Zhu Zheqin's "Jinling Praise of Craftsmen" opens and sings Nanjing Famous City Festival

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There are hundreds of flowers in Jinling, the most beautiful is the velvet flowers; the six capitals are covered in spirit, and the clouds weave the horizon." Tonight, Zhu Zheqin sang the opening ceremony of the 8th "World Historical and Cultural Cities Expo" with "Praise of the Craftsmen of Jinling". Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Southern Dynasties, also bloomed like gentle and graceful velvet flowers in Zhu Zheqin's chanting.

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2016, at the invitation of the Nanjing City government, Zhu Zheqin took "Seeing the Creation" to Nanjing to visit the intangible cultural heritage of velvet flowers. Zhu Zheqin was very moved by the ingenious work at the fingertips of the intangible cultural heritage inheritor Zhao Shuxian. The theme song "Jinling Craftsmen's Praise" was created based on the local traditional musical form of Nanjing Baiju as the basic element.

"In the Southern Dynasty, the 480 temples were plated with gold foil, and the sun and moon were made by hand, reflecting brilliance with ingenuity." The lyrics are simple and meaningful, and the tunes are melodious. When singing to the chorus, Zhu Zheqin's heavenly voice hangs in the air, calm and indifferent. It is as if you have come from a distant place and sing eloquently to the listener the legend of Jinling craftsmanship.

It is reported that Zhu Zheqin and her "Seeing Creation" will maintain close ties with Nanjing's local intangible cultural heritage, and there will be more cooperation and expectations in the future in terms of design, products, exhibitions, etc.

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2018 Nanjing Historical and Cultural City Expo is co-sponsored by UNESCO, the Propaganda Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, and the People's Government of Nanjing City. With the theme of "Mutual Learning, Sharing and Win-Win", UNESCO representatives, mayors of domestic and foreign cities, and directors of internationally renowned museums More than 300 domestic and foreign guests came to Nanjing to attend the conference.

The event was first held in 2004. In 2016, the "Belt and Road" media cooperation forum was successfully held during the 7th Famous Cities Fair.

Zhu Zheqin

, cross-border musician, founder and artistic director of Seeing

Creation, China's contemporary cross-music, art, and design fashion leader

"World Seeing-A Journey of Searching for Chinese National Handicraft"

"Seeing Creation" Chinese Creation and Design

Journey curated Milan Design Week "Created in China" Theme Exhibition,"Seeing Creation-Milan Triennale Special Exhibition" 2014

From 2009 to 2011, he served as "UNDP China Goodwill Ambassador" at the United Nations Development Program, and in 2014, he served as "WCC World Crafts Ambassador" UNESCO World Crafts Council ". At the same time, he is also the initiator of the "World See" Goodwill Action for the Protection and Development of China's National Culture. As a cross-border musician, she has created a milestone for China music distribution in 56 countries around the world. In 2015, it launched the first intangible cultural heritage contemporary design fashion industry platform fund and established China's first folk art and design forum. For more than 20 years, we have been adhering to music innovation based on China's cultural traditions and committed to reshaping China's contemporary cultural aesthetics. We have made great efforts and have strong action.