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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Bishkek, March 26 /Xinhua/ — The First Youth Delphic Games of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states are being held in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, from March 23 to 28. Representatives of the arts from 10 SCO countries are participating.
The Games will feature competitions in eight categories, including “piano performance,” “folk instrument performance,” “fine arts,” “folk singing,” and “artistic crafts.”
Irina Novikova, 23, from Novosibirsk, Russia, is one of the participants in the arts and crafts competition. She first encountered ceramics in her second year of university and fell in love with it immediately. "I'm drawn to the way clay allows you to convey the images that come to mind through its plasticity. We draw them on paper, but clay allows us to transfer them into three dimensions. That's what attracts me most," she shared.
At the competition, Irina, a master's student majoring in design education at the Institute of Arts of the Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, created a work on the theme of teacher-student relationships. "I want to become a teacher of decorative and applied arts in the future, because I believe that passing on experience and skills from the older to the younger generation is important," she said.
Azamat Bakyt uulu works as a civil servant in Bishkek. His involvement in the Games' organizational work gave him the opportunity to observe the arts and crafts competition. "This is a valuable opportunity to see outstanding talents from different countries demonstrate their crafts skills right on site. This is not only a dialogue between cultures but also a clear reflection of the unity and friendship of young people from the 'SCO family,'" he noted.
At the folk instrument competition, 19-year-old Chinese singer Shen Xinle stole the spotlight. Her performance of pieces for the zhongzhuan (a traditional Chinese plucked string instrument from the ruan family) aroused the audience's interest. Many even filmed her performance on their mobile phones.
Shen Xinle began learning the zhongruan at the age of seven. One of her main goals in participating in the competition was to introduce this instrument to a wider audience. "Compared to the guzheng and erhu, the zhongruan is a relatively niche instrument. I hope that with my performance I can interest more people in this Chinese folk instrument."
The Chinese girl was particularly impressed by the friendly attitude of the other participants. "They not only greeted me warmly, but also asked me about the zhongzhuang and asked me to play it," she said. "Even though we sometimes had to communicate through a translation program, this didn't stop us from bonding and expressing our shared love of music."
In his speech at the opening ceremony of the Games on March 24, Bishkek Mayor Aibek Dzhunushaliev expressed confidence that the Delphic Games would be an important step in strengthening humanitarian ties, unite youth from SCO countries, and open up new opportunities for cooperation.
According to Han Zhongyan, a Chinese conductor and jury member in the piano performance category, the Games provided a unique opportunity for participants from different countries to exchange ideas and learn from each other, developing aesthetic taste and enhancing creative skills. –0–
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