through the fusion of the two artistic conception.
For example, 78 year old artist Bao Guoan, who once played Cao Cao, added a heavy style symphony to the background music while reciting the excerpt from "Walking Out of the Summer Gate", complementing the majestic and ambitious masterpieces. The "Nine Songs: Donghuang Taiyi" first presents a sense of history through a symphony, without the need for music during recitation. The occasional bird singing and drum beats make the recitation sound echoing on the clear river surface more solemn.
In addition to symphonic recitation, the program specifically uses three folk music recitations in the chapter "My Love", using only two traditional Chinese instruments, the Ruan and the flute, to narrate the romantic recitation of love by the Chinese people.
The long song of clear water is both a poem of scenery and a song of the times.The "long song" indicates the temperament of this program, which is a passionate recitation of life, the times, and Chinese culture.
The two special programs, "Fresh domestic citrus throughout the year, cannot be separated from him" and "Romantic Chinese style, beautiful on the screen!" on the main channel of the Dragon Boat Festival received top recommendations from the entire network. Hong Kong's Dagong Wenhui website reposted reports on programs such as "Moonlight Love! When the Zhuang Cocktail Meets the Ancient Tianqin" and "Chinese and French Children Sing French Songs Across the Space". After watching this special program, we truly feel that our longing for a better life is gradually becoming a reality, and the achievements of China's development are also constantly being transformed into the quality of life.
Humanistic stories
Flowing with the pursuit and inheritance of respecting the past but not restoring it
For thousands of years, the scene of Chinese people celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival has been continuous and updated with the times. Just like Zongzi at the Dragon Boat Festival, it is not limited to the "battle between sweet and salty", but has made many cross-border creative partners, such as milk tea and coffee, so that more and more traditional seasonal food appears in young people's shopping carts.
Speaking of food, in the Dragon Boat Festival special program on the main station, there is a fruit that actually starred in three consecutive programs.
From the symphonic recitation on the Yangtze River cruise ship, to the natural and wild public welfare classroom of "Citrus Academician" Deng Xiuxin, to the innovative interpretation of Chinese classical dance, the charm and character of the orange tree have been repeatedly recited and admired by fighters from all walks of life. This golden fruit has rooted in the land of Zigui for thousands of years, not only embodying the spirit of ancient and modern patriots, but also continuing to write a beautiful poem of home revitalization with the company of "freshness throughout the year".
"For every three oranges produced in the world, one is made in China, which is the power of technology."
"For over two thousand years, poetry and Qu Yuan have always been the soul of Zigui."
"The place of residence has changed, and the inheritance of culture has not changed."
Three special themed short films, from a fruit that has lived for a long time, to the inheritance and development of culture, and the transformation and revitalization of hometown. When discussing the creative experience, the director team sighed and said that the continuity and vitality of our culture are undoubtedly evident at this moment. "Where the people are reciting poetry, there must be a hot and warm life."
Not only in Qu Yuan's hometown and on the banks of the Yangtze River, but also in more programs related to inheritance that leave a deep impression on us. The Dragon Boat Festival custom Hanfu show "Hua Yi Qian Qiu" selects costumes from the Wei, Jin, Tang, Song, and Ming dynasties, and restores them in life scenes related to the Dragon Boat Festival, integrating traditional costumes into seasonal customs. The program lasts for over seven minutes, and every scene should not be missed:
Regarding the detailed creation of this Hanfu show, the director's team said, "Traditional clothing is closely related to life and festivals. We do not want it to only stay in museums, but should be restored and applied in real life scenes. Therefore, in the program, all clothing and accessories are sourced from historical relics, and the materials and craftsmanship should try to restore traditional craftsmanship, so that these clothing can be worn realistically on the body, matched with corresponding shapes and makeup, and displayed and popularized through macro lenses and science popularization of craftsmanship details."
