The launching ceremony of the 2024 "Cultural China Water Cube Cup" Chinese Song Contest was held at Beijing Radio and Television Station on the evening of February 4.
More than 40 guests, including the relevant persons in charge of the organizing committee and the executive committee of the competition, representatives of the organization of the competition area, and the heads of the first cooperation units, gathered together to witness the launch of the competition with more than 300 representatives of the organizers from 33 countries and 59 competition regions around the world online.
The launching ceremony of the 2024 "Cultural China Water Cube Cup" Chinese Song Contest was held in Beijing on the evening of February 4. (Photo courtesy of the organizer).
The format of the competition is new.
2024 is the Year of the Dragon, and the launching ceremony coincides with the beginning of the Spring Festival. The launching ceremony released the theme of this year's competition - "Dragons Soar All Over the World, Sing Five Continents", implying that this year's competition will be more youthful and energetic, more modern, and better show the style of "descendants of the dragon".
Poster on the theme of the competition. (Photo courtesy of the organizer).
At the launching ceremony, the organizing committee of the competition announced the schedule and competition system of this competition. In terms of division of competition areas, there are three major competition areas: overseas competition area, Hong Kong and Macao competition area, and Beijing competition area.
Among them, there are several sub-divisions under the overseas competition area, with two groups: youth group and youth group; The Hong Kong and Macao competition area consists of two sub-divisions: Hong Kong, China and Macao, China, and only the junior group; There is only a youth group in the Beijing Division. In terms of schedule, it is divided into three stages: selection, promotion and finals.
Compared with previous editions, this year's selection competition started two months earlier, reserving more preparation time for the organizers and contestants. In terms of scoring mechanism, the competition will introduce the "cloud like" link of the judges in the competition area, and the number of likes will be included in the final score of the contestants.
In terms of awards, there will be 5 gold awards, 10 silver awards, and 15 bronze awards in the youth group and youth group in the overseas division. The Hong Kong and Macao competition area and the Beijing competition area will each have 1 gold award, 2 silver awards and 3 bronze awards.
At the same time, the competition will select three individual awards: "The Most Dazzling National Style Award", "The Best Talent Award" and "The Most Popular Award" for all contestants, aiming to encourage the contestants to better display their talents and skills with Chinese cultural elements.
The focus is on young people.
After 13 years of continuous development, the "Cultural China Water Cube Cup" Chinese Song Contest has become a cultural event widely participated by overseas Chinese at home and abroad, Hong Kong and Macao compatriots, with a total of more than 1,500 overseas Chinese associations, Chinese ** and Chinese schools supporting and participating in the competition in different ways, attracting more than 4 in total50,000 players participated.
Data map: On the evening of August 8, 2023, the "Cultural China Water Cube Cup" Chinese Song Contest Awards Gala was held in the "Water Cube" of the National Aquatics Center.
This year's competition will invite the overseas competition junior group qualifiers and Hong Kong and Macao competition winners to Beijing to participate in the "Water Cube Cup" ** summer camp; The winners of the youth group of the overseas competition will be invited to Beijing to participate in the "Water Cube Cup" International Youth Research Camp; 10 "Water Cube Cup Annual Cultural Messengers" will also be selected from the previous winners to participate in the overseas promotion, evening performances and theme activities of the competition.
Huang Keying, director of the executive committee of the competition and vice president of the Beijing Overseas Friendship Association, pointed out in his speech that this competition will encourage more openness and cooperation, focus more on youth groups, pay more attention to the combination of culture and culture, and build a platform for friends to meet friends through singing, so that participants can gain growth and happiness through singing competitions and series of activities, while gaining an in-depth understanding of Chinese culture.
Qiu Mingchun, representative of Christchurch, New Zealand and honorary chairman of the New Zealand New Chinese Exchange Association, said in an interview with Xiaoqiao after the launching ceremony: "Over the years, we have witnessed many Chinese teenagers like Chinese songs through participating in the 'Water Cube Cup' competition, and have also increased their enthusiasm for learning Chinese and Chinese culture. We will do a good job in this event and continue to build a bridge of friendship that crosses borders and connects China and foreign countries. ”
Qin Yuwei, the representative of the Dallas competition in the United States, said: "The competition allowed players from different countries to overcome cultural differences and language barriers in their singing, and also felt the breadth and profundity of Chinese culture in their singing. The Dallas players are gearing up to be the best at the tournament. ”
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