Shenzhen Grand Theater Art Festival
Shenzhen Grand Theater is one of the eight famous cultural facilities with almost a hundred million Renminbi invested by Shenzhen City Government in 1984.It is a multifunctional,modern and comprehensive cultural site combining art appreciation, song and dance shows, cultural tour and leisure.
In 1992,Shenzhen Grand Theater held Shenzhen Grand Theater Art Festival all by itself. The grand festival not only improved the international art exchanges, but also widened the vision of the citizens. The most successful festivals are the Third Art Festival with Concert of the Ninth Symphony of Beet haven and the Sixth Festival with the theme of celebrating Hong Kong's return to China. The theater is a historic mark to help to promote Shenzhen City to a modern international metropolis.
Longgang "Town of Dragon Dance"Art Festival
Longgang is famous for dragon and is know as Dragon Town at home and abroad. The Hakkas here take dragon as the mascot and form a custom to play dragon dance, lion dance and Qilin dance on occasions of holidays and festivals.
With a 300-year history and strong local characteristic, dragon dance is one of the main folk customs, thus, Dragon Culture comes into being. There are a lot of gardens,squares, and sculptures with the theme of dragon. With the total investment of RMB 100 million, a dragon theme park is built in Longgang, which is the only one of its kind in China. Dragon dance troupes often play in foreign countries and regions, such as United States, Canada, and Hong Kong. Dragon dance has won reward of dragon dance contest. There are 55 troupes of dragon, lion, and Qilin dances. About 960 people often take part in the dances for about 130 days in a year. There are about 100 times of dragon dance shows each year.
