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About us
History on stage
Tang music and dance not only inherit the songs and dance of the
preceding dynasties but also assimilate the new and exotic cultures
that came along the Silk Road. Xi'an was at the crossroads where
travellers, merchants and indigenous minority tribes converged to
trade within the Tang cultural predominance of this great ancient
civilization. The Tang Dynasty was distinguished as the most progressive
and prosperous era i n
the history of China and its music and dance symbolize the splendour
and the glory of the Chinese civilization.
Traditional Chinese folk dances originate from sacrificial rituals,
where rhythmic movements and prayers combined to appease the gods
and progressed with the development of Chinese culture. It was during
the flourishing Tang Dynasty that these dances became a graceful
art form. Combined with authentic Tang musical instruments - bells,
drums and zithers - the show is a cultural experience that is both
extravagant and entertaining.
Years of painstaking practice allow our modern artists to reproduce
our impression of the splendor and the glory of this great civilization.The
Tang Dynasty Song and Dance Troupe consists of highly gifted and
amazing artists who have received years of rigorous training in
the arts. At each performance there are 104 artists presenting the
show, which has become internationally renowned as the most accurate
rendition of the richness of life in that golden age. Also, within
the troupe are 30 master musicians who play various Chinese and
western instruments, including the hand-plucked stringed Pi Ba,
Rang, Gu Zheng, Erhu, Yangqin, Dizi, Sheng, Pai Xiao, 24 tone Bronze
chime-bells, Suo Na and a group of percussion instruments.
This performance - the Tang Cultural Show - may be in total contrast
to the contemporary musicals of Broadway and Las Vegas, but is nevertheless
hailed by visitors as the "Lido" of the Orient.
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