China's large-scale Long March cultural immersive performance "The Great Turning" will be held for the first time on January 15 at the Great Turning Theater of Phoenix Mountain Cultural Plaza in Zunyi City. The play will lead the audience to experience the red revolutionary epic through a new immersive performance, allowing "Performance+" to activate red resources and empower red tourism.
As a tourism activity with profound historical connotation and cultural value, red tourism is loved by the majority of tourists. Red tourism has become an important channel for promoting red culture, strengthening patriotism education, and promoting economic and social development. The "Opinions on Supporting the Revitalization and Development of Old Revolutionary Areas in the New Era" previously issued by the State Council of China proposed to promote the high-quality development of red tourism and build a demonstration area for the integrated development of red tourism.
Guizhou’s red resources are “well-off” and it is “uniquely blessed” to develop red tourism. During the Long March, the Red Army had the longest period of activity and the widest range of activities in Guizhou, setting classic battles such as the forced crossing of the Wujiang River, the fierce battle at Loushanguan, and the fourth crossing of Chishui. In particular, the Zunyi Conference achieved a great historical turning point and left a mark in the history of the party and the military. A rich and colorful stroke.
For this reason, the state has given Guizhou the mission of being the "key construction area" of the Long March National Cultural Park to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Guizhou's revolutionary cultural relics and cultural resources, and to assist the high-quality development of Guizhou's red tourism. Among them, with the Zunyi Conference site as the core, we will highlight the distinctive characteristics of "a place where life and death are a matter of turning point", build the Great Turning Theater, create China's large-scale Long March cultural red performance - "The Great Turning", and create a "new IP" for Zunyi's red cultural tourism. ” is a major initiative in the key construction area of Guizhou’s Long March National Cultural Park, and may become a “new highlight” of Guizhou’s red cultural tourism.
"The Great Turning" is one of the red high-quality dramas that Guizhou focuses on creating. Through modern stage creativity and new technological means, create a panoramic immersive performance that integrates "people, sound, light, water, electricity, film and scenery", activate red resources through "Performance +", empower red tourism, and make people Experience this "great turning point" and important history in person, and enjoy the charm of the exquisite red culture and art.
data shows that in recent years, the number of tourists and tourism revenue received by red tourism has maintained rapid growth, and the "red +" cultural and tourism integration is becoming a new trend in China's red tourism. Zunyi, Guizhou, takes the construction of the iconic project of the Long March National Cultural Park as an opportunity to give full play to the resource advantages of "red attracts people, infects people spiritually, and retains people green", conforms to the new trend of red tourism development, and strives to explore the "red +" cultural tourism integration New model.
In recent years, Zunyi, which is rich in red resources, has made every effort to launch new red tourism formats such as "red + landscape", "red + health care", "red + tea and wine" and "red + performing arts", integrating red tourism with a variety of cultural tourism resources The combination provides tourists with a richer and three-dimensional experience and promotes the leapfrog development of red tourism from "quantitative growth" to "qualitative improvement".
uses bright lights and modern light and shadow technology combined with immersive performances with the theme of the Red Army's Long March to reproduce the red history, making it feel like traveling through time and space, making people immersive. This "immersive" experience of reliving red history can also be seen in many revolutionary sites and red memorial sites in Zunyi. For example, the "Loushanguan Great Victory Real Scene" performance at the Loushanguan Battle Site has become a platform for tourists to deeply experience the red culture. It complements the movement and stillness of the core ruins scenic spots and enhances the immersive experience of tourists.
uses the "red + performing arts" approach to make red cultural relics "alive" and increase tourists' diverse experience of red heritage sites. This is a new exploration of the integration of culture and tourism in Zunyi City. It is understood that the Great Turning Theater and the play "The Great Turning" created by Guizhou Great Turning Cultural Development Co., Ltd., a holding subsidiary of Colorful Guizhou Cultural Industry Investment Group, will lead the audience to experience the red revolutionary epic with a new immersive performance.
It is understood that in the Great Turning Theater, which is only 600 meters away from the Zunyi Conference Site Memorial Hall, all work is being advanced in an orderly manner.Since 2023, the project team will hold on-site scheduling meetings three to four times a week to promptly solve related problems encountered during construction, make every effort to promote the project progress, and put it into operation smoothly as scheduled.
At the same time, rehearsals for the first audition of the play "The Great Turning" are in full swing. Yan Bing, screenwriter and director of the play, said: "We have walked all the roads that the Red Army took after entering Guizhou. The purpose is to bring the audience an immersive experience through the play and make the Long March cultural relics 'alive' and form a Long March journey." The new hotspot will push the exploration of 'performing arts +' to empower red tourism to a new height."
The Great Turning Theater is located at the core of the red tourism ring, and is organically connected with the Zunyi Conference Site, the Red Army Martyrs Cemetery, and the historical and cultural district of the old city. Fusion. The project has a construction area of approximately 9,400 square meters and can accommodate 800 audiences to watch the show at the same time. According to reports, the play "The Great Turning" uses innovative technologies such as surround holographic phantom technology, water special effects design, and 8D sound effect surround to create an immersive sense of presence, truly making the red resources "alive" and "moving". Bringing the audience a brand new baptism of Long March spirit. The Great Turning Theater will become Zunyi’s new red cultural tourism “new IP”.
(Source: China News Network)
