Zhang Gasong’s 2024 ‘Nai Xiao Cong Xin’ Winter Tour in Beijing

Last year, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, relatives gathered at home to drink. Several uncles on my father’s side got happily drunk and started playing in the yard. Usually unsmiling, they passionately sang the tunes of Shehuo and demonstrated the movements of lion dance. At that moment, I suddenly remembered that when I was a child, they were having fun like this. I had completely forgotten! [Nai Xiao]

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This year during spring plowing, I sat in the fields of my rural hometown and sang while recording videos. I sang over and over again. Suddenly, the lyrics and melody I was singing became so light. At that moment, I felt that I was not important. To describe it, it was as if my five senses were empty and I didn’t exist. Everything around was so clear and bright. The breeze blew gently. In the distance, an old man was leading a donkey. The sound of the donkey’s hooves was clip-clopping. An aunt on an electric bike passed by on the side road and looked at me. Behind me, an old man was urging the donkey while plowing. Magpies flew across the sky and chirped… In the perceived space, all sentient beings are so closely connected!

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Opening time: Friday, November 22, 20:00 – 22:00. The performance starts at 20:00. The specific performance duration is subject to the actual situation on site.

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