Latest Events in Gansu(March Updated)

With the city ablaze with light, we extend our sincerest invitation to you: On December 31, 2025, let us gather at the Dunhuang Night Market to witness the grand opening of the "Millennial Splendor, Prosperous Dunhuang" 2026 Dunhuang Lantern Festival! From New Year's Day 2026 to March 31, 2026, it will be open to the public free of charge every evening at 7 PM. A cultural feast spanning the entire winter awaits your participation. This year's lantern festival, themed "Soaring Apsaras Reaching the Moon," "Magnificent Chapters of the Desert," and "Twelve Dippers of the Moon," features three core exhibition areas meticulously arranged within the Dunhuang Night Market. More than just a replica, it strives for creation—using 22 large-scale themed lantern sets and over 1200 distinctive lanterns, combined with cutting-edge LED light and shadow and dynamic special effects technology, to create an immersive light and shadow paradise that is "rich in culture, technologically advanced, and highly experiential." Painted murals in vibrant colors, a dream of flying apsaras fulfilled: As you stroll through the sea of ​​lights, you may encounter flying apsaras "awakening" from the murals. As light and shadow shift, the classic "Three Rabbits Sharing Ears" and lotus flower patterns seem to grow and bloom in the night. Traditional stillness transforms into a dynamic encounter. This city-wide feast is more than just lanterns: the lantern festival is not only a visual extravaganza but also a multi-sensory cultural and tourism feast. Over three months, numerous exciting activities will be launched, from the New Year's Eve gala and lively folk parade to Dunhuang music and dance flash mobs and intangible cultural heritage demonstrations, ensuring surprises at every turn.

The desert live performance "Dunhuang Festival" takes you to experience Dunhuang in all aspects and deeply understand the Mogao Grottoes. By using the desert sand of Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Lake and the magnificent Han and Tang Dynasty buildings of Dunhuang Villa, the stage scenes such as the wrapped caves and Crescent Lake are recreated. The audience seats can be moved back and forth by 360 degrees, and modern stage cutting-edge technologies such as wall shows, naked eye 3D, and holographic images are newly used. The historical culture and humanistic features of Dunhuang, an important town on the ancient Silk Road, are reproduced, allowing the audience to travel through the tunnel of time and space and appreciate the cultural atmosphere of Dunhuang more than 2,000 years ago. The whole performance is magnificent, the scenes are fantastic and gorgeous, the plot is gripping, and the visuals are beautiful.

Schweissen 2024 is the premier Austrian platform for joining, cutting, coating technology, testing technology, and industrial safety. This innovative event serves as both an exhibition and a business platform, offering networking opportunities and knowledge transfer. With a strong focus on technical advancements, Schweissen 2024 provides a foundation for economic growth and stimulates business opportunities for large industries as well as small and medium-sized enterprises. Taking place at the prestigious Design Center Linz in Linz, Austria, Schweissen 2024 showcases a wide range of cutting-edge products and services. Visitors can explore systems, machines, equipment, and tools related to welding, soldering, coating, automated and manual laser beam welding, thermic cutting, grinding, milling, and more. This event caters to professionals in various industries, including business services and industrial products. Schweissen 2024 will be held from April 23 to April 26, 2024, at the Design Center Linz, located at Europapl. 1, 4020 Linz, Austria. Attendees can expect a serious, official, and calm atmosphere that encourages meaningful interactions and fosters collaborations. Don't miss this opportunity to join industry leaders and stay informed about the latest advancements in joining, cutting, coating technology, testing technology, and industrial safety.

The China Gansu International Tea Industry Expo and Zisha, Ceramics, Tea Sets Exhibition 2024, held in Lanzhou at the Gansu International Conference and Exhibition Center, is the premier professional event in the country. This exhibition offers attendees a unique opportunity to explore a wide range of exhibits, including tea, ceramics, purple clay (Zisha), mahogany, root carving art, tea products, and tea packaging machinery. From July 19 to July 22, 2024, visitors can immerse themselves in the world of tea culture and discover the latest innovations and trends in the industry. Don't miss this chance to delve into the fascinating world of tea and its related products at this prestigious event in Lanzhou.

