Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai

The Zhuhai parallel session of the 1st Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture & Arts Festival takes place on June 24.

Zhuhai was among the seven parallel sessions of the 1st Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture & Arts Festival that provided a feast for both the audience's eyes and ears with songs, dances, Cantonese Opera, and other artistic performances.

The session opened on June 24 with a mixed chorus depicting childhood scenes of people in the Greater Bay Area during the initial stage of reform and opening-up. A guzheng (Chinese zither) performance later expressed the confidence of the Chinese people to forge ahead in the new era.

A mixed chorus performs at the Zhuhai parallel session of the 1st Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture & Arts Festival.

State-level cultural intangible cultural heritages were highlighted in other performances. The music and dance college of Zhuhai College of Jilin University presented On-Water Marriage, while Qiong Xia, winner of the China Theatre Plum Blossom Award, presented the Cantonese opera, Ode to Lychee.

Song of Ocean, a dance celebrating the passion, fearlessness, and innovative spirit demonstrated by locals amid the development of the Greater Bay Area, brought the parallel session to a climax.

The festival was organized by the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, the Department of Culture & Tourism of Guangdong Province, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, and the Macao Special Administrative Region Government. It aimed to promote cultural exchanges and cooperation in the Greater Bay Area.

An electrifying performance at the Zhuhai parallel session of the 1st Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture & Arts Festival. [Photos by Zhu Xi / Zhuhai Daily]