Pass on the cultural roots and sing the new voice of the times!China Central Radio and Television’s “Original Sound of Nature – Chinese Folk Song Festival” was launched
On July 13, China Central Radio and Television held a press conference of “Original Sounds of Nature-Chinese Folk Song Festival” in Beijing. The program will land in Zuoquan County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province. Wang Xiaozhen, deputy director of China Central Radio and Television, and Zhang Jifu, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and director of the Propaganda Department, attended the press conference and launched the program together with the guests.
The variety show “Original Sound of Nature – Chinese Folk Song Festival” created by China Central Radio and Television Central Station is mainly in the form of music competition and reality show, taking into account regional attributes and types of folk songs, covering original folk songs, classic folk songs, created folk songs, etc. , by excavating and interpreting the cultural genes deeply hidden in traditional folk songs, it demonstrates the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture by young musicians in the new era.
Zhang Guofei, head of the Art Program Center of China Central Radio and Television, introduced the theme of the creation. Starting from Zuoquan County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, the city of folk songs, the program focuses on “interaction between central and local areas”, actively explores new models of Chinese excellent traditional culture communication, and proves the endless vitality of Chinese folk music.
△Zhang Guofei, Head of the Art Program Center of China Central Radio and Television
Chang Shuming, secretary of the Jinzhong Municipal Party Committee of Shanxi Province, said that holding the Chinese folk song festival in Zuoquan, the “hometown of Chinese folk culture and art”, is a vivid practice of continuing the red gene and strengthening cultural self-confidence. In a land full of heroic feelings, folk songs are deeply integrated with culture, civilization, and cultural tourism, and the songs on the journey of high-quality development are loud and clear. We sincerely invite artists and folk song lovers in the folk song world to come to Shanxi, Jinzhong, and Zuoquan to enjoy the new era of singing.
△Chang Shuming, Secretary of Jinzhong Municipal Party Committee, Shanxi Province
At the press conference, the new media solicitation activity of #我为家庭声民歌# jointly initiated by CCTV and CCTV was officially launched, inviting netizens to sing folk songs of their hometown, tell stories about their hometown, and share their hometown sounds and feelings.
At the event site, Tian Qing, librarian of the Central Research Institute of Culture and History and honorary director of the Music Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Arts, shared his understanding of the continuous excellence of folk songs in traditional culture and the interpretation of the true feelings of the people. Shi Zhanming and many other singers performed classic folk songs such as “Down the River to Wash Clothes”, “Ninety-nine Bends of the Yellow River in the World”, and “Praise Local Products”.
Qian Jin, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee, Wang Bing, member of the Standing Committee of the Jinzhong Municipal Party Committee of Shanxi Province and director of the Propaganda Department, and Shi Yong, secretary of the Zuoquan County Party Committee of Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, attended the launching ceremony. Persons in charge of relevant departments of China Central Radio and Television Corporation, comrades in charge of the Propaganda Department of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and relevant departments of Jinzhong City attended the press conference.
