Ningbo-Taiwan Rural Arts Exchange Base unveiled

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Category: Ningbo News

Published: Friday, 02 August 2019 14:42

Recently, the Ningbo-Taiwan Rural Arts Exchange Base was established at the Qiantong Ancient Town of Ninghai County, and ten artists from Taiwanare hired as “village artists”.

Taiwanhas accumulated much experience in revitalizing the rural areas with art. The rural arts exchange base aims to strengthen the communication and cooperation betweenNingboandTaiwanin the field of revitalizing the rural areas with art. By building the rural art exchange platforms, the base will inviteTaiwanartists to share their ideas in revitalizing the rural area, thus optimizing the development environment in such industries as tourism, rural home-stay and cultural creation, and further promote the prosperous industries, inhabitable ecology and affluent life in the rural area

Calligraphy and seal carving exhibition of Chen Zhenlian to be held in Beijing

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Category: Ningbo News

Published: Monday, 22 July 2019 14:03

In 2018, the “Ningbo Calligraphy and Seal Carving Exhibition” in memory of the 40th anniversary of reform and opening-up policy, with the theme of “inheritance and development: master series” and the focus on the overall outlook of the young and middle-aged calligraphy and seal-carving masters, attracted great attention. Yesterday, a preparation meeting was held for the calligraphy and seal carving exhibition in Beijingby the Art Master Studio of Chen Zhenlian. This exhibition will be a new chapter of the “master series”, being another calligraphic show of the masters of Ningbo.

The “master series” is organized by the Art Master Studio of Chen Zhenlian. With its main creation content of the poems, quotations and inscriptions of Zhao Shuru, Ma Heng, Pan Tianshou and Sha Menghai, the four great calligraphy ofNingboorigin, the program aims to exhibit the calligraphy and seal carving works and spread the artistic thoughts and personal charms of the masters. The young artists are encouraged to follow the masters to experience the ideological and moral cultivation and shoulder the responsibilities of a new generation of the calligraphy and seal carving artists

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Yinzhou Yue Opera Troupe performs in Beijing

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Category: Ningbo News

Published: Monday, 22 July 2019 14:05

On July 17 and 18, the two plays by Yinzhou Yue Opera Troupe were staged at the Chang’an Grand Theatre in Beijing. As one of the activities of the 4th Beijing Week Exhibition of Zhejiang Opera, the troupe performed the two plays of “Dream of theRedMansions” and “Amber Story”. Since their performance in Beijing 18 years ago, this performance is of special significance to the 50-year-old Yinzhou Yue Opera Troupe, as these two plays can best reflect the troupe’s 50 years of heritage and innovation.

The “Dream of the Red Mansions” is a new version of the play made in 2017, with the young performers and innovative clothing and settings. Chen Er, playing the part of Jia Baoyu, and Chen Mengwei, playing the part of Lin Daiyu, are both graduates from the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts. The “Amber Story” is an independently developed play, starting Zheng Yan and Liu Jie, both of whom are the Second Class National Actresses.

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Ningbo Day event held at Beijing horticultural expo

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Category: Ningbo News

Published: Monday, 22 July 2019 14:03

The opening ceremony of the “Ningbo Day” event was held at the Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition on the morning of July 17, attracting a lot of visitors from Ningboand all over the country.

“I was born and grew up in Ningbo, and I have special memories of the landscapes and life there.” said Zhou Jianping, Executive Deputy Director of the Affairs Coordination Bureau of the 2019 Beijing International Horticultural Expo, at the ceremony. He hoped that the “Ningbo Day” event will be a great success and attract more tourists to Ningbo.

At the opening ceremony, Xue Qiaoping, an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of “teeth-playing” ofNinghaiCounty, performed the traditional “teeth-playing” skills and attracted great attention from the audience.

Xue has practiced the “teeth-playing” performance for about 20 years, and she hoped to “attract the audience with the

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