CHINESE DRAGON AND TAICHI OPENS DENMARK’S
HARBOR FESTIVAL
SHORT – SoMe version
(2:18 min)
Chinese dragon and TaiChi opens Denmark’s capital Copenhagen’s Harbor Festival.
Copenhagen harbor festival is the biggest during the summer.
LONG VNR – video news releases
VNR (3:33 min)
CHINESE DRAGON AND TAICHI OPENS DENMARK’S HARBOR FESTIVAL
COPENHAGEN
DENMARK
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
NO COPYRIGHT
STORY
Chinese dragon and TaiChi opens Denmark’s capital Copenhagen’s Harbor Festival.
Copenhagen harbor festival is the biggest during the summer.
The Dragon dance and Tai Chi was enjoyed by the Danish spectators in spite a lot of rain.
“It’s very interesting to see other cultures, and what they represent” says Mark Hermansen, IT- specialist.
China- Danmark Friendship Association had arranged the performance and TaiChi teacher and chairman Li Li Tua “ thinks the Danish people like Tai Chi very much. I think the Danish people are getting more and more aware of Tai Chi after years of exchange activities like this and I see that they like this way of fitness and wellness very much”.
After the performance did the performers educated Danes in Tai Chi. “I love it very much” said Danish artist Charlotte Hanmann.
Another Danish spectator Anne Wegner, designer said: “I really like the joy it brings. I really like this Chinese tradition and the colors it makes. Yeah, I think it’s very beautiful”.
Soup was also made from craps, that is living all over Denmark. Everybody got together around the soup “It tastes great!” sais Zhang Je Jing Woman one of the members of Danish-Chinese friendship Association and a Tai Chi teacher.
The rain was very heavy at the opening, but all the water games had great success at the Harbor Festival.
People was making small paper boats like in the fairytale “The Little Drummer” by danish Hans Christian Andersen.
The harbor was also duplicated in a small swimming pool or basin, so kids could build house along the water: Christian Liljedahl, Ingenieur & artist explained: “This is kind of a little model of Copenhagen. And normally the water is like running smoothly through. And so you can build your house next to the water. And then every now and then the flood comes and everything washes away.”
The kids liked, when the flood game.
The friendship between Denmark and China showed again the deep connection.
Denmark was the first Western country in th world to recognized People’s Republic of China in January 1950.
END
SHOT
- DRAGON DANCE PERFORMANCE
- SOUNDBITE: Anne Wegner, Designer
“I think the very inspiring, the costumes they make and the movements they make the dragons able to do.” - DRAGON DANCE
- SOUNDBITE Mark Hermansen, IT:
“It’s very interesting to see other cultures, and what they represent in a small country like Denmark, definitely. - TAI CHI
- SOUNDBITE Sally Li Li Tua, Tai Chi teacher, Chairman Danish Chinese Culture Association:
“我觉得丹麦人很喜欢太极，经过我们在丹麦（开展的）很多的交流活动，我觉得丹麦人就是对太极越来越认识，而且看到他们都很喜欢这一种健身养生的方式，我在丹麦学校教太极，然后我发现我们的学生越来越多，他们越来越喜欢就很想学习太极这样的一个健身的方式。
(TRANSLATION:
“I think the Danish people like Tai Chi very much, and I think the Danish people are getting more and more aware of Tai Chi after years of exchange activities like this and I see that they like this way of fitness and wellness very much”). - TAI CHI
- SHOWING LADY HOW TO DO TAI CHI CORRECTLY
- SOUNDBITE Charlotte Hanmann, artist:
“I loved it very much” - SOUNDBITE: Anne Wegner, Designer:
“I really like the joy it brings. I really like this Chinese tradition and the colors. Yeah, I think it’s very beautiful. Yeah.” - ENDING THE CEREMONY, PEOPLE CLAPPING
- CRAB COOKING TENT
- CRAB SOUP IS COOKED
- SOUNDBITE Zhang Je Jing Woman:
“味道好极了！螃蟹汤，味道好极了”
(TRANSLATE:“It tastes great! The crab soup, very tasty!”) - ORIGAMI PAPER FOLDING
- KIDS PLAYING IN WATER
SOUNDBITE Christian Liljedahl, Ingenieur & artist:
“We are we’re playing with this overflowing city. So this is kind of a little model of Copenhagen. And normally the water is like running smoothly through. And so you can build your house next to the water. And then every now and then the flood comes and everything washes away.” - KID PLAYING IN WATER
- PEOPLE HOLDING UP THE DANISH-CHINESE CULTURE ASSOCIATION FLAG, WHILE WAVING
END