【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

At dusk on the 20th day of the eighth lunar month, Li Shuirong was wearing the grey suit designed for him by Pin'er. He looked like a handsome man with a jade-like temperament. He was waiting for Pin'er in front of the large floor-to-ceiling window in the living room.

Pin'er wore light makeup today, half of her hair was tied up and tied behind her head, and the other half was spread out on her chest. She wore the white dress with a bow on the shoulder that Shui Rong gave her. The two of them dressed up for the event, a talented man and a beautiful woman, very romantic.

"Are you ready?" Shui Rong turned around and extended his left hand to her.

Pin'er approached slowly, walking gracefully with her skirt flying. After she came closer, she placed her hand in Shuirong's palm, feeling safe and at ease.

Shui Rong took her hand and walked out. When they reached the garden gate, many guests had already arrived. He put her hand around his arm and joined the crowd.

Several buses had already parked on the roadside at the entrance of the garden. Dancers from various countries entered the garden one after another through the small door next to it, each finding their own destination.

For a moment, people of different skin colors and hair colors were coming in and out of the garden gate, making it very lively.

Soon, several Red Flag cars drove over. When they stopped, the person who got out of the leading car was Li Shuirong's eldest brother Li Hanlan, followed by Jia Yuanchun.

Li Hanlan looked up after getting off the car. There were two large seal characters of "Guanyuan" carved on the stone at the entrance. On the eighteenth day of the eighth lunar month, Jia Zheng came in person to unveil the plaque. Due to the urgency of the matter, he only made hasty preparations.

After all the leaders in the following cars got off, the guests immediately made way for them. Li Hanlan was led into the garden by a special person, and Shui Rong led Pin'er to follow behind the team. At this time, the street lights inside the garden were all on. Not far away, there was the sound of music from time to time.

The first place we arrived at was the main gardening area, where flowers and plants competed with each other in beauty and fragrance. The roadside plants were trimmed by gardeners into round, spiral, cylindrical, or pointed shapes.

The team in front of her was moving fast, so Pin'er didn't have time to appreciate it carefully. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the park was surrounded by curtains, and no one could see what was inside.

Gradually, they heard the sound of water and passed through a waterscape area. The music over there became louder, and a few people carrying cameras ran past them like a gust of wind, running to the front of the team, and the crowd slowed down.

Pin'er had no time to care about what was happening ahead, as the scene in front of her was already too much to take in.

In front of her was grass green, lake blue, dark green, dark purple, white and yellow...all kinds of plants she had never seen before. There was a signpost next to it with "Feng Yi Water Pavilion" engraved on it. She passed through an extremely grand and magnificent pavilion and entered the main road.

The music was clearly audible. Under an arch made of flowers, there was a small carpet. Two petite Indian girls were wearing very gorgeous saris with gold and blue stripes, and were adorned with many jewels from head to toe. The music was extremely exotic, and the two dancers had lively eyes and many gestures. Their expressions were sometimes lively, sometimes happy, sometimes frightened, and sometimes angry.

Suddenly, the people in front of me started to applaud, and Pin'er followed them to applaud the dancers. Suddenly, the crowd started to move forward again.

Pin'er had no choice but to hold Shui Rong's arm and shouted in his ear: "I haven't seen enough."

"There are better things ahead."

Pin'er felt like a small boat in the ocean, able to just go with the flow.

Sure enough, the front became even more lively. I saw a wooden house with a thatched roof and many masks hanging on the porch. In the open space in front of the house, a man wearing feathers was shaking to the beat of a drum, and an old man next to him was playing a drum to accompany him.

The man wore a strange and somewhat scary mask, held two whisk-like objects in his hands, and had two of the longest feathers from pheasant tails on his head. He shook like an electric motor, humming and shouting from time to time, and his chanting sounded like some kind of rain-praying ritual.

Apparently, no one really appreciated this kind of dance, so they stayed in front of him for a short time and walked forward across a bridge.

On a large flat lawn, two teams of men and women danced in an intersecting manner, their dancing was graceful, similar to ballet. They were wearing red and white ethnic costumes.

"This is a Greek dance called 'Zorba.'" Shui Rong explained to Pin'er. He also learned about it during the rehearsal arrangements in the past few days.

Their dance was really elegant, and it could be said that they danced at a leisurely pace. There were basically only a few movements, and they just kept changing the formation according to the number of people.

"I really like this soundtrack." Pin'er was delighted.

"I'll find some information about their music for you when I'm done."

"Good."

We walked further to the central square, where the Chinese pine and cypress fountain in the middle of the square was landscaped. There were pavilions of different styles around it, which were more like small stages for different dances.

I followed the crowd and passed by the Cambodian dance group's "Khmer Dance". Three girls twirled their fingers to the melodious music. Their clothes were gorgeous and their headdresses were very heavy, so I guess they couldn't do big movements. Pin'er called it: gesture dance.

Next door is the Arabic "Tribal Fusion Belly Dance". Although there is only one dancer, the dance is lively. Her headdress is similar to the headdress of Khmer dance. But she is very smart and charming.

Why does Lin Pin'er know so much now? It turns out that each dance troupe has a text introduction of their dance troupe and dance style in front of them. Pin'er is learning while appreciating. It is worth coming here today. She has gained a lot of inspiration from dance music from different countries.

Finally, we saw the dance of our own country. A very beautiful dancer with a rich face was dancing with a pottery pot in her hand. The dance was "Kucha Music and Dance".

The dancer was not tall, but very lively. The smile on her face was very contagious. She was dressed coolly but not gaudy, with a smart and unrestrained air, very much like Xiangyun's personality.

There was another round of applause from the leading team in front, and the flash lights started to work. The girl on the stage continued to spin and jump neatly, as if she would never get tired.

Further ahead, there were two large dance groups that seemed to be fighting: the German dance group and the Russian dance group. Their dance groups were composed of many men and women, dancing here and there. It seemed that neither of them was convinced.

There was nothing special about the dance, but the music styles were all unique.

On the last stage, a woman in traditional Korean clothes danced quietly, forming a sharp contrast with the dance troupe next to her.

Her dancing costume was heavy, and she held two colorful sleeves in her hands. She was dancing to "The Chirping of Spring Orioles".

Pin'er secretly memorized her favorite music in her heart and planned to collect and study it when she returned.

The crowd continued forward and entered the main road. After walking for a while, they arrived in front of the main building, where they saw a few vertical characters on the building: Guanyuan - Garden-style banquet center.

On the third floor, Shui Rongliu sat in the center of the second row. In front of him sat his elder brother Li Hanlan.

There was melodious music playing in the venue, and there was only 20 minutes left for the guests to enter. After Shui Rong sat down, he asked Pin'er with concern: "Are you thirsty?"

Pin'er shook her head, then suddenly thought of something and said, "I didn't take any pictures today, maybe my grandmother would like to see them."

Shui Rong smiled and squeezed her hand: "Let's finish watching the official performance and then go out to take pictures."

"Ah? Aren't those exciting performances just now official performances?" Pin'er was surprised.

"No, those are just some excellent works by folk dance troupes from various countries, shown to you as an introduction. The dances that will be performed on the stage later are selected dances, all of which are award-winning works. Especially as the host country of this dance exchange conference, we want to show them how excellent our dances are."

Pin'er secretly admired it. She thought that what she had just seen was already very good. It turned out to be just a drop in the ocