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Chinese boys selected for Turandot
The filmmaker Zhang Yimou and choreographer Chen Weiya were the two main creators of the opening ceremony for last year's Olympic games here in Beijing. The dynamic duo have paired up again to design a spectacular version of the opera "Turandot" that will be performed at the Bird's Nest. Last weekend, an audition was held for the role of a Chinese boy in the opening scene. Chinese boys selected for Turandot The four finalists competing for the role ranged in age from three to ten. Some of them were nervous at the audition. But actually, by this point, they had already survived a month-long preliminary selection process that eliminated hundreds of thousands of candidates from around China. At Saturday's final round, the four boys displayed their best stuff, including folk dance, kungfu performance, drum beating, and singing. Finally, Ma Chenyu from Tianjin and Yao Jiahao from Beijing won the role. Over the weeks to come, they will go through special coaching, before appearing in the epic opera. Zhang Yimou, the chief director of the Bird's Nest edition of Turandot, made a global sensation when he brought the Italian operatic masterpiece to the Ancestral Shrine in the Forbidden City about a decade ago. Editor: Guo Changdong Source: CCTV
Guanyu
Guanyu (AD160-219), also named Yunchang, was born in the modern-day village of Changping near the city of Yuncheng, Shanxi province and is referred to as Emperor Guan. The Guan Gong Temple, in the town of Xiezhou is the largest temple of its kind in the world and is on China’s historical protection list. On Nov 17, 2012, it entered the world cultural heritage tentative list, along with some Guangyu architecture. Guanyu is popularly worshiped by the Chinese people, in different sects and is called the god of war by the common folk, with great influence in China and abroad. Statistics show that Taiwan alone has thousands of Guan Gong Temples. Around the world there are more than 300,000 of these temples, from the United States to Japan, Singapore and Thailand. The temple in Xiezhou covers a 73,000-square–meter area. In addition to being a national historical heritage site it is a national AAAA scenic area and one of Shanxi’s top 10 scenic areas. It is China’s largest and earliest Guan Gong Temple and consists of three parts: a Xiezhou Ancestral Shrine, Changping Emperor Guan Ancestral Temple, and Changping Emperor Guan Ancestral Mausoleum. An Emperor Guan Imperial Garden has been restored as a classical garden in the northern China architectural style. The Guan Gong spirit represents ruling class values and he is seen as the epitome of loyalty and righteousness, as well as a patron saint of wealth. But Guan Gong worship is intended to respect moral principles, loyalty, righteousness and courage.
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1 Zhang Yimou, the chief director of the Bird's Nest edition of Turandot, made a global sensation when he brought the Italian operatic masterpiece to the Ancestral Shrine in the Forbidden City about a decade ago.
2 The temple in Xiezhou covers a 73,000-square–meter area. In addition to being a national historical heritage site it is a national AAAA scenic area and one of Shanxi’s top 10 scenic areas. It is China’s largest and earliest Guan Gong Temple and consists of three parts: a Xiezhou Ancestral Shrine, Changping Emperor Guan Ancestral Temple, and Changping Emperor Guan Ancestral Mausoleum. An Emperor Guan Imperial Garden has been restored as a classical garden in the northern China architectural style.