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Hello and welcome back to Dòng Chảy Thời sự channel Dear viewers in today's turbulent and noisy world When geopolitical conflicts debates about morality and the daily erosion of ethical values are taking place There is a very strong underground current a strange cultural phenomenon that has quietly spread over the past 20 years It is not a military campaign nor an economic agreement but an art program A program that whenever mentioned People can see the sharp contrast between two worlds One side is the pure beauty of a five-thousand-year-old traditional culture On one side is the cultural disintegration under a totalitarian regime We are talking about Shen Yun Divine Performance At a time when all stage lights on the Chinese mainland were strictly censored But Beijing's soft power which costs billions of dollars still cannot win the hearts of humanity Then Shen Yun an art group established by exiles those persecuted and scattered It created a global cultural earthquake From New York to Paris from Tokyo to Sydney Millions of viewers from all ethnic groups and languages were moved to tears by these performances What created that power Why can an art program transcend all language barriers to reach the deepest part of the human soul And more importantly what does the success of the God of Fate say about the systemic failure of the Chinese Communist Party What does it mean to define culture Today based on a very deep and moving dialogue Between the Western commentator and Professor Zhang Tianliang a renowned scholar of culture and history We will together unravel the layers of meaning behind the velvet curtain of the Divine Fate We will not only talk about dance about music but also about philosophy about faith and about the battle between light and darkness in the soul of a nation PART 1 FROM THE GREAT FLOOD TO GLOBAL CULTURAL EVENTS Dear viewers first of all we need to take a look back at history In 2006 in New York a group of Chinese artists among whom were many Falun Gong practitioners They had to leave their homeland because of the brutal persecution They gathered together They had no government support There are no wealthy conglomerates backing them Their only possession is a burning desire Restore the divine culture that was destroyed by the Chinese Communist Party Twenty years later from a small art group Shen Yun has grown into eight touring companies performing simultaneously across the five continents showcasing at the world's most prestigious theaters Mr Phuong Vi a talented IT engineer at Shu Lu Silicon also used to be a Chinese student who has been living in the United States for a long time He called this the flourishing culture of overseas Chinese a unique phenomenon He raised a very good question Why with its vast national resources and thousands of cultural performance groups has mainland China not been able to create a second idol Why despite being invested with hundreds of millions of dollars their programs cannot survive on the international stage for more than a few nights While Senguin has been continuously selling out tickets for two decades Professor Truong Thien Luong who is teaching at Phi Thien University The place that trains Senguin's artists has provided a fundamental explanation He said it's a difference in artistic language and cultural roots The first strength of Senguin lies in their use of borderless languages classical Chinese dance and symphonic music You know spoken language can be a barrier A person from the United States may not understand Chinese and a person from France may not understand German But the language of the body of melody is one that all humanity shares in a common frequency When a dancer leaps into the air or when a sorrowful melody echoes through the room The hearts of the audience whether white yellow or black all beat as one But that alone is not enough Western dance is also a body language Opera is also music What makes Sandrine's classical Chinese dance different What made the entire Western world so astonished Part 2 Decoding dance the dialogue between circle and straight line Dear viewers to understand this uniqueness we must delve into the technique and philosophy A fascinating comparison between the East and the West that Professor Truong Thien Luong analyzed very insightfully Look at ballet the pride of Western art Ballet is the art of absolute precision It is like Western linear thinking Movements cut open stretch pull direct straight lift stand Everything must be straight precise and extended The expression on a ballet dancer's face often maintains a standard smile a sense of uniformity It is beautiful but the beauty of strict and harsh discipline On the other hand classical Chinese dance embodies the spirit of Eastern philosophy especially Taoism It is the movement of the circle of the cycle Professor Truong Thien Luong pointed out specific technical elements known as "thân vận" and "thân pháp " It is the combination of rising and falling with the breath singing whispering moving forward and leaning back Pull the shoulder blades together and push the chest out move the ribs sideways and lift them up These technical terms may sound dry But when combined they create an extremely subtle and rich emotional expression It allows the dancer not only to perform movements but also to tell a story through their own body If Western ballet struggles to tell complex stories or subtle psychological developments Classical Chinese dance does this in an extremely outstanding way In just a short dance performance of about seven minutes The Sen Duyen artists can reenact an entire epic from the Mongol trade of moonstones The loyalty of the imperial concubine to the country and the stories of the four great beauties Moreover the technique of classical Chinese dance includes extremely difficult aerial acrobatic movements It is called a death trap a technique using the death trap mat and the death trap bait weapon technique and props There is a fascinating historical fact that few people know about In the 1980s when China began participating in world gymnastics competitions The West was amazed by the acrobatic moves of the Chinese athlete They did not know that those techniques were actually borrowed from classical Chinese dance While ballet