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From 21-31 May, 2013, organized by Wu Promotion, Jingju Theatre Company of Beijing held a large-scale global tour once again.

On May 21st, Jingju Theatre Company of Beijing performs Presenting a Pearl on Rainbow Bridge at the Lucent Danstheater.

From 21-31 May, 2013, organized by Wu Promotion, Jingju Theatre Company of Beijing held a large-scale global tour once again. This year, as a part of Peking Opera Festival, Jingju Theatre Company of Beijing toured in the Netherlands, Austria and Italy. It aroused a warm welcome and won a resounding success with its six unique performances in ten days. Two traditional Peking Opera productions The Legend of the White Snake and The Red Maid as well as many galas (At the Crossroads, Presenting a Pearl on Rainbow Bridge, The Goddess of Heaven Scatters Flowers) were interpreted by many excellent performers. After last year’s great success, the Jingju (Peking Opera) Festival made a great contribution once again on the promotion of Chinese quintessence abroad.

From left to right: Mr Zezhou Wu, founder of Wu Promotion,
Chen Xu, the Chinese Ambassador to the Netherlands,
Rongrong Wang, General Director of The No.1 Troupe of Jingju Theatre Company of Beijing.

On the evening of May 21st, in the Netherlands, the first performance of Jingju Theatre Company of Beijing, at the Lucent Danstheater, won a great success. Hundreds of spectators, intoxicated by their original performance, gave a standing ovation as a salute to the artists. In addition, the Chinese Ambassador to the Netherlands Chen Xu, the Japanese Ambassador Nagamine as well as many officials from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other diplomatic organizations in the Netherlands all joined the opening ceremony and performances. This European tour has attracted many media both from home and abroad to report on this cultural event, such as China Daily, Beijing Morning Post, Noordhollands Dagblad, Den Haag Centraal. Cultural exchange is of global importance as it has become a bridge for mutual understanding. Or in the words of Mr. Zezhou Wu, founder of Wu Promotion, “culture has the function that combines cultivate and educate people as well as make profit” therefore we should develop the function of cultural exchange.

Rongrong Wang, one of the prestigious actresses from the Zhang School, performs Suzhen Bai in The Legend of the White Snake.

The moderator explains the Peking Opera term for the European audience in Italy.

Just like in the Netherlands, The Legend of the White Snake and the Peking Opera gala also left a great impression on the audience in Austria and Italy. Rongrong Wang, one of the prestigious actresses from the Zhang School, performed Suzhen Bai in The Legend of the White Snake which she hadn’t acted for 23 years. One member of the audience said: “as this is my first time to see Peking Opera, I searched the plot from the internet to get a general understanding. The Legend of the White Snake is similar to the work by Shakespeare which is very attractive. I like the passionate aria and acrobatic fighting and I also love their costumes. ”

For most of the European audiences, appreciating Peking Opera was a fresh experience. The majority of the audience, who had never seen a Peking Opera before, was impressed by its beauty. In order to let them get a better understanding of Peking Opera, before the tour, the Italian Confucius Institute held four lectures about this traditional form of art. In addition, a moderator introduced the terms of Chinese culture, Peking Opera, as well as costumes and make up before each performance and some of the gestures such as opening and closing the door and mounting a horse were explained. Moreover, before each piece of the Peking Opera gala, the plot was introduced, so the audience won’t miss the meaning of the productions. The colorful traditional costumes, the varieties of make-up as well as the acrobatic fighting actions all enchanted the audience.