On August 13th, the Guangzhou Baiyun Loong and Lion Dance Association held an exchange activity with the Cambridge Chinese Community Centre and the Britain-China Business Travel Cultural Exchange Association in Yong Qing Fang, a national intangible cultural heritage ecological demonstration zone of Guangzhou, and decided to set up a Guangzhou Dragon and Lion Cultural Heritage Base in Cambridge Chinese Community Centre. At the exchange site, 17 Chinese British teenagers from Cambridge, England immersed themselves in the charm of the Guangdong lion dance at the Zhaojiashi Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in Yong Qing Fang.

The 15-year-old Shang Ziren was amazed after watching the lion dance performance at the event. "What a festive sound, the drums are really fun to combine with other instruments. At the Cambridge Chinese Community Centre, we will also see lion dance performances during the Chinese New Year, but I think it is more immersive to watch lion dance performances in its birthplace. "

Although growing up in England, 17-year-old Dudu especially loves Chinese traditional culture. "In the UK, we rarely get the opportunity to hear the drums and gongs of the lion dance. For us, today's activity was like 'opening a new door', which further inspired our love for Chinese cultural heritage. "

Huang Jingtang, executive vice president of Guangzhou Baiyun Loong and Lion Dance Association and a municipal representative inheritor of Guangdong Lion Dance, taught the teenagers skills hand in hand with lion heads. They danced the lion's head and couldn't put it down.

The Guangzhou Baiyun Loong and Lion Dance Association has set up a dragon and lion dance cultural heritage base in the Cambridge Chinese Community Centre, and the Centre has set up a cultural exchange base at the Association to jointly promote competitions, performances, exhibitions, seminars and other activities of "Lion and Dragon Dance", and promote exchanges and cooperation between Guangzhou and Cambridge in China's intangible cultural heritage.

"Where there are Chinese, there are lion dances." Sun Wei, chairman of the Cambridge Chinese Community Centre, said that lion and dragon dance has a deep popular base in Britain. The three parties will give full play to their respective resource advantages and work together to promote the inheritance and development of China's intangible cultural heritage lion dance and dragon dance project in the UK.

Zhao Weibin, president of the Guangzhou Baiyun Loong and Lion Dance Association and a provincial representative inheritor of Guangdong Lion Dance, expects that the joint efforts of the three parties will promote the young people of the two places to carry out the study tour of dragon and lion culture and the special training camp of dragon and lion skills, so as to enhance the mutual understanding and friendship among the younger generation.

Source :Lingnan on the Cloud

17名英国华裔青少年在永庆坊沉浸式感受醒狮魅力

8月13日，中国广州龙狮协会与英国剑桥华人社区中心、英中商旅文化交流协会在广州永庆坊国家非物质文化遗产生态示范区举办交流活动，决定将在英国剑桥华人社区中心设立广州龙狮文化传承基地。交流活动现场，17名来自英国剑桥的华裔青少年在永庆坊赵家狮非遗生活馆沉浸式感受广东醒狮魅力。

今年15岁的尚子人观看了活动中的舞狮表演后赞叹不已。“多么喜庆的声音啊，鼓声和其他乐器组合在一起真的很有趣。在剑桥华人社区中心，我们在新年期间也会看到醒狮表演，但我觉得在醒狮的发源地观看醒狮表演更具有沉浸感。”

17岁的都都虽然从小在英国长大，但尤其热爱中国传统文化。“在英国，我们很少有机会听到醒狮的锣鼓声。对我们来说，今天的活动无异于‘打开了一扇新的门’，进一步激发出我们对中国文化遗产的热爱。”

广州市龙狮协会常务副会长、广东醒狮市级代表性传承人黄景棠拿着狮头手把手向他们传授技艺。他们舞动着醒狮头，对此爱不释手。

广州市龙狮协会在剑桥华人社区中心设立龙狮文化传承基地，剑桥华人社区中心在广州市龙狮协会设立文化交流基地，共同推动“醒狮舞龙”活动的比赛、展演、展览、研讨等活动，推动广州与剑桥之间在中国非物质文化遗产方面的交流与合作。

“有华人的地方就有醒狮。”英国剑桥华人社区中心主席孙伟表示，醒狮舞龙活动在英国有着深厚民众基础。三方将发挥各自资源优势，共同携手，为推动中国非物质文化遗产醒狮舞龙项目在英国的传承和发展作出努力。

广州龙狮协会会长、广东醒狮省级代表性传承人赵伟斌则期待，三方合力将推动两地青少年开展龙狮文化研学游、龙狮技艺特训营，增进两地年轻人的相互了解和友好情谊。

文、图 | 记者 周欣怡 朱绍杰 何文涛
译 | 赵凡
英文审校 | 邹晓华