Nandu News Comedy stars such as Shen Teng, Ma Li, Wang Zulan and others appeared in Hengqin! On March 18, the first Macau International Comedy Festival Industry Forum and Closing Ceremony "Laughter is the Antidote" Happy Twist Improvisational Comedy and Positive Psychology cross-

Nandu News Shen Teng , Ma Li , Wang Zulam and other comedy stars appeared in Hengqin! On March 18, the first Macau International Comedy Festival Industry Forum and Closing Ceremony "Laughter is the Antidote" Happy Twist Improvisational Comedy and Positive Psychology cross-border party event was held in Hengqin. Many comedy celebrities appeared to mark the event. period.

Closing Ceremony of the First Macau International Comedy Festival "Laughter is the Antidote"

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Comedy joins hands with psychology to discover the "core of happiness"

It is reported that the first Macau International Comedy Festival will be held from March 11 to 18 with the theme of "One Festival, Two Places" The innovative model is held in Macao and Hengqin. The event aims to further promote the in-depth interaction between Macao and Macao in the field of cultural tourism through comedy, a unique cultural form, and promote the accelerated development of related industries in Macao and Hengqin. At the beginning of the closing ceremony of

, the Happy Twist team launched a unique improvisational comedy performance in the form of "I am a tree", "Whose line is it?", "Clap to stop" and "I love you". Guests and audiences were invited to participate in the interaction, creating a happy atmosphere throughout the venue. Using improvisation as a starting point, the creative team of Happy Twist combined psychological testing to conduct a comedy psychological experiment for the audience. "We want everyone to realize that happiness may not be that difficult, and let everyone realize how to be happy." Happy Twist CFO Cheng Leer said.

Actor Shen Teng took the stage to participate in an interactive improvisation performance.

After the improvisational performance, Ni Zijun, a professor of psychology at Tsinghua University, came to the scene to have cross-border conversations with comedy creators and performers such as Shen Teng, Ma Li and Wang Zulan, from the perspective of positive psychology. Discover the "happy core" deep in comedy. Professor Ni pointed out that from the data, the average happiness index of the audience increased by more than 20% after watching the performance. “A performance that can make people laugh will comprehensively improve our happiness, especially in the current positive emotions. On the one hand, it will greatly improve the audience's happiness index."

Ni Zijun, Shen Teng, and Ma Li cross-border dialogue

Audience Zhuang Kailing, who came on stage to experience "improvisational comedy" during the performance session, said: "Such activities allow me to understand comedy more systematically . Moreover, examining comedy from a psychological perspective is a very new and interesting topic for many viewers. I will also have an in-depth understanding of the relationship between comedy and psychology after the event. "

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" section "Two Places" new attempt to promote in-depth interaction between Qinhuangdao and Macao

Zhang Zheng, a professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Tsinghua University, said that this Macau International Comedy Festival has demonstrated the driving role of large-scale comedy festivals and is a very important driver of the current development of local cultural tourism economy. Important new engine. "Laughter consumption has a broad market base today. It spans age, education level, and social class, and can bring us the most relaxed mental state. Therefore, the comedy industry can be regarded as the entry point for the future development of Macau's cultural industry , which is commonly known as the grabber."

Zhang Zheng, professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Tsinghua University

"Since last year, we and the Mahua team have been discussing how to attract more talents to Qin Ao in addition to the comedy festival. , funds, technology and more attention. The Hengqin Industry Guidance Fund is also actively promoting the fund cooperation with Happy Mahua, hoping to leverage the successful experience and professional capabilities of the Happy Mahua team to promote comedy production, comedy performance training, comedy copyright internationalization Substantial, industrialized and chain-based cooperation in settlement centers and Hengqin resident performances to promote the implementation of the Hengqin comedy industry." Su Kun, deputy director of the Executive Committee of the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone, said that this Macau The International Comedy Festival is an international, innovative, entertaining and interactive comedy feast. It is also an excellent example of the linkage between Macao and Hengqin, "one festival, two places", and a cooperation zone supporting Macao's "1+4" economy. Another step in the moderately diversified development strategy.

It is reported that after the end of this comedy festival, one of the participating plays, "Crazy Barbershop", will remain in Macao for permanent performance, helping local actors in Macao accumulate creative experience through continuous performance practice.In the future, the Macau International Comedy Festival will continue to explore richer comedy content and more diversified comedy forms, striving to organize international events for audiences that are based in the Greater Bay Area, backed by China, and radiate around the world, and further promote comedy culture. Taking root in Qin and Macao.

Produced by Hengqin Studio

Written and written by: Nandu reporter Zhu Pengjing Zhao Yuqi Intern Tian Shuning