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The Second Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Art Festival kicked off on August 31 and will run until September 30. The festival presents various activities on literature, film and television, music, dance, opera, folk art, acrobatics, fine arts, calligraphy and the like in eleven cities of the Greater Bay Area (GBA).
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The festival kicked off with a symphonic poem performed by artists from Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao. The symphonic poem is inspired by "Thousands Miles of Mountains and Rivers", Wang Ximeng's famous landscape painting from the Song Dynasty, featuring the collaboration of soprano and Chinese traditional instruments like pipa, erhu, and bamboo flute.
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In addition, during this year's festival, more than 150 activities will be held in the GBA. Audiences will be able to enjoy a stage performance tour, a music season, an acrobatics week, painting exhibitions, an arts and crafts fair, a literature week and more, while the eleven cities in the GBA will present distinctive cultural and artistic events as well to showcase the new vitality of the area.
Author | Holly, Kate (intern)
Editor | Wing, Steven, Monica, Jerry
