Broadcast Professionals: Divine Performing Arts Revives Traditional Culture (Photos)

By Minghui reporter Xia Yun

(Clearwisdom.net)

On March 10, 2008, the curtain for the third show of the Divine Performing Arts Chinese Spectacular in Taichung Taiwan lowered to rumbling drum beats and warm applause, leaving the audience deeply touched and with beautiful recollections. Several broadcasters shared their impressions:

Radio Host: Everyone Should Listen to More Such Music

Taiyang Radio host Kong Liangyun talked about her feelings about the performances during intermission. She said that the Divine Performing Arts dancing contains much culture. She believes that the media is currently full of western things, and there is plenty of room for content related to the 5000 year old Chinese culture. She delightedly said, "After you see dancing by the Divine Performing Arts, you just feel it contains so much culture within every hand movement and step--it's completely different from the west."

Keng Liang-Yun hopes that more of such music can be broadcast by the media.

Ms. Keng felt that the music of the Chinese Spectacular made her feel tranquil, not anxious, and caused her to ponder while she enjoyed the show. She sincerely said, "Regarding our current mass media, I think everyone should listen to more such music, and this music should be broadcast, and we should recommend it to our audience and to friends."

Radio Station Manager: Taiwan Should Revive the Wonderful Traditional Culture

"I have not seen such wonderful ethnic dance programs for a very long time in Taiwan! Such wonderful traditional Chinese culture, Taiwan gave up long ago, and they should revive it." Chen Heng-Chin, manager of Sound of Joy radio and current lecturer at the Department of Radio and Television at National Taiwan University of Arts has conducted thorough research on Taiwan's folk customs and culture. He pointed out that Taiwan also had rich ethnic dance performances in the 1950's and 1960's, but few since that time.

Sound of Joy Radio Manager Chen Heng-Chin said, "I have not seen such wonderful ethnic dancing programs for a very long time in Taiwan!"

Chen has worked as a radio broadcaster for 35 years. He said that in today's modern society, in addition to long-term political turmoil, people indulge in material things more and more, and forget about good inherited traditions. "Middle-aged people feel that the moral concepts of young people today seem to be much worse. Parents no longer pay attention to traditional things."

He emphasized, "The good side of tradition includes culture, ethics and moral connotations. The people of Taiwan today urgently need to revive them."

He used an example, "There are few children in Taiwan now who can write calligraphy, and probably many people do not even know how to hold a brush." Chen said, "Many children in Taiwan now study in order to get into a good school, but I think studying should include practicing morality, developing good character, and establishing a foundation to appreciate art. Having art in ones life may deeply enrich one's innermost life."

Famous Host: Combination of Compassion and Aesthetics

Sound of Joy host Kao Lili watched the show with full attention, and made many notes. She happily accepted an interview and said, "Today's program is very good. It combines kind things with aesthetic things." She previously felt that tolerance was very hard to achieve in ordinary society, but thinks it is very good to display tolerance in this form of truth, compassion and beauty. She said that the culture of compassion very easily strikes a root in people's hearts.

She also mentioned that from the angle of aesthetics, the costumes matched the backdrops extremely well, and created unusual stereoscopic effects, as well as the feeling of not being in the human world. Like the rain in "The Fruits of Goodness," which was very stereoscopic. In regards to the justice and courage displayed in the show, Kao said that they are needed to maintain harmony in society.

I Have Never Seen Such Colorful Costumes and Fine Movements

Deputy General Manager of a Broadcast Network Su Li-Chang received his Masters degree in mass communication in the US. He clearly analyzed his feelings, while watching the Chinese Spectacular, from a professional angle. He said, "The performers' costumes and figures were extremely elegant. I have never seen such colorful costumes."

He also praised the backdrops and said that they matched so well with the performers. "Every movement was so fine. This is hard to see in other shows, especially some special effects or animation on the backdrop, which sometimes gives you the feeling of watching a movie. This is not an easy technique."

He also praised how the programs matched, and said, "The matching of the programs is dynamic and tranquil, linked tightly. It is worth recommending this show to everyone."

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