Can you still hear the sound of Bayan Qin in Liuxing Street? Has Aliksandra's bakery released Leba yet... "In 2024, the song" Apple Fragrance "from Xinjiang became popular both online and offline. Strolling along Liuxing Street in Yining City, accompanied by the melodious melody of 'Apple Fragrance', you may encounter a 'concert' or 'dance festival' anytime and anywhere. Xinjiang is a multi-ethnic region. When you come to Xinjiang, you will definitely be attracted by the innate "musical cells" and "dance genes" of the Uyghur people's Twelve Muqam, the Kazakh people's Black Zouma, the Kyrgyz people's Manas, and the Mongolian people's long tune folk songs. The morning light is faintly visible, and the cultural performance in the ancient city of Kashgar has begun. The actors danced joyfully, warmly welcoming guests from all over the world. In the afternoon, another street art show began. When the lights are on, a large-scale live performance is being staged. Nowadays, tourists from all over the world want to see this beautiful and lively place on TV Uncle Abdullah in the ancient city of Kashgar smiled and said. The elderly renovated their small courtyard and displayed handicrafts with ethnic characteristics, telling the story of the ancient city's transformation to tourists. From north to south of the Tianshan Mountains, a series of exciting cultural feasts are coming in droves. In August 2024, 47 folk art teams from all over the country and about 1800 folk art performers gathered in Urumqi to embark on a journey of folk art - the first China Xinjiang Folk Art Season. Zhejiang's Changxing louver dragon, Hebei's fan dance banner, Liaoning's stilt dance yangko, Shanghai's Fengxian rolling lantern... Various distinctive programs have appeared, allowing people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang to enjoy excellent folk art from all over the country at their doorstep. We can be ordinary, but we must never be mediocre On the evening of December 13, 2024, the play "Ordinary World" created by Shaanxi People's Art Theatre was performed at the Urumqi Cultural Center Grand Theater. The love and family of joys and sorrows, the indomitable struggle of young people, and their longing for a better life deeply infected everyone present. During this period, local art troupe members from Xinjiang and Shaanxi People's Art Theatre held discussions on strengthening exchanges and cooperation, aiming to promote Xinjiang's stage art creation with the goal of "going out and inviting in" through high-quality stage plays. In the name of literature, gather at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains. In December of last year, the first Tianshan Literature Award ceremony was held in Urumqi. Among the winners, there are both well-known figures and writers from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps who have been rooted in the border for decades, as well as pastoral girls from the grasslands and recorders who have been working on the grassroots front line. Without exception, they are deeply rooted in the cultural fertile land of multi-ethnic gathering in Xinjiang. In recent years, Xinjiang has focused on deepening cultural system and mechanism reform, promoting literary creation, and strengthening incentives for excellent works, with multi-ethnic writers showcasing their artistic talents. Literature transforms people, art connects hearts. Nowadays, widely carried out mass cultural activities are becoming warm threads connecting history and modernity. At the Fangcaohu Farm Cultural Center in Wujiaqu City, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the "Misty Opera Troupe" is rehearsing and performing. The cheerful and melodious music accompanied by humorous and witty lyrics won rounds of applause from the audience below. The "Misty Opera Troupe" is named after intangible cultural heritage Misty Opera. The troupe consists of 24 members from various age groups, with the oldest being 75 years old and the youngest being 10 years old, including 15 elementary school students. The melody remains the same, the tone remains the same, but the lyrics have changed. Incorporate the good policies of the Party, the major changes in the Corps, and the good lives of the workers and masses into the lyrics Di Guangzhao, the fifth generation inheritor of Xinjiang Misty Opera, is full of confidence in promoting and developing Misty Opera. In Tablehet Mongolian Ethnic Township, Wusu City, Tacheng District, winter snow cannot stop the trend of "mass village nights". A series of down-to-earth and heartwarming "folk culture+sports activities" such as Shambhal wrestling, sheep carrying competitions, "silver picking" on horseback, and "girl chasing" performances have injected new vitality into rural cultural revitalization. It's the off-season now, let's go out early to see our own 'village evening', "said villager Yideng Sulin." The village has not only become lively, but the relationship between neighbors has also been closer. "The melodious sound of Kumzi, the purity of the pottery flute, and the antiquity of the strings of the mouth... quietly echo in our ears. From singing "Night on the Grassland" and "The Girl in Dabancheng" to "Turpan's Grapes Are Ripe", from singing "Love Song of the West Sea" and "Shepherd of Keketuohai" to singing "Apple Fragrance", the music of ethnic unity has spread from rural small stages to urban theaters. The spring breeze of cultural enrichment is slowly blowing through every corner, warming the hearts of people of all ethnic groups. (New Society)