Elephants are a symbol of good luck and fortune in Chinese New Year celebrations.
It was appropriate that the Elephants of Peace song - concerning environmental awareness - featured in this year’s celebrations watched by hundreds of millions of viewers world-wide.
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It was appropriate that the Elephants of Peace song - concerning environmental awareness - featured in this year’s celebrations watched by hundreds of millions of viewers world-wide.
#ChineseNewYear #YearoftheSnake #SpringFestival2025
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00:00So
00:26this dance is a tribute to the harmony between humans and nature, a concept that China is
00:34increasingly striving towards.
00:37Indeed, I see, once again, the synchronization of technology, right, with this very human
00:48story, great plot, and all actually contributes to the great storytelling, the great narrative
00:57that China actually emerged, and like the rest of the country, the great civilizations
01:02in other parts of the planet Earth.
01:05You can see the people, the history of humans evolving, there's a lot of similarities, a
01:12lot of similarities in terms of the costumes, multimedia, the background design, the choreography.
01:20And I must mention, Professor Tung, this is really the dancers gracefully coming together
01:25in the shape of an elephant, which symbolizes the wildlife, actually, of China's Yunnan
01:31province.
01:32There is a tropical rainforest in Yunnan province, which is in the southwest of the country,
01:39and the dancers now, of course, in sort of hunter-gatherer costume, a tribute, again,
01:45to the harmony between nature and man, and how man should respect nature in its development.
01:52Absolutely, you're right, and in terms of a dramatic production like this, where drama
01:59production like this would be danced, in fact, help to promote the idea of biodiversity.
02:06Yeah, as you can see, it's set against this vibrant backdrop of lush greenery.
02:14The theme here, of course, is ecological harmony, and it's inspired by the philosophy that lucid
02:21waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, that development and growth cannot and should
02:28not come at the expense of ecology and the environment, and that respecting the environment
02:34and the ecology in development actually leads to better, higher-quality development.
02:42Like you mentioned, that dance, this dance we're witnessing right now, celebrating the
02:46beauty of biodiversity.
02:47You know, the beauty of human body, right, as well as this kind of collective struggle
02:54for a harmonious world in which the people live and live together with its nature and
03:01other sea animals, perhaps, in this very harmonious environment.
03:08Yes.
03:09There's lots of animation of the animal movement, right?
03:14Yeah, and Professor Tong, I would say the Spring Festival Gala, always a great time
03:21to let the Chinese audience know, and a global audience know, the valleys being espoused
03:29inside the Spring Festival Gala, this one, of course, about environmental awareness.