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CHONGQING, Oct. 23, 2023 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--

On the evening of October 19, the 2023 Concert of World Great Rivers opened in

southwest China's Chongqing Wanzhou, a city along the Yangtze River, the third

largest river in the world.

This year's concert was divided into three chapters to focus on themes of

rivers, harmony and cooperation respectively, according to the Publicity

Department of Wanzhou District. In the name of the world's great rivers, people

sing in the beautiful Three Gorges Reservoir area on the banks of the Yangtze

River, interpreting the vigor of the world's great rivers with songs and

presenting a symphony of mutual learning among civilizations.

With the completion of a new round of 175 meters of water storage in the Three

Gorges Reservoir Area, Wanzhou, with a scenic landscape featuring mountains and

rivers, is glamorous in this late autumn season.

Different rivers have given birth to different nations and civilizations, and

people share similar feelings for rivers that flow like the nature's blood.

In the first chapter with the theme of rivers, works including "Love for the

Yangtze River" and "Here comes the Caravan" were performed to let the audience

enjoy the moving songs of singers from all over the world to eulogize the river.

Harmony is the most beautiful song calling for interdependence, and peace is

the most moving song about the shared destiny of mankind. In the second chapter

themed with harmony, Chinese and foreign artists presented performances like

the "Nature Symphony", "A Yi Mo" and "Reed Flowers" as well as a poetic dance

in the style of the Han Dynasty.

In the third chapter with the theme of cooperation, the concert's theme song

"The Sound of the River" was released, proposing the harmonious coexistence

between man and nature and the inclusiveness and mutual learning among world

civilizations with songs.

As a signature project of Chongqing's cultural and tourism integration, the

Concert of World Great Rivers leverages the power of culture to build a win-win

bond of cultural and artistic cooperation between countries around the world,

promote the exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign arts, and

introduce the beautiful city of Wanzhou as well as unique cultural customs of

the Three Gorges to the world.

Since 2018, the Concert of World Great Rivers has been held for five times in

Wanzhou, and has been listed as one of the country's popular online mass

cultural brand activities. It has become a high-quality cultural tourism brand

and a big stage for artists from all over the world to jointly perform the

songs singing world famous rivers and the Yangtze River Three Gorges culture.

With the wonderful performances, the sounds of the rivers once again spread

from the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, crossing time and space to generate

echoes at the world's other great rivers.

Source: The Publicity Department of Wanzhou District

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