Jiang Lin

在澳门，感受中法合作舞台剧《海底两万里》的奇幻冒险；赴香港，领略越剧《梁祝》婉转唱腔中的江南韵味；到广州，欣赏音乐剧《雄狮少年》的热血追梦……日前，澳门、香港、广州三城联动，举办第五届粤港澳大湾区中国戏剧文化节，传统与现代碰撞的连台好戏，立体展现中华优秀传统文化的深厚底蕴与现代活力，让粤港澳大湾区“剧”精彩。

Culture is a bridge between the soul and the soul, touching and promoting understanding with its unique charm. Only by grasping the "same" and "different" can we highlight the unique charm of the "3+0+0>0" humanistic Bay Area, further enhance the cultural soft power of the Greater Bay Area, promote people-to-people ties in the Bay Area, and unite efforts for the high-quality construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Consolidate the foundation of "sameness". The Lingnan culture, represented by Cantonese opera, dragon boat, martial arts, lion dance, etc., is the common cultural language of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, carrying a strong and rich common humanistic memory, and is the bridge and link of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. At the 2025-year Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Lantern Festival held at the beginning of this year, a Hong Kong tourist said, "I saw a lot of Cantonese element lanterns and heard the classic Cantonese New Year song, which made me feel very kind." Tightening the common cultural ties between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and better shaping the humanistic spirit of the Greater Bay Area can effectively enhance the sense of cultural belonging and identity, and enhance people-to-people bonds.

Play to the "different" advantage. The 11 cities in the Greater Bay Area, with their unique cultural heritage and endowments, provide rich and diverse cultural resources for enhancing the cultural soft power of the Greater Bay Area. Foshan's martial arts tradition, superimposed on Hong Kong's film art, produced the "Ip Man" series of films; The modern Cantonese opera "Silent Merit", jointly created and rehearsed by literary and artistic workers from Zhuhai and Macao, has been widely acclaimed...... With Lingnan culture as a link, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao complement each other's advantages and carry out extensive exchanges and cooperation in different cultural fields, which is conducive to building a common "spiritual home" for the people of the Bay Area.

Grasp the "integrity" and "innovation". To enhance the cultural soft power of the Greater Bay Area, we should adhere to the principle of upholding integrity rather than the old, respecting the past and not retro, and better promote the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture. In recent years, literary and artistic works inspired by lion dancing have frequently appeared in the circle, such as the animation "Lion Boy" has been selected as "the most popular film for college students in the Greater Bay Area", and the musical "Lion Boy" has received rave reviews, "full of Lingnan style". New technologies, new methods and new ideas have brought new vitality to Lingnan culture. At the Baietan Dawan Art Center, AI talks about the ancients, naked-eye 3D videos, and immersive digital exhibitions allow visitors to enjoy a spiritual feast.

The Greater Bay Area is an important platform for promoting cultural exchanges and mutual learning between China and the rest of the world. Previously, the dance drama "Wing Chun" was unveiled at the Esplanade in Singapore, with a wonderful integration of dance and martial arts, and the "double intangible cultural heritage" of Wing Chun and Xiangyun yarn was unveiled, allowing the audience to have a glimpse of the excellent traditional Chinese culture and cheer for a long time. Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao will give full play to their respective advantages to promote exchanges and cooperation between Chinese culture and other cultures, innovate people-to-people exchanges, enrich the content of cultural exchanges, and improve the level of cultural exchanges, so as to better tell Chinese stories.

The wind rises in the South China Sea, and the tide swells in the Pearl River. Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao will use Lingnan culture as a link to enhance heart-to-heart and affection, and work together to draw a brilliant chapter of the cultural Bay Area in the Greater Bay Area, a hot land full of charm and vitality.

People's Daily (15/0/0 0 Edition)