The large-scale contemporary dance drama "Dragon Boat" made its debut on the stage of Beijing National Theatre for three consecutive performances, and completed this round of performances on September 3rd. It is reported that this dance drama is a realistic theme play that interprets dragon boat culture, with the cultural integration of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao Greater Bay Area as the background of the times. It tells the story of contemporary young people who have bravely fought against the waves, fought forward, and won glory for the country, showcasing the spirit of the times for contemporary Chinese youth to work together in times of adversity. The drama was produced by the Propaganda Department of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism, and Sports, as well as the Propaganda Department of the Shunde District Committee of the Communist Party of China (District Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism, and Sports). It was jointly produced by the Guangzhou Cultural Development Group and performed by the Guangzhou Song and Dance Theater. Dragon boat culture has a deep mass foundation in Guangdong, and Shunde is also known as the "Hometown of Dragon Boats in China". As early as the Ming and Qing dynasties, there was a tradition of dragon boat racing during the Qingming and Dragon Boat Festival. As early as 1983, the Shunde county-level farmers' dragon boat team won two championships in the international dragon boat race for the first time, making a remarkable achievement. Afterwards, the Shunde men's and women's dragon boat teams represented the country and Guangdong Province multiple times to participate in world and national competitions, and won championship competitions multiple times. Among them, the prototype Chinese national dragon boat team Shunde Lecong dragon boat team also came to the scene to meet with the Beijing audience. When eight dragon boat athletes Deng Zhifang, Feng Jiadong, Zheng Jingda, Zhang Yongguang, Luo Kai, Chen Guangqin, Guo Biao, and Ye Sitong stepped onto the stage, the audience applauded warmly. Since its establishment in 2011, this team has won 404 championships in various world-class and national competitions. In order to accurately grasp the essence of Chinese dragon boat culture, the main creative team has visited Shunde and other places dozens of times over the past three years, visiting and visiting local dragon boat museums, dragon boat associations, dragon boat training bases, and inheritors of dragon boat rap intangible cultural heritage. Actors such as Yi Lifan, Li Ao, Pang Guanyu, and the main creative team have deeply experienced the training life of dragon boat athletes at the Lecong Dragon Boat Training Base in Shunde. They have exchanged experiences with athletes and experienced and demonstrated the movements of dragon boat rowing. The athletes' spirit of fighting bravely and winning glory for the country deeply moved them. The actors never grasped the oars until they fell, and the dragon boat drove forward in unison. The main creative team also found a way to inherit and develop the dragon boat spirit in a fuller and more vivid style, and ultimately presented it perfectly on stage in the form of dance, shining with the charm of the times. It is reported that the drama will also be staged at the Shunde Performing Arts Center from November 25th to 26th. (New News Agency)