Photo courtesy of the organizer: The Jade Rabbit sings to bid farewell to the old year, and the Golden Dragon leaps to celebrate the New Year. Under the guidance of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, the February 2024 "Play Gathering in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei - P

The Jade Rabbit sings to bid farewell to the old year, and the Golden Dragon leaps to celebrate the New Year. Under the guidance of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, the February 2024 "Play Gathering in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei - Poly Theater Line Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region·New Year Performance Season" hosted by Beijing Poly Theater Management Co., Ltd. will be held at Poly Theater Line Beijing-Tianjin There are more than 80 performances in 8 theaters in the Hebei region, including Peking Opera, Pingju Opera, Hebei Bangzi, Pingshu, ancient opera, Henan Opera, Luo Qiang, Four String Opera and other performances with strong local customs, as well as the Russian National Classical Ballet's "Swan Lake" "The Nutcracker", Irish tap dance "Soul of the Dance", Lin Zhaohua's "Silver Ingot Bridge", Tianjin People's Art Theater's "Wet Paint" and other dance drama performances. Among them, the Poly Theater, Zhongshan Park Concert Hall, and Beijing Comedy Theater in Beijing will host nearly 40 performances and theatrical video screenings.

Opera gathers Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei opera, drums, and shadow puppets Traditional Chinese New Year standard

How to celebrate the Chinese New Year full of flavor and long aftertaste? As culture has become a necessity in people's lives, enjoying charming performances such as Peking Opera, Ping Opera, Hebei Bangzi, Quju, drum music, shadow puppets, etc. has gradually become a standard part of the traditional Chinese New Year. "Performance Gathers in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei - Poly Theater Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region·New Year Performance Season" specially invites Chinese Ping Opera Theatre, Beijing Folk Art Troupe, Tianjin Hebei Bangzi Opera Troupe, Shijiazhuang Ping Opera Troupe No. 1, Tangshan Drum Opera and intangible cultural inheritors, The Tangshan Shadow Puppet Troupe and famous opera masters from Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei gathered at the Zhongshan Park Concert Hall in Beijing to present a traditional cultural New Year feast to the people.

html On February 15th, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, "Dragon Drum Rhythm—Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Drum Music celebrates the New Year", inheritors of intangible cultural heritage such as Laoting Dagu, Jingdong Dagu, Xihe Dagu, Jingyun Dagu, etc. from Tangshan took turns to perform the classic drum music "Daxi" "Xiangxiang", "Lu Dongbin Smashes the Color", "Stealing Pills to Save Husband", "One Hundred Singles and Eight Weeks" and "Changban Slope"; artists from the Beijing Folk Art Troupe will present the finale of Beijing Qinshu "Yang Bajie's Spring Tour" and Danxian "Happy People's Livelihood".

Tangshan shadow puppets are famous for their singing skills, with complete characters, different shapes and exquisite carvings. They have a history of more than 400 years and are one of the most influential types of shadow puppets in China. They are called "magic and lightning-like art" by audiences at home and abroad! On February 16, the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Tangshan Shadow Puppet Troupe will bring "Parent-Child Shadow Puppet Celebration of the New Year: The Mythical Shadow Puppet Play "Journey to the West: The Mountain of Fire"" to Beijing audiences.

Before and after the Lantern Festival, Tianjin Hebei Bangzi Opera Troupe will join hands with Wang Yinghui, a national first-class actor and veteran actor from Beijing Hebei Bangzi Opera Troupe, to perform Hebei Bangzi "Kou Zhun"; China Pingju Theater and Shijiazhuang Pingju Troupe will stage the traditional Pingju Opera "Kou Zhun" Flowers as Matchmakers". On February 25th, the "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Opera Masters New Year Concert" gathered art masters from various opera categories such as Peking Opera, Pingju Opera, Hebei Bangzi, Baoding Old Tune, Sigu Xian, Silk String, Ping Tiao Luozi and other opera categories from Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei to perform together. Excerpts from classic plays, combined with traditional opera arts from three places.

Zhongshan Park Concert Hall: 10 wonderful performances during the February New Year performance season

From February 2 to 29, Zhongshan Park Concert Hall will stage 10 wonderful performances including symphony, violin solo, folk music, Inner Mongolian long tunes, acrobatics, and cross talk, Beijing Peking Opera Theatre, Beijing National Orchestra, China Acrobatic Troupe, Inner Mongolia Long Dialogue Singer Alatanqiqige and the Voice of the Grassland·Inner Mongolia Long Dialogue Singing Troupe, Gong Luo New Art Ensemble, Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra, violinists Yao Jue, Chen Xi, cello Artist Mo Mo, harpist Sun Shimeng, pianist Jin Wenbin, pianist Yin Yijia, soprano Zhang Yi, Jin Fei, Chen Xi cross talk group and others have joined the cast.

html On February 2nd, the national treasure of Mongolian long-tune folk songs and the national inheritor of long-tune songs, Alatan Qiqige, will lead the Voice of the Grassland Inner Mongolia long-tune singing group to the Zhongshan Concert Hall. The repertoire includes the traditional Mongolian long-tune classic "Broad and Rich" "Alxa" and "Walking Horse", as well as one of the highest examples of Mongolian music, "Chaoer Dao" which is considered a "relic of court music", and the repertoire "Golden Holy Mountain" by teacher Alatan Qiqige, etc. Since 2008, Alatanqiqige has established a Mongolian long tune inheritance and training center in his hometown of Alxa, free of charge, and has led children to learn Mongolian tune singing for 16 years.Alatanqiqige said: "I want to work with the children to spread Mongolian long tunes to more people of different ethnic groups and nationalities, so that everyone can feel and appreciate the unique charm of Mongolian long tune folk songs."