primarily revolves around the horizontal plane the dancer Chinese dance has the formation of a line a circle an eight-character circle and a figure-eight circle This three-dimensional space's diversity makes its expressive power endless That is why when Western audiences watch Shen Yun They not only find it visually appealing but also feel as if they are reading a vid historical book Where every gesture and glance carries a profound cultural message The third part the philosophy of space and the flowing of the mind Good evening the beauty of Shen Yun is not only in the dance technique but also in a deeper philosophy about space and time As mentioned Western culture often views time as a straight linear arrow The year 2024 has passed and will never return followed by the year 2025 Therefore their art also reflects directness fullness and logic A Western oil painting must be fully covered with color leaving no blank spaces A Western philosophical argument must be rigorous A leads to B and B leads to C But Eastern culture influenced by Taoism and Buddhism sees the world as a circle Time is a cycle the sixtieth the flower of the year returning once every 60 years The universe operates according to laws forming enduring decaying perishing and then rebirths itself The polar image is the clearest evidence of that cyclical integration That is why the beauty of the East is the beauty of subtlety and restraint Professor Trung Thien Luong recounted the classic story between Confucius and Zigan about Yan Hui Zigong said I hear one and understand two but Yan Hui hears one and understands ten Eastern wisdom does not need to be fully expressed it points out one point and leaves room for the listener to realize the other nine In painting like ink wash painting leaving blank spaces allows viewers to imagine the clouds and water In dance movements are not just techniques but expressions of inner feelings The inner energy is the essence In the structure of the program they do not explain the principles through dry words but use art to inspire When watching "Sen Duyen " the audience is not overwhelmed with information Instead they are invited to participate in a co-creative process The gap that art creates is the place where the audience's sensitivity and insight are awakened That's why many people feel deeply moved after watching it as if they've rediscovered a long-forgotten memory even though they've never set foot in China They are realizing the universal values of truth goodness and patience without the need for verbal expression The fourth part traditional technology serving the visual breakthrough Respected audience in addition to the depth of the teaching we cannot overlook the high level of technology and artistry that Xem Duyen has applied This is a perfect combination of classic and modern Mr Fang Wei emphasized the cinematic and theatrical experience that the chance encounter brought This is the patented 3D background technology Traditional stages are often limited by physical space Beauty no matter how exquisite is still static But with the technology of viewing fate the stage is expanded infinitely Characters can fall from the sky crawl into the screen and then appear as flesh-and-blood on the stage This seamless transition between virtual and real space has broken the fourth wall allowing the audience to travel through time and space From the grand halls of the Ming Dynasty to the brutal battlefields of the Song Dynasty From the misty landscapes of Jiangnan to the solemn temples quietly nestled on mountain peaks everything comes to life as if real And another factor that has earned the admiration of experts is the costume Each performance by Senyuin uses thousands of costumes And remember they have eight tour groups meaning the number of costumes must be multiplied by eight All I repeat are handmade Professor Trung Thien Luong shared a very valuable detail about the artistic director of Senyuin He has an astonishingly deep knowledge of costume history With just a pencil and a blank sheet of paper sir you can immediately sketch the attire of any dynasty for any social class The emperor's hat from the Tang dynasty had two soft drooping wings The emperor's hat from the Song dynasty had two long stiff wings The hats of the Ming and Qing dynasties were completely different Even the clothing of an innkeeper during the Song dynasty was different from that of the Tang dynasty This meticulous attention to detail is not just an aesthetic issue but a complete respect for history It accurately portrays the true appearance of each dynasty something that even today's Chinese blockbuster films often get wrong or mix up This massive investment from technology to handcrafted uniforms is sheer madness from a purely business perspective No one does that because the cost is too high According to the rules of Broadway a play is produced and performed repeatedly for many years to recoup the investment But Shen Yun is different every year they present a completely new performance New music new choreography new costumes new backdrops Part 5 The Mission of the Survivor the Art of Weaponizing Truth Dear viewers we cannot separate Shen Yun from the context of their emergence It is the brutal persecution that the Chinese Communist Party launched against Falun Gong since 1999 Professor Truong Thien Luong reiterated a painful but heroic reality When the Chinese Communist Party mobilized the entire national apparatus from diplomacy military police to the education and media systems to defame and eradicate Falun Gong But those who practice cultivation have no iron fists no guns or bullets no political power Their only weapon is the truth Initially they distributed flyers published newspapers and launched television stations such as the New Tang Dynasty and the Epoch Times But these forms require the recipient to read think and analyze In a busy world filled with misleading information this has faced many obstacles And at this moment art appears as a shortcut straight into the heart Robert McKee a master of screenwriting in Hollywood Each presented a theory on the four pillars of society religion philosophy science and art Religions often have an exclusionary nature making it difficult for followers of one religion to accept another Philosophy is too abstract and dry science is