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Presenting Chinese Cultural Quintessence in Edinburgh As an important part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe, over 2000 audience took part in the 3rd Chinese Arts and Culture Festival at Edinburgh International Conference Centre on 12th and 13th August, 2017.
At the opening ceremony, Lord Provost of City of Edinburgh, Provost of South Ayrshire Council, Deputy Consul General - Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Edinburgh warmly welcomed Chinese delegates. Senior executives from the City of Edinburgh Council Culture and Communities Committee, Creative Scotland, VisitScotland, Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, Confucius Institute for Scotland also made remarks or attended the festival, making it one of the most inluential Chinese arts-related events in Edinburgh.
his year’s artists and performances include: world leading Director Yimou Zhang’s 2047 Apologue performance team (Zhang has been nominated for Best Foreign Film Oscars several times and won a Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and a Golden Bear), Guangdong Modern Dance Company (Beyond Calligraphy) and Zhaoliang ART (he Tea Spell), both led by China Dancers Association, Wuhan Peking Opera Troupe (Chinese Cultural Quintessence), young artists from Xi’an Gaoxin No. 1 Middle School (Bring you a Changan), Beijing Shangdi Experimental School (Singing of China in Edinburgh), Guangzhou Panyu Xinghai Children Palace Children’s Star Art Troupe (Star Sea Rhyme), and Modern Chinese Artist Lifan Wu (Chi- nese modern ink painting exhibition).
Scotland and China Chamber of Commerce is the organizer of Chinese Arts and Culture Festival. he Chamber Chairperson Jie Song commented: ‘in the past three years, more than 1,000 Chinese artists performed at our festival in Edinburgh, greatly promoting cultural exchange between the U.K. and China.’
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