KEELUNG, Taiwan—After attending Shen Yun Performing Arts’ premiere on its second visit to Keelung at the Keelung Municipal Cultural Center on March 20, 2013, Mayor Chang Tong-rong spoke highly of Shen Yun’s artistic feast, showcasing the touching stories from ancient to modern times.
“Keelung City has long attached much importance to traditional culture, and has a world-class performing hall. I am exhilarated to see Shen Yun performances in Keelung. The entire performance was very wonderful, regardless of whether the programs were of ancient or modern stories, solos, or group dances,” he explained.
Mayor Chang emphasized that there were three aspects that impressed him the most. “First, various artistic elements were perfectly interpreted by Shen Yun artists. Second, the sound effects were excellent. And thirdly, the fact that all the seats were fully occupied demonstrates that Shen Yun has become a ’super' world-class performing arts company. As it is such a wonderful performance, I think people in Keelung should further introduce it to others.”
He continued: “It is especially rare to see so many artists performing together [at the same time], and each program has different characteristics. It was the first time for me to see such amazingly vivid and lifelike backdrops in Keelung. In particular, the scenes of the floating sand river in the program Sand Monk Is Blessed were indeed marvelous. They were really great.”
In fact, when Shen Yun Performing Arts was performing in Canada’s Hamilton City in 2010, its mayor also attended the show for the second time, and highly praised Shen Yun’s spectacular performance. He said that Shen Yun was the pioneer of reviving authentic Chinese artistic culture, and that it had a lot for us to learn from about the authentic Chinese culture.
Amazed by the values of the divinely inspired traditional Chinese culture connoted in Shen Yun performances, Mayor Chang Tong-rong said: “The [spirit] of the Buddha Fa [Law] or the belief performed by Shen Yun can help the audience gain more insight into life, as well as the philosophies about righteous acts. We can learn more about the overall picture of the world as well.”
He concluded by saying that the residents in Keelung should take this golden opportunity to see the Shen Yun performance. He stated: “I hope that all of our residents would not forget to attend the Shen Yun performance. Frankly speaking, I hope it [Shen Yun] can perform more in Taiwan, so that more people in the 22 counties or cities are able to see such a magnificent performance.”
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Reporting by Li Yun and Bill Xu
New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts has three touring companies that perform simultaneously around the world. For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org
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