Listen to Peking Opera and appreciate The quintessence of Chinese culture has become an indispensable program for Beijingers during the New Year. Zhu Jia, deputy director of the Beijing Peking Opera Company, said, "The Beijing Peking Opera Company and the Zhongshan Park Concert Hall have collaborated to hold a concert of famous Peking opera performers on the first day of the Lunar New Year for 15 consecutive years. On February 10 this year, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, 'Guo Yun Huayin' - Famous Peking Opera Masters' New Year's Large-scale Concert, starring Beijing Peking Opera Company: Chi Xiaoqiu in Tsing Yi from the Cheng School, Zhang Huifang from the Qing Yi School of the Mei School, and Hu Wenge, the inheritor of the male dan role of the Mei School; young leaders: Yang Shaopeng, an old student of the Yang School, and an old student of the Xi School Zhang Jianfeng, Mei Pai, Wang Yi Qingyi Wang Yi, Ye Pai, Jiang Pai Xiaosheng Bao Fei; outstanding young actors: Zhang Kai, Zhu Hong, Zheng Xiao, Hou Yu, etc. star. Three generations of Chinese elites, old, middle and young, gather together, with different styles and genres The performance kicked off with the Peking Opera tune "Spring Festival Song", and carefully selected for the audience popular songs such as "Suo Lin Bag", "Mu Guiying Takes the Command", "Taizhen Gaiden", "Battle of Peace", "Yumen Pass" and "Dadeng Dian". The arias fully demonstrate the unique artistic charm of each genre and present the audience with a gorgeous and colorful celebration of the quintessence of Chinese music."

The Beijing Chinese Orchestra continues to integrate and innovate Chinese music, and conveys the charm of Chinese music in colorful and diverse ways. Li Changjun, director of the Beijing Chinese Orchestra, said, “For the concert on February 16, the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, we selected classic national music works that are familiar to everyone and fit the festive atmosphere, such as the national orchestral works "Celebrate the New Year", "Harvest Festival" and " Backgammon" and "Big Yangko", percussion and band "Dragon and Tiger Leaping", erhu and band "Sunshine Shines in Taxkorgan", double suona and band "Hundred Birds Paying Attention to the Phoenix", as well as solo "Hundred Birds Paying Attention to the Phoenix" and "Raising the Whip" I believe that by enjoying such a concert, the audience can feel the strong festive atmosphere."

Ballet Art Week Drama Video Screening Week Family Carnival

Poly Theater focuses on "Family Carnival" during the Spring Festival, 2 From February 10th to 12th (the first to the third day of the lunar month), the Chinese Acrobatic Troupe will stage the "Gold Medal Acrobatics for the New Year". On February 16th and 17th (the seventh and eighth day of the lunar month), "Uncle Kai Storytelling·Parent-child Musical" will be launched for parent-child families. "Pocket Detective". The Chinese Acrobatic Troupe, the “national team” of acrobatics, has spent the Chinese New Year with the audience at the Poly Theater for the fourth time this year. “Gold Medal Acrobatics for the New Year” includes the acclaimed ace programs “Rhapsody in the Rain – Ball Skills” and “Qiao Hua Dan – Collective Diabolo” "Skills for Men and Women" etc. Uncle Kai's popular IP - the parent-child musical "Pocket Detective" is the first large-scale scientific reasoning parent-child interactive musical, with interlocking suspense, stimulating children's nature of exploration and the fun of active thinking.

html From the second day to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year from February 11th to 16th, the Beijing Comedy Theater hereby launches the "New Year Ballet Art Week", and the Russian State Classical Ballet will perform classic ballets such as "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker". In the parent-child series, "Ultra Legend - Light of Hope" will be released on February 3 through the original introduction of props and a panoramic multimedia stage, bringing the charm of the Ultraman series to the big stage. On February 16, the ballet parent-child stage play "Peter Rabbit's Carnival Night" reproduced the classic British fairy tale with three-dimensional scenery and 3D multimedia materials.

From February 17th to 23rd, Beijing Comedy Theater joined hands with New Live to launch the "x-theatre Drama Video Screening Week" with 8 high-definition drama videos. The x-theatre screening week focuses on "hot IPs", including the 2023 hit "Hurd" starring David Tennant, the British National Theater version of "Life of Pi", London's West End sold out Benedict Cumberbatch's "curly" version of "Hamlet", "Coriolanus" starring Tom Hiddleston, and "The Witches of Salem" , "Karamazov", "Wuthering Heights", etc.