TAIPEI, Taiwan—Wearing gold Tang Dynasty clothing, Wang Chencyuan, a traditional Chinese two-person comedy skit master in Taiwan, was enthralled on Feb. 26 by Divine Performing Arts (DPA) performance at Taipei International Convention Center.
“Expressing Chinese culture in the form of stories was extremely, extremely touching,” he said upon watching the show.
Mr. Wang received the Best Actor award from Golden Tripod Award. He is also the founder and president of Hanlin Folk Arts Troupe, which has been promoting traditional arts in Taiwan for more than two decades. The troupe staged more than 6,000 performances and has been to 76 countries and 280 towns and cities. He said that he had always hoped to bring Chinese traditional arts onto the global stage, just as the DPA New York-based company has done.
“DPA is also reviving the Chinese culture, which is very impressive.”
The program The Poet’s Vision particularly intrigued him. Poet Li Bai, arguably China’s most celebrated poet of Tang Dynasty, has been up the mountains drinking under the moonlight. Soon, he was inspired by a dozen immortal fairies of the moon palace, who descended to reward the poet for his talent.
He said that the setting of the story of Li Bai truly seemed to be in the moon palace.
“Oh! It was my first time seeing it. There were many beautiful girls descending like immortal fairies. I just felt as if I were in fairyland.”
Mr. Wang was touched by the divinely-inspired Chinese culture embedded in the story. He said that he was fortunate to see such a “perfect” show.
Also in the audience was Lin Cimin, president of E-Life Mall, Taiwan’s leading chain of consumer electronics.
He said he didn’t know much about the arts. He said, “I don’t know why, but I really like Chinese [programs]. Upon watching Chinese cultural [shows] I always feel touched.”
DPA derives its artistic style from classical Chinese dance, and incorporates into its works Chinese ethnic and folk dance. Mr. Lin was particularly taken with all the elements of the show. “The music, dance, stage and backdrops made me feel like [I was] in wonderland. I truly appreciate having this opportunity to see such a high-level performance.”
His corporation, E-Life Mall, currently has more than 300 chains in Taiwan. Mr. Lin is also a promotes scripture reading and education for the young.
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