OSAKA—Some people took a long distance bus ride to watch the Divine Performing Arts show on opening night in Osaka, Japan, February 19, and Monk Mitu Hamamatu Hiroshima is one of them.
After the show, Hamamatu told the reporter happily that, he loves "Water Sleeves" and "Drummers of the Tang Court" the most.
He said, "I feel the entire structure of this show is very good, the backdrop is beautiful, and the choreography is splendid. The performers of 'Drummers of the Tang Court" appeared to be in one mind, their movements are very much in tune with each other.
"I hope this performance will be widely shown."
A Japanese Buddhist Ms. Hironaka Nakako said joyfully to the Epoch Times reporter during the intermission, "the 'Descend of the Celestial Kings' made me understand the source of Japanese culture, from the gracefully flying costumes and the expression of the fairies, I see where the Japanese ancestors obtained the cultural origin. When I saw the Buddha's curly blue hair in the 'Descend of the Celestial Kings,' I felt very close to it because I am a Buddhist."
"The Cultural Revolution tormented the Chinese culture," Ms. Nakako said, " I didn't expect that the Divine Performing Arts today [would make] me realize the Chinese traditional culture is still here. My mind is at ease now, I was so worried that China had lost its traditional culture, if so, what to do then?"
"Chinese and Japanese culture come from the same origin, they should cherish each other."
For information about upcoming Divine Performing Arts shows, please visit: www.DivinePerformingArts.org.
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