The “Experience China-Jiangsu Culture Week” was concluded Sunday in Thailand with the performance of the Dance Drama Nanguo Hongdou at the Aksra Theater in Bangkok.
A 72-member delegation headed by Yang Liqun, Deputy-Director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, was in Cambodia and Thailand from Feb. 18 to Feb. 24 for the Culture Week to boost bilateral ties with a series of cultural activities, including exhibitions, seminars and theatrical performances.
Dance Drama Nanguo Hongdou (南国红豆) is absolutely one of the highlights of the Culture Week. The drama, which has been performed for 4 times in Cambodia’s Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville, Siem Reap and Thailand’s Bangkok during the Culture Week.
The drama was based on a true transnational love story that happened in Cambodia’s Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ), an economic and trade cooperation zone constructed by Chinese and Cambodian enterprises.
After more than a decade of development, the SSEZ has now built a 5-square kilometers industrial park, which has provided tens of thousands of work opportunities for local people. The 28-year-old Cambodian girl sitting under the stage knows it very well. In the past, her family lived entirely on farming, earning only about $1,000 a year. Later, she and her parents came to the SSEZ to work. The family now earns over $7,000 per year.
The intangible cultural heritages from Wuxi stole the limelight at the Culture Week. This time, the delegation brought the best and most exquisite heritages from Wuxi to Cambodia, including Huishan clay figurines, bamboo carvings, paper horses, embroidery, calligraphy, and paper-cuts.
Other activities were also held during the Culture Week, including a book exchange ceremony, the award-giving ceremony of the second International Youth Painting Competition, and the China-Cambodia media dialogue.
