(Clearwisdom.net) "I loved the show and I cried," Gege, a five-year-old girl, told reporters solemnly after watching the first half of the Divine Performing Arts Chinese New Year Splendor.
Five year-old Gege attended the show with her parents
Gege, along with her parents from New Jersey, attended the show in her brand new and pretty outfit. Her mom dressed her up so nicely to see the Splendor.
Gege's mom Nancy, said, "I told my daughter that mom would take a day off of work in order to take her to see the show." It was clear that Gege's mother was pleased with her decision.
After watching the show, Nancy said, "My daughter is enjoying the performance so much, she really loves it." Gege talked about her feelings about the performance.
Facing the reporters, Gege was a little shy at first but she relaxed after a while.
When asked what moved her to tears, Gege said, "It was the dance about Yue Fei's loyalty to his country." When asked why she was moved to tears and what she understood from the performance, Gege said, "Yue Fei's mom let Yue Fei fight bad guys and Yue Fei didn't want to leave his mom, and his mom tattooed four characters 'Jin Zhong Bao Guo'(serve the country with loyalty) on his back."
Gege's mother wants her daughter to be more interested in Chinese culture. She explained a little about each performance to her daughter in between numbers. Gege also asked a lot of questions.
Nancy said that her daughter loved the dances.
The reporter who sat in front of Gege's family during the show overheard Gege say, "I want to study dance, I am to dance when I grow up."
Asked why she should learn to dance, Gege said immediately, "Because I like to dance! I often dance at home and feel like I learned how to dance before."
When Nancy said that she enjoyed the dance, "Nymphs of the Sea," Gege immediately said that she liked it, too. Nancy herself danced in her childhood and saw some performances in mainland China, but she said this show was unique and of the highest caliber.
Gege's father Tony, said, "I was greatly impressed with 'Drummers of the Tang Court.' The essence of the Chinese culture is reflected in the performance."
Tony believes that traditional Chinese culture really needs to be spread to the world because a lot of people do not understand China's real culture. He feels that China today is much too closed off, which hinders the spread of true Chinese culture. [The government] blocks out the original Chinese culture, and the essence of traditional culture and ideology. Tony said he is pleased to see so many people from the West and East alike attend the performance. He said the more people who understand Chinese culture, the better.
"My memories of the past are aroused after watching this show." Tony said, "Chinese traditional things are gorgeous, but it seems [that some people think] they are extremely old-fashioned. But actually, they are really traditional things and something very good."
