Young people from many countries sang Chinese songs in Xi'an, the ancient capital, and held dialogues in the intersection of melodies.

China News Service, Xi'an, November 7th (Reporter Li Yifan) On the evening of November 6th, the 12th Silk Road International Arts Festival "Sing Chinese Songs Together and Join the Heart of the World" was held in Xi'an, Shaanxi. Foreign actors from 25 countries in four continents, Asia, Europe, Africa, and America, gathered together with Chinese youths to carry out youth dialogues in the intersection of melodies, using Chinese songs as a link and symphonic music and paintings as a carrier.

The concert kicked off with the melodious melody of "Jasmine". Young Chinese and foreign singers sang alternately in multiple languages, combined with symphonic performance, chorus and dance, to convey the open and inclusive oriental sentiments. Chinese and foreign youths sang "Play the Tambourine and Sing" together, bringing the thousand-year-old intangible cultural heritage to life on the stage. American singer Tang Bohu performed the representative work "Bohu Said" and the classic song "May People Live Forever", blending classical imagery with the charm of opera to complete a poetic dialogue across mountains and seas; Chinese and foreign children sang "You and Me" in Chinese and English with clear children's voices, continuing the warm resonance of "the same world, the same dream".

On the evening of November 6, foreign young people sang Qin Opera at the 12th Silk Road International Arts Festival "Singing Chinese Songs Together, Joining the Heart of the World" concert. Photo by Li Yifan

In the movement "Hear the Sound of the World", multi-lingual world classics and Chinese songs in English, French, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and other languages are performed in turn. At the end of the concert, all the cast and crew held hands and sang "Tomorrow Will Be Better" together. Performers of different skin colors and languages ​​stood side by side. Their sincere singing expressed their sincere wishes for Silk Road friendship and a bright future for mankind.

In recent years, the "Chinese language craze" has continued to heat up. According to statistics, 90 countries around the world have incorporated Chinese into their national education systems, and the total number of international Chinese learners and users exceeds 200 million.

On the evening of November 6, the 12th Silk Road International Arts Festival "Singing Chinese Songs Together and Joining the Heart of the World" was held. Photo courtesy of the event organizer

From the covers of Chinese songs on overseas social platforms to the popular holding of various Chinese singing events, more and more foreign friends are not only proficient in using Chinese, but also able to understand the oriental artistic conception in the lyrics, appreciate the cultural heritage carried by the songs, and their understanding of the Chinese language and Chinese culture continues to deepen.

It is understood that this concert is one of the key activities of the international cultural exchange section of the 12th Silk Road International Arts Festival. It is hosted by the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government, hosted by the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and implemented by Xi'an International Studies University. 15 domestic universities, professional art academies, and a number of overseas Confucius Institutes and Chinese schools participated. (over)