The needs of our motherland are my aspiration, to go to the most difficult places! "Before this year's Spring Festival, the large-scale original play" Qingqing Awanchang "produced by Gansu Performing Arts Group premiered. The play is based on the character Wang Wanqing, who moved China, and tells the touching story of his journey from Shanghai to Gannan, Gansu, where he practiced medicine and saved people on the Maqu grassland, dedicating his entire life. Telling the stories of people around us through drama is our tireless pursuit. ”Wu Xuelin, the president of Gansu Provincial Drama Theater, said that the theater has always adhered to the creative direction of realistic themes, rooted in people's lives, and demonstrated the spirit of the times. Wang Tuansheng, the son of Wang Wanqing, shed tears multiple times while watching the play. He said, "The emotions in this drama are sincere, making me feel like I am seeing my father's figure again." It was not only the drama theater that won the applause. In September 2025, the new historical Peking Opera "Liangzhou Ci", also produced by Gansu Performing Arts Group, premiered in Lanzhou. The drama delves deeply into the profound historical and cultural heritage of ancient Liangzhou, integrating legendary stories with innovative Peking Opera art, depicting the story of Princess "A Shi" of Northern Wei marrying off to Beiliang and praying for "eternal cessation of the sword and soldiers" with her life. Completely subverting my understanding of traditional Peking Opera, it is very exciting and attractive. ”Li Jing, a college student who watched the drama with friends, was impressed. The drama has both graceful dance and beautiful music, and the plot is gripping. Especially the integration of Dunhuang charm and Gansu regional characteristics into the play showcases the ingenuity of the creative team. And this is precisely the fruit of Gansu Performing Arts Group's insistence on "one academy, one troupe, one boutique". We take deepening the reform of state-owned literary and artistic troupes as the driving force, creating and producing excellent works as the center, integrating culture and tourism as the new growth pole, promoting the steady improvement of creative ability, market operation ability, and talent team quality, and promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture. ”Yang Yan, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Gansu Performing Arts Group, said. New plays with local themes continue to emerge, and classic plays are also activating vitality through innovation and adherence to tradition. On the eve of the Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival) Festival this year, the new version of "Silk Road Flower Rain" was staged at the Lanzhou Yellow River Theater. The graceful dance moves and moving melodies intertwine, immersing the audience in the colorful world of light and shadow of flowers and rain for a long time. Since its premiere in 1979, the dance drama "Silk Road Flower Rain" has been performed over 4000 times in more than 40 countries and regions around the world, and can be said to have a long-lasting performance. It is understood that after two and a half years of careful polishing, the new version of the play has upgraded the difficulty of dance techniques and emotional expression, making the characters' personalities more distinct and the dramatic conflicts stronger. Not only traditional theaters, but also performing arts formats are breaking through boundaries. In Dunhuang, the world's first cave style immersive experience drama "Music in Dunhuang" produced and directed by Gansu Performing Arts Group, replicated scenes such as scripture caves and Buddhist niches make people feel as if they have traveled thousands of years. The audience follows the plot route while walking and watching, immersing themselves in the charm of Dunhuang music and dance. Outside the theater, the intangible cultural heritage interactive block "Shangyuan Market" built against the backdrop of the Silk Road provides tourists with a "one-stop" cultural experience. The market holds cultural activities continuously throughout the year, gathering IP cultural and creative products, Silk Road cuisine, characteristic study courses and other formats. Through social interaction, visitors can deeply experience Dunhuang culture. The deployment made in the "15th Five Year Plan" outline of "vigorously promoting cultural undertakings" and "accelerating the development of cultural industries" has further strengthened the confidence and determination of Gansu Performing Arts Group's development. Yang Yan stated that the group will focus on promoting the great development of the cultural and tourism industry, greatly improving digitalization and brand building, and infrastructure, continuously optimizing the supply of performing arts products, accelerating the construction of a modern cultural industry system, and providing more literary and artistic masterpieces to the masses. (New Society)