The Zhuang ethnic group's Tianqin performance and singing of "Moonlight Love and Fate" is an intangible cultural heritage program that the head of the station paid attention to and recommended to the Dragon Boat Festival program team during his research in Guangxi. When the Zhuang ethnic group's chicken crowing tune meets the ancient Tianqin playing and singing, it sings the natural sound of young men and women sharing their hearts and loving life. The bustling labor scenes in "The Song of Picking Tea" portray the production and living conditions of the people of Xiajiang for two thousand years, as well as the development trajectory of regional music. On this Dragon Boat Festival, two types of folk intangible cultural heritage art sing and dance on the water in real scenery, emitting vitality in performances that are both national and contemporary, awakening the heart of loving and inheriting intangible cultural heritage.
String Song Response
Flowing with the cultural heritage of expressing emotions through mountains and rivers
Open mindedness
Just as the third movement of a symphony adds a rich and varied rhythm to the entire piece, the third movement of this symphonic poem, "Wuzhi," takes us to appreciate a different kind of "Sa" and "Qu" in beauty and harmony. "Six Finger Qin Demon vs Piano Kwai" "Maxim's Changjiang Brand Piano is also made in Yichang" "Three Gorges Dam, Three Gorges Family and Three Gorges Falls appear in it, welcome to Yichang". The instrumental ensemble "Cloud Returns from the Bank" has been listened to and watched carefully by netizens.
In the program, Croatian pianist Maxim and Chinese guzheng player Zhao Jienan perform the art fusion and civilization dialogue between ancient and modern, Eastern and Western, in the beautiful mountains and waters. In the preparatory stage, the biggest challenge for the director team is how to combine Western instruments that focus on harmony with Chinese ethnic instruments that focus on melody, and find commonalities in aesthetics between the two.
In just over a quarter of an hour, four Western music pieces, "Nostradamus," "In the Palace of the Mountain Demon King," "Wild Bee Dance," and "Bohemian Rhapsody," along with a Chinese piece, "Calm the Storm," shuttled back and forth. The performances of the two artists were sometimes like sword energy piercing through clouds and rocks, and sometimes like splashing ink painting with freehand blank spaces. The director's team stated that in the end, the exploration of the meaning of life through the harmonies of the qin and zheng became a connection point for the emotional unity of Eastern and Western music, fully unleashing the sparks of collision between national and global characteristics.
In March of this year, Taiwan President Shen Haixiong had exchanges with Thomas Konetzko, President of the International Canoe Federation, on jointly promoting the entry of dragon boats into the Olympics. On the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, the 2023 International Rowing Federation Dragon Boat World Cup was successfully held in Zigui, Hubei. Konetzko sent a Dragon Boat Festival message. We look forward to the dragon boat sport, which is full of the enterprising spirit and fearless character of the Chinese nation, in the near future, to meet with world athletes on the Olympic field.
"If I go to China/on the hills of Guilin/to Hubei/to watch dragon boat races..." After French President Macron's visit to China in April this year, the French nursery rhyme "If I go to China" became popular on Chinese social media platforms. Many netizens, while being inspired, also want to help children re plan their travel routes. When this curious and childlike song appears on the Dragon Boat Festival stage, sung by children from China and France across the air, another beautiful fate begins, and the peace and tolerance of beauty and communism are naturally conveyed.
The ancient Yangtze River has nurtured Chinese civilization over a long period of time, and the still flowing river vividly showcases the geographical and cultural diversity of the land beneath our feet.
On an auspicious day, sing a long song, join you in the republic, cherish my hometown, cherish my love, express my aspirations, and repay my country.
This year's Dragon Boat Festival, the main station used a mobile special program to respond to the world's string songs, telling many stories related to this mother river, and playing the great river and spiritual bloodline of Chinese civilization into a magnificent symphonic poem.
Director Yang Hua Zhang Guofei in Lei Dou Xiaowen
Producer: Xu Chaoqing and Wang Min
Editor-in-Chief Hu Shu Shu Descending Bitong Cui Li Li Zhang Yadong
Material: Ma Yue Qi Li Zhuo
Video of Jabe
Editor Zhang Siqi
