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spirits with Chinese folk music, Chinese calligraphy and Chinese martial art.
On the Jan. 22th, 2010, the PKU cultural acting troupe made opening success
Lomonosov Moscow State University in Moscow, Russia. Over six hundred people
attended the Chinese cultural books exhibition and watched the performance. The
rich contents conveyed profound Chinese culture and embodied the idea of
harmony, such as the happy melody ―Xi Yang Yang‖, the female vocal solo ―Xiao He
Tang Shui‖, the dance ―The Spirit of the Youth‖ and ―The Chinese Knot‖ and so on.
―It was a great success and no one will believe it was performed by students‖, the
President of the Russian branch of the Confucius Institute said, ―especially the dance
‗the Spirit of the Youth‘, mixed Confucianism with the modern dancing.‖
―The performance carried so much Chinese culture, which made me hope to go to
China to feel it for myself‖, said by one student from Lomonosov Moscow State
University.
It was freezing winter in Russia, so many students in the acting troupe caught colds.
However, those students overcame the illness and still pursued the best
performance. Their performance in Germany also attracted a myriad of audiences,
and some audiences who were not able to get tickets were seen standing outside to
watch the show through the window. ―It was so fantastic‖, said by a German
audience member with excitement on his face. Moreover, a lot of audiences seek the
actors and actresses‘ signature and ask when whey will have another show. ―I am so
proud with my country and my country‘s culture when I see the Germans like the
performance so much.‖
The tour of PKU acting troupe were greatly supported and received by Russian
ambassador Li Hui, German ambassador Wu Hong Bo and the Egyptian
ambassador. They all gave great compliments to the PKU acting troupe. The acting
troupe not only presented the spirits of the modern Chinese university student, they
also performed very well the Chinese traditional art. In addition, the ambassadors
also said those students made their contributions to the cultural communication
between China and foreign countries, and encouraged their study.
On Jan 25th, 2010, it was the 255 anniversary of the Lomonosov Moscow State
University, Yang He, the chief of the acting troupe and the vice-secretary of the Party
Committee presented the President of the Lomonosov Moscow State University with
a congratulatory letter from Zhou Xifeng, the president of PKU. Xiao Ming, the
vice-president of PKU, approved this performance from the acting troop organized by
the Russian branch of the Confucius Institute and stated that PKU will support the
Confucius Institute as before.
So far, these performances were widely reported by a large number of newspapers,
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