On August 1st, the "Silk Road Harmony" Chinese folk music performance hosted by the Amman Chinese Cultural Center was held at the Amman Chinese Cultural Center. Princess Jalila of the Jordanian royal family, Minister of Culture Lavash, Director General of the Royal Film Commission Bakri, Chinese Ambassador to Jordan Guo Wei, Director of the Amman Chinese Cultural Center Zhao Xiaoqiang, and nearly 300 representatives from various sectors of Jordanian culture, art, education, media, and young students, together enjoyed a music feast that combines Chinese cultural heritage and innovative spirit of the times.
Guo Wei stated in his speech that culture is a bridge that transcends national borders and communicates the soul. Through art and cultural exhibitions, Jordanian people can understand China and feel the openness, inclusiveness, and inclusiveness of Chinese civilization. The Chinese Cultural Center actively builds a platform for cultural exchange, allowing the people of the two countries to enhance understanding through communication and deepen friendship through mutual learning.
Mustafa stated that both China and Jordan have a long and splendid history and civilization, and in recent years, cultural exchanges between the two sides have flourished. The contracting party is willing to continue deepening cooperation with China in the field of humanities and continuously consolidate and deepen the friendly relations between the two countries.
The theme of this performance is "Silk Road Harmony", which combines traditional ethnic instruments with modern music expression to showcase the innovative development achievements of Chinese folk music in the new era. The folk music group from Shaanxi has successively performed classic works such as "Silk Road Camel Bell", "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix", "Shan Dan Dan Hua Blooming Red and Colorful", "Golden Snake Crazy Dance", "New Legend of White Snake", "Hero Song", etc., using ethnic instruments such as bamboo flute, erhu, zhongruan, suona, etc., cleverly integrating excellent traditional Chinese culture with contemporary artistic innovation, presenting a Chinese music feast that combines ethnic characteristics and international expression to the live audience, evoking the common Silk Road cultural memory of China and Jordan. Artists in Hainan have performed melodious, emotionally charged, and balanced music such as "Spring Comes to Li's Home" and "Spring Morning in Lizhai" through the use of nasal flute, burning bar, bamboo flute, and tree leaves, vividly expressing a joyful and upward emotional tone. The carefully set up exhibition booths for Shaanxi and Hainan intangible cultural heritage and cultural tourism on site also attracted a large number of visitors to have lively exchanges and take photos.
Many young viewers in Jordan expressed that this is their first time appreciating Chinese ethnic music up close, and its rich expressive and infectious power is impressive. It has distinct ethnic characteristics and is full of modern artistic language, making people feel the constantly innovative development vitality of Chinese culture in inheritance. They hope to have more opportunities to learn Chinese music and understand Chinese culture in the future.
It is reported that this concert is an important extension of the Chinese Art Troupe's participation in the series of activities of the 40th Jelash Culture and Art Festival. After the performance, the folk orchestra combined the background of the work creation and the characteristics of Chinese ethnic instruments to interact and communicate with the live audience, introducing the cultural characteristics of different regions in China and the development process of ethnic music, so that the audience can not only appreciate the music, but also have a deeper understanding of the historical accumulation and philosophical wisdom contained in Chinese culture. During the performance, a Chinese intangible cultural heritage tourism exhibition was also held. (Outlook New Era)