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Los Angeles: Spectacular Helps Overseas Chinese Rediscover Cultural Roots (Photo)

January 23, 2008 |  

(Clearwisdom.net) On January 19, the Divine Performing Arts entertained the audience at the Nokia Center in Los Angeles with its flagship performance, the Chinese New Year Spectacular. For over two hours, artists captivated the audience with the beautiful culture from the divine land of ancient China. Regardless of their cultural background, members of the audience commented that they were impressed by the profound Chinese culture. Many Chinese people now living overseas said that the show reminded them of their lost memory of ancient Chinese values.

Mr. Guoyang Xu is a Boeing mechanical engineer. After watching the show, he said: "The programs were very good. The colors and the costumes were both great. I like the Water Sleeves the most as it reminded the "A Dreamful Dance of Grace" [a famous classic dance from Tang Dynasty] and it was like reading poems from the Tang Dynasty in my childhood."

"This show is also very important and very valuable as it gives many westerners a taste of authentic Chinese culture."

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Boeing mechanical engineer Guoyang Xu: It like reading Tang poems during my childhood.

Lina Yang is from Mainland China. She said: "The programs are very high quality. It has been a long time for me to get in touch with Chinese culture since I came to the States. It reinforced my love of our Chinese homeland."

Regarding the pieces which depicted the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, Lina said that the scenes faithfully depicted the facts happening in China because "We all know how Falun Gong is being persecuted."

Lina's daughter Julie also enjoyed the show. She said that her favorite piece was the "Lady of the Moon." She was familiar with the legend from her past readings.

Ms Mindy Ma is from Shandong Province and she enjoyed all the pieces of the show. "The show was kind of familiar to me as it made connection to my cultural roots. I am also very proud as there are so many westerners in the theater," said Ma.

Mr. Wu immigrated to the United States from Taiwan 25 years ago and runs an import/export business. He said that his favored piece was the "Drummers of the Tang Court."

"I feel that our Chinese culture is very good with long history. Our culture is very elegant," Ma said.