The gala cultural event 2006 Experience China in South Africa
consist of exhibitions, performances, keynote speech and a Chinese
Film TV-week, also includes relative press conference and opening
ceremony.
The event was launched on October 25, and will run till the
end of November. During this full month, the event will present to
the South African people exhibitions of Chinese Fine Arts and
Crafts, and Modern China Photography Exhibition.
The Chinese Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibition will exhibit 150
items collected by China Fine Arts and Crafts Museum, including
jade article, stone carving, wood carving, lacquer work, chinaware,
metal crafts and folk crafts, which assemble the elite of the
modern Chinese arts and crafts.
The Modern China Photography Exhibition presents the social
changes, people's lives, natural geography, folk customs of China
with 220 pieces of photography works. The photographers vividly
bring forth a reborn and harmoniously developing China.
The performances consist of: Song and Dance of Tang Dynasty by
Shaanxi Provincial Song and Dance Ensemble, Shaolin KongFu by Henan
Provincial Shaolin Martial Arts Group, Heavenly Beauty National
Music by Female Music Band of Sichuan Provincial Song and Dance
Ensemble and Chinese National Costumes by Beijing New Silk Road
Organization. The four groups will make a 13-performance tour in
Pretoria and Cape Town.
Chinese Film-TV week will play telefilms of Chinese history,
culture, architectures, traditions, sceneries and also a film of
Shaolin KongFu.
In accordance with the Program of Cooperation on Deepening the
Strategic Partnership Between the People's Republic of China and
the Republic of South Africa signed by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
and President Thabo Mbeki, and with a view to further enhancing the
cultural exchanges and cooperation, the State Council Information
Office of China, Department of Arts and Culture of South Africa and
the Embassy of China in South Africa co-host 2006 Experience
China in South Africa, this ice-breaking big scale cultural
event.
(China.org.cn October 27, 2006)