From
May
8
to
10,
the
Wuzhishan
Li
&
Miao
Children’s
Choir
once
again
set
off
in
central
Hainan
Island,
China,
for
a
cultural
exchange
in
France.
On
the
evening
of
May
9
(local
time),
nearly
300
guests
lined
up
outside
Café
de
la
Danse,
a
theater
in
downtown
Paris,
to
enjoy
the
show
that
highlighted
the
friendship
between
the
two
countries.
When
the
Chinese
and
French
versions
of
“Sing
Wuzhishan
to
France”
alternated,
the
performance
reached
its
climax,
and
everyone
could
not
help
but
clap
along
to
the
song.
The
event
ended
with
“Auld
Lang
Syne.”
Monica,
a
French
audience
member,
expressed
that
she
was
highly
impressed
and
thrilled
about
the
people-to-people
exchange.
The repertoire was co-prepared by the Wuzhishan Li & Miao Children’s Choir, Le Choeur des Polysons, La Chorale Chin’harmonie, and Association Vent d’Orient Vent d’Occident.
“Last May, we sang together to celebrate the 60 years of Sino-French diplomacy. Last October, Le Choeur des Polysons performed in Wuzhishan. Children bonded over music and gained a better understanding of each other’s cultures. Today, we reunited in Paris, and I am deeply touched.” Elisabeth Trigo, the head of the Le Choeur des Polysons, said.
Another phenomenal scene was the collaboration between Huang Hailin and Matthieu Lecoq. Hailin is an inheritor of Hainan’s intangible cultural heritage, the nose flute, which is a bamboo instrument of the Li ethnic group. Matthieu is a musician of the Opéra de Paris who uses the flute to demonstrate his love of the history and mythology of Wuzhishan. He stated, “It is a tremendous pleasure working with her for the first time and finding synergy between Chinese and Western music.”
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and the EU. The Publicity Department of the Wuzhishan Municipal Party Committee is one of the organizers of this visit event, the Wuzhishan Li & Miao Children’s Choir also visited the UNESCO headquarters, the Cinémathèque Française, and a primary school, not only observing the wonderful diversity of world heritage and experiencing France’s one-of-a-kind arts but also spreading excellent.
Hainan is blessed with abundant natural and cultural resources and has unique potential in adding ‘Hainan Tropical Rainforest and the Traditional Settlement of Li Ethnic Group’ to the UNESCO Heritage List. We hope that Hainan can further integrate resources and strengthen systematic protection and innovative development of intangible cultural heritage, said Wang Ying, Deputy Delegate of the Chinese Permanent Delegation to UNESCO.
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