This event goal is to lead a Chinese high quality style of life and to promote the trend of Chinese cultural creative industries etc This event goal is to lead a Chinese high quality style of life and to promote the trend of Chinese cultural creative industries etc. Information Source: CCPIT-BJ | expotobi

The new year is almost midway, and the short breath that is still suspended in the air - "Aha" will step on the accelerator again, and the sound waves will spread further, listening to the deeper voice of the heart, packing the familiar luggage and the expectation, and embarking on an unknown journey again. In this round of tour, the three will extend the highly infectious audio-visual effects, pick up the young sound, and use actions to break through the various constraints of reality. They are eager to drive the new and old car to more and farther cities that they have never met, witness their own growth on the spot, and shout towards a younger direction.

"See also Dunhuang" via a multi-level interpretation, including the Mogao Grottoes, murals, rock walls and various cultural elements, reappearing the Mogao Grottoes from the opening of the cave to the prosperous, and then to the Taoist priests to show the long-standing mystery Throughout the process, each interpretation space will remake the connection point between the present and history. "See also Dunhuang" guiding the audience to re-interpret the mysterious and graceful art of Dunhuang dance music by the resurrection and restoration of the exquisite and oriental classical sight of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes.

A large number of dance movements and modeling designs of Lanzhou's "Silk Road Flower Rain" are based on Dunhuang murals. The "rebound pipa dance" and "Thousand-hand Guanyin" danced in the dance drama can all be found in the murals, which are the original Dunhuang dance. Outstanding representative.

"Music of Dunhuang" is the world's first cave-style immersive experience drama supported by the Central Propaganda Department, planned by the Propaganda Department of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee, and produced by the Gansu Performing Arts Group. The work traces back to the Dunhuang culture, and uses the in-depth interpretation and sorting of the Mogao Grottoes murals and the ancient books of the Sutra Cave to activate the research and development results of Dunhuang ancient musical instruments and ancient music scores. It uses high-tech means such as holographic projection and 3D wire to interpret the moving story of the young man Bai from the Western Regions in pursuit of art in a fully immersive presentation. The play uses national musical instruments such as the five-string pipa, panpipe, lotus Ruan, and the timbre of Dunhuang imitation musical instruments, and interprets a variety of Dunhuang dances such as the Huxuan dance, waist drum and pipa dance, and the Kalavinka dance. With the repertoire music taken from the Dunhuang ancient music scores and the Western Regions tunes, it restores the music and dance scene in the Dunhuang murals, fully demonstrates the charm of Dunhuang's ancient music culture that has been passed down for thousands of years, and brings the audience a full range of audio-visual feasts. Works created by: The repertoire of "Music of Dunhuang" involves many professional fields such as literature, music, dance, choreography, stage lighting, costume design, etc. The creative team brings together many elite artists in various fields and experts in Dunhuang art and culture research. In order to reproduce the charm of Dunhuang music, dance, poetry and painting, the creative team has conducted in-depth research in Dunhuang many times, and has ingeniously conceived and presented the script conception, music arrangement, dance choreography, multimedia visual design, costume design, stage lighting design, etc., fully showing the magnificent scenery and grand momentum of Dunhuang culture. Theater format: The theater design of "Dunhuang" breaks through the limitations of traditional theater space dimensions. Based on the 735 caves of Mogao Grottoes, a "living" Cave 736 was created. By replicating the characteristic shapes of the Sutra Cave, Buddha niches, lotus platform, and caisson in the cave, combined with the music and dance scenes activated from the murals, an immersive cave theater that can be seen, heard, walked, and interacted is created. The total area of ​​the theater is 18,000 square meters. It is the world's first cave-style immersive experience theater and a perfect combination of modern technology and Dunhuang art. How to watch the show: The "Dancing Dunhuang" theater is a huge stage without boundaries, divided into three major viewing areas, ABC, and each area carries a different viewing experience. Throughout the performance, the audience follows the movement trajectory of the protagonist Bai in the play, walking, standing, or sitting, exploring each space of the theater from shallow to deep, and gradually understanding the plot of the whole play. With the coordination of stage structure, scientific and technological means, and digital technology, you can not only feel a strong visual shock, but also experience a realistic cave crossing, allowing the audience's sensory emotions to fluctuate and change during the performance, and feel the brilliance and prosperity of poetry, dance, music, and painting in Dunhuang art at close range, and enjoy Art experience. Performance Mode: Equipped with various sound, light, electricity and mechanical equipment, the "Music of Dunhuang" theater breaks the boundary between people and stage, allowing the audience to be in the theater, appreciate the actors' performances at a closer distance, experience the changes in light and shadow, and feel the intersection and fusion of performers, music, light and shadow. It truly realizes immersion in music, light and shadow, performance and soul, which is impossible to achieve in traditional theaters. summary of the story: Bai from the Western Regions, with her persistent pursuit of music, followed the Western Regions princess to the Central Plains as a dowry. She was attracted by the splendor and charm of the Central Plains civilization, and constantly integrated the musical elements of the Central Plains and the Western Regions to form a new court music. During the Lantern Festival, Bai encountered a dancing girl, but could not recognize her because of the crowd. Dejected, Bai traveled to the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, and was shocked by the profound art in the murals. He then abandoned all distractions, devoted himself to art, ushered in self-sublimation, and stayed in the Mingsha Mountain in Dunhuang forever. It implies that in life, one needs to experience thousands of experiences and go through many entanglements before one can break the shackles of desire, understand the truth of the world, gain inner awakening, and cultivate the ability and wisdom to transcend everything and turn around freely. Synopsis: Chapter 1: "Origin of Wonderful Music" - Interpretation of Western Region Music In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Bai Shi from the Western Regions was famous at a young age and looked down on all living beings. However, the elusive sound of birdsong made him fall into great anxiety. He decided to follow the Western Regions delegation to the Central Plains to meet the emperor and open up a whole new world for himself. Chapter 2: Music on the Silk Road - Interpretation of the ritual music of the Central Plains When passing through Dunhuang, Bai was shocked by the magnificent and vast musical world and mysterious music scores in the murals. He decided to stay there for a while to study and thus began to dream of integrating the essence of Eastern and Western music. Chapter 3: "Shangyuan Taegae" - the interpretation of folk music in the Central Plains The gorgeous Lantern Festival in Dunhuang brought Bai Shi into a long-lost taste of the human world, and people's desire for a happy life made him feel compassionate. After the prosperity faded away, facing the murals, Bai Shi fell into solitary thought, as if he had merged into it. Chapter 4: "A Magnificent Chapter" - Interpretation of Dunhuang Music In the Dunhuang murals, there are flying fairies more graceful than girls on earth, lanterns and flames more splendid than the Lantern Festival, and the heavenly sounds of the birds that he has been pursuing. When all these came together, Bai finally understood that the selfless dedication to fame and the mixed joys and sorrows of heaven and earth are the vast realm of artistic creation. Facing the bright moon alone and playing a pipa tune, this young man who pursued his dreams finally created a work in Dunhuang that comforted his life and realized his grand dream of integrating Eastern and Western music.

The epic performance "Return to Zhangye" begins with Nuwa mending the sky and the colorful and majestic Danxia Mountain landforms left by the colored stones. It tells the legendary story of Emperor Yang of Sui and Zhangye through four acts: Zhangguo Bieye, the ancient city of Ganzhou, the alliance of the states, and Return to Zhangye. Combined with advanced scientific and technological techniques, it presents shocking visual effects such as sandstorms, blizzards, mirages, landslides, and bustling markets.