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UPGRADED LIVE HISTORICAL DRAMA MAKES HOT ATTRACTION IN NORTH CHINA WINTER TOURISM

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XI’AN, China, Dec. 6, 2024 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/– 

Ice and snow intertwine with flames, while light and shadow blend with music on a stage at the foot of Lishan Mountain in northwest China’s Xi’an City. On Dec. 1, a large-scale live historical drama called the ice-fire “The Song of Everlasting Sorrow,” produced by the Huaqing Palace scenic spot, started performance against the backdrop of mountains and waters at the historical site.

Rolled out in 2021, the ice-fire “The Song of Everlasting Sorrow” is the upgraded version of the traditional production. By innovating stage design, choreography, high-tech application, a new interpretation has been achieved on stage art setting.

The performance has transformed the seasonal disadvantage of winter tourism in Xi’an into a distinctive experiential attraction, achieving a breakthrough in outdoor live performances during winter in north China.

Based on the narrative poem by Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi, the dance drama revolves around the love story of Emperor Tang Xuanzong (618-907) and his consort Yang Guifei, recreating the moving chapters of the poem.

The Tang Dynasty, as a prosperous era in Chinese history, exerted a profound cultural influence across Asia and Europe through the Silk Road. Today, the 70-minute dance drama ingeniously combines historical narratives, stage performances, and audio-visual effects, impressing the audience with the Tang Dynasty’s splendid atmosphere.

Since its debut in 2006, the dance drama has been performed over 5,300 times and attracted approximately 10 million visitors.

Conducting in-depth exploration and innovating forms, the dance drama constantly refreshes itself to stay relevant.

This year, the spot has recruited a group of Central Asia actors, making the performance in line with the Tang Dynasty society’s openness, inclusiveness and multiculturalism and enhancing the performance’s artistic expression and international influence.

The Huaqing Palace scenic spot, an iconic tourism destination showcasing Tang culture, in recent years has been integrating culture and tourism, and developed many outstanding productions, making the area a signature tourism project in Shaanxi Province.

“We will continue to leverage the Tang culture’s profound artistic charm and deepen culture-tourism integration, and use the performing arts to facilitate global culture communication,” said Gao Jie, chairman of Shaanxi Huaqing Palace Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd.

Source: The Huaqing Palace scenic spot

–BERNAMA

Seventeen’s ‘Right Here’ World Tour Live Broadcast To Captivate Fans Globally

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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 (Bernama) — Avex Pictures Inc has announced that K-pop icon SEVENTEEN’s ‘RIGHT HERE’ world tour concert, taking place at the Kyocera Dome Osaka, Japan, will be broadcast live in cinemas worldwide on Dec 14.

According to a statement, global tickets for SEVENTEEN ‘RIGHT HERE’ WORLD TOUR IN JAPAN: LIVE VIEWING can be purchased through the official live viewing website.

The concert will feature SEVENTEEN’s latest tracks alongside iconic hits and fan favourites, offering a vibrant and diverse performance that fans worldwide have been eagerly anticipating.

With large screens and superior sound quality, the cinematic experience will bring the energy, humour, charm, and unique unit stages of SEVENTEEN to life for audiences in various countries.

Fans can expect an unforgettable performance full of excitement and cohesion, showcasing the group’s unmatched stage presence.

Since their debut in 2015, this 13-piece act has won numerous awards, broken many records, and achieved five consecutive million-sellers. The K-pop icon continued its momentum into 2024 with remarkable achievements.

Their Best Album 17 IS RIGHT HERE, featuring SEVENTEEN’s celebrated discography, was released and they became UNESCO’s first-ever Goodwill Ambassador for Youth, recognised for their role in uplifting and inspiring young people worldwide.

They made history at Glastonbury as the first K-pop act to perform at the festival and set another milestone as the first K-pop headliner at Lollapalooza Berlin. Most recently, SEVENTEEN won Best Group at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.

Avex Pictures Inc is a Japanese film production, sales and distribution company. It is a consolidated subsidiary of Avex Inc, an entertainment conglomerate that supports and advances the careers of performing artists.

— BERNAMA

NURSERY RHYME INITIATIVE CELEBRATES 18 YEARS OF INSPIRING CREATIVITY, CULTURAL EDUCATION

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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 (Bernama) — A nursery rhyme creation and promotion activity called “China in Children’s Chorus”, which was introduced in 2006 in Tongzhou District, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, has caused a warm response in the local area.

According to a statement, the activity has also gradually developed into a bright business card for children’s aesthetic education nationwide in the following 18 years.

Continuously being held since its inception, the activity attracted a wide participation of more than 7,000 primary and secondary schools inside and outside Jiangsu Province, and a total of 530,000 nursery rhyme works have been collected.

Children not only learn to create nursery rhymes, but also show their observation and creativity through this platform. They record the changes of society and the development of the times from their own perspective.

At present, the “China in Children’s Chorus” activity has formed a brand of ideological education and art cultivation for children with Jiangsu as the centre and radiating influence to the whole country.

In the future, the activity will continue to adhere to the original intention to provide more opportunities for children to show themselves and create art, thereby nursery rhymes, a traditional art form, can shine more brilliantly in the new era.

— BERNAMA

FOREIGN STUDENTS VISIT MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL IN CHINA’S TIANJIN

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TIANJIN, China, Nov. 25, 2024 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/–

Foreign students visit martial arts school in China’s Tianjin.

Recently, the Publicity Department of Xiqing District organized a tour, guiding more than a hundred foreign contestants who participated in the Chinese Bridge series of Chinese proficiency competitions around the Tianjin Huoyuanjia School in Jingwu Town, Xiqing District, north China’s Tianjin Municipality, where they experienced the charm of Chinese traditional martial arts culture.

The Tianjin Huoyuanjia School has a profound cultural heritage, with its roots in the Chin Woo Athletic Association, which in turn traces its origins back to Huo Yuanjia, a patriotic martial arts master.

In 1910, Huo, along with others, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association, which has now been established for 114 years. The association initially advocated mastering both martial arts and being literate, and strengthening the nation through physical fitness, which made up the essence and defining characteristics of the early Chin Woo culture.

Over the past century, the association has not only seen a steady increase in its membership, but also a growing expansion of its influence. It has transcended national boundaries, spreading from China to other countries and from Asia to the rest of the world, with branches now established across all five continents, totaling 83 Chin Woo associations. The popularity of the association has become a unique cultural phenomenon within the global cultural community, beloved and pursued by people from various countries.

The Jingwu Town in Xiqing District said it will continue to leverage the Tianjin Huoyuanjia School, an international cultural exchange base for overseas Chinese, as a platform to strengthen the exploration and inheritance of Chinese culture.

By promoting Chinese martial arts and Chin Woo culture, the town aims to allow more international friends to learn about and experience the profound Chinese cultural heritage, share first-hand stories about the real China, and expand the reach of fine traditional Chinese culture.

Source: The Publicity Department of Xiqing District

Caption: Foreign students visit martial arts school in China’s Tianjin.

–BERNAMA

OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION VITAL FOR DECARBONISATION DESPITE INVESTMENT DECLINE

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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22 (Bernama) — Investment in oil and gas exploration has plummeted two-thirds in the last decade, but according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest Horizons report, the sector remains crucial for decarbonisation and providing advantaged barrels in the energy transition.

The report, titled “No country for old fields: Why high-impact oil and gas exploration is still needed” reveals that there are sufficient existing resources to meet global demand, with approximately three trillion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in inventory, offering more than 45 years of oil and over 60 years of gas supply.

The report further explained that lowering scope 1 and 2 emissions, or those created in the extraction and refining process, is better served by finding new fields than by cleaning up old ones as new fields are cleaner, due to modern decarbonisation technologies and higher facilities throughput.

New fields, leveraging modern decarbonisation technology, emit less carbon than older fields. For example, new fields starting production in the coming years will average 17 kilogrammes of carbon dioxide equivalent per barrel of oil equivalent (kgCO2e/boe), significantly lower than the 28 kgCO2e/boe from mature fields.

Wood Mackenzie Senior Vice President, Energy Research, Andrew Latham commented that exploration through the current decade is on track to provide 12 per cent of global oil and gas supply.

“If we assume that these new fields displace existing supply options with emissions intensity typical of older fields, then global scope 1 and 2 emissions in 2030 would be cut by around six per cent, or 100 Mtpa CO2e,” he said in a statemet.

Exploration also presents economic advantages, with new field discoveries providing high returns. Wood Mackenzie highlights that full-cycle returns from exploration have been consistently in double digits every year since 2015, averaging 15 per cent, with new discoveries creating over US$160 billion in value. (US$1=RM4.46)

Meanwhile, frontier and deepwater exploration, offers significant resource potential, with deepwater projects yielding much higher recovery per well and lower emissions intensity. The report noted that deepwater will offer most new opportunities for exploration as most of the world’s deepwater basins, in waters from 400 metres (m) to over 3,000m, are barely drilled.

Despite a perception problem that exploration harms the climate, the report underscores its role in decarbonising oil and gas supply, showing that there are still abundant untapped resources to be found, especially in deepwater basins.

Wood Mackenzie is the global insight business for renewables, energy and natural resources, with a team of over 2,000 experts operate across 30 global locations, inspiring customers’ decisions through real-time analytics, consultancy, events and thought leadership.

— BERNAMA