The folk art fusion show "Riding on a White Horse" was performed. Photographed by Zhang Jinchuan
Telegraph (Zhong Xin) The award ceremony of the third "Songs with Tune·Good Voices from Both Sides" Cross-Strait Hokkien Song Singing Competition was recently held in Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province.
This competition covers Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and other regions, attracting nearly a thousand online and offline Hokkien music lovers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait to participate. In the end, a total of 12 outstanding contestants won. The
awards ceremony kicked off with the opening song and dance "The Voice of Cross-Strait". The original dance "Cuoli Embroidery Art", a medley of Hokkien songs, the cross-Strait duet "We Believe" and other exciting performances fully demonstrated the cultural characteristics of southern Fujian.
Taiwanese opera singer Chen Yuxuan and Lin Yiying, the outstanding singer of the previous Cross-Strait Voice, performed the folk art fusion show "Riding a White Horse", singing the same tune as the cross-strait tune.
""Riding a White Horse" is based on the story in the traditional Chinese opera "The Red-maned Horse", combining traditional culture with modern music, and incorporating elements of Xiang Opera, which is Gezi Opera." Chen Yuxuan said that this song It not only shows the unique charm of southern Fujian culture, but also allows more people to understand and love traditional opera culture.
Qi Jialin, a Taiwanese scholar and chairman of the United Alliance Party, said that the good voices from both sides of the Taiwan Strait have allowed more compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to make friends and get close to each other through music, and achieve spiritual harmony. The organizer of the
competition stated that Southern Fujian culture is an important part of cross-strait cultural exchanges. It hopes to use beautiful singing to arouse the emotional resonance of compatriots on both sides of the strait, and use music to build bridges to help cross-strait integration and development.