too complex and requires high intelligence Only art has no boundaries A Christian can still be moved by a Buddhist statue An atheist can still cry before a hymn Art is not about having a high IQ or sharing the same ideology It only requires a heart that can feel Sandrine has chosen this path They visualize the truth Instead of arguing with words they reveal the beauty of truth sincerity and patience and the cruelty of the persecution right on stage through the language of beauty When the audience saw a story about a steadfast cultivator facing the corrupt police But it is expressed through exquisite dance and tragic music they naturally realize what is original and what is derivative No explanation is needed The truth reveals itself This is the strongest but most peaceful counterattack Section 6 The breakdown of civilization and the essence of media The question is why the Chinese Communist Party also tried to do the same thing but failed Why are their vocational programs all about red-clad female soldiers Are there even concerts with a propagandistic scent even if the performance technique can be very high The answer lies in the relationship between art and faith Professor Truong Thien Luong has proposed a core principle of points All great art originates from faith The grand architecture of the West was born from a heart full of reverence for God Buddhist mourning at Long Mon or Yun Gang caves originated from deep reverence for the Buddha Renaissance painting with Dürer and Michelangelo centered around biblical themes What is culture Culture is a way of life the manner of behavior passed down by the divine to humanity In the beliefs of the ancients when a person was born they knew nothing at all The gods taught them how to build houses how to weave cloud-like clothes how to heal and how to perform rituals This is called divine culture They succeeded because they reconnected with that original source They believe in the gods and Buddha they believe in the law of cause and effect they believe in the cycle of the universe Therefore their art has soul On the other hand the Chinese Communist Party is atheist The nature of the communist ideology is struggle violence and the rejection of the divine The art of the Chinese Communist Party does not serve gods nor does it serve people it serves the Party It was created to praise the so-called greatness glory and correctness of the Communist Party Therefore there is a complete break between the Chinese Communist Party and traditional Chinese culture The Chinese Communist Party did not inherit Chinese culture but rather destroyed it through the Great Cultural Revolution What they are doing now is using the name of Confucius and the name of traditional culture to establish Confucius Institutes or cultural art groups It is actually just a new wine bottle a body without a soul They use the cultural shell to conceal their political schemes Western audiences may not have a deep understanding of Chinese politics but their artistic intuition is very keen They sense the insincerity rigidity and hostility in the Communist Party of China's programs On the contrary they clearly sense the purity beauty and harmonious compassionate energy in the lotus That is something that cannot be faked PART 7 THE WAVE OF RECOVERY AND THE AWAKENING Dear viewers human history has witnessed moments when art changed the world In 1500 the Renaissance in Italy ended the long medieval night and opened the modern era The works of Michelangelo and Raphael are not just paintings they are awakenings to humanism to the relationship between man and God Today we live in a chaotic era a time of religious decline or a comprehensive moral decay The rise and growth of Shen Yun over the past 20 years can be seen as a new cultural renaissance It is not only the revival of Chinese culture but the revival of universal values of all humanity reverence for the divine family morality filial piety loyalty integrity chastity and courage Every year Shen Yun presents a completely new performance Why Professor Truong Thien Luong compared Shen Yun to a huge historical scroll Every year they turn a new page This year you learned the character for "loyalty" through the story of Yue Fei Next year you will learn the character for "bravery" through the story of Zhao Zilang Next year you will learn about sacrifice and perseverance through the story of Zhaojun's journey to the frontier Chinese culture is vast and rich and one performance cannot possibly convey it all Therefore audiences return year after year not only for entertainment but to immerse themselves in that cultural river and learn another lesson in being a person There is a very touching story that Mr Fang Wei shared A Western child after watching "The Orphan's Journey " told his mother "I now know I should respect my parents " That child may not have understood the Chinese word for filial piety but through the story on stage the seed of kindness was sown in its heart That is the broken window effect applied in a positive direction If evil entices a person to do evil then pure beauty will prevent a person from doing evil When standing before a sacred work of art a person naturally feels ashamed if they have dark thoughts It is the purification of the soul the most powerful silent education Dear viewers looking back at the 20-year journey of Sen Duyen or Shen Yun from zero to a dominant position on the world's artistic stage We see a truth: violence can suppress the body but cannot kill the spirit Then lies may temporarily conceal but truth and beauty will always find a way to shine The success of Sen Duyen is a strong blow to the Chinese Communist Party regime But at the same time it is also a lifeline for the dying civilization that is playing with It reminds us of our origins of our sacred connection to the divine and of the beauty of conscience If you've never seen "Sen Duyen " this might be the perfect time to experience for yourself what many call a life-changing event If you have seen it please cherish it as a fortunate coincidence of the era just as the lucky Italians who lived at the same time as the Da Vinci family And here our program would like to take a break What are your thoughts on the power of art in changing society Does traditional 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