Guangzhou hosts cultural events in Barcelona

Guangzhou's gourmet food, traditional crafts, and beautiful music recently impressed Barcelona, the second largest city in Spain.

Guangzhou media bureau organized a series of cultural events at the 23rd World Route Development Forum in Barcelona, held on Sept 24-26. Guangzhou will host the forum in 2018.

Guangdong Music & Folk Art Troupe performed numerous masterpieces of Cantonese folk music, such as yudabajiao, niaotoulin, and pinhuqiuyue.

Musicians from Guangdong Music & Folk Art Troupe showcase Cantonese folk music to the participants of the forum. [Photo/ southcn.com]

Fang Jinlong, a master of the five-stringed pipa, a traditional Chinese stringed instrument, also gave pipa solos to show the unique elegance of ancient Cantonese culture. 

Guangzhou artisans Zeng Zhaohong and Tan Guanghui, meanwhile, gave onsite demonstrations of olive-pit carving and Cantonese ceramics-making, two art forms that have been named part of China's national cultural heritage.

Visitors also enjoyed the free Cantonese dim sum and tea that was served to everyone at the events.

Zeng Zhaohong's impromptu olive-pit carving demonstration amazes foreign visitors at the forum in Barcelona. The sophisticated work of art is carved in an olive-pit as small as a thumb.[Photo/China.com.cn]

Foreign guests attentively watch Tan Guanghui painting patterns on a porcelain plate. Cantonese decorative porcelain has a history of 300 years and was once very prevalent in Europe for its gorgeous colors and patterns. It combines Lingnan culture, Chinese aesthetics and Western painting skills. [Photo/China.com.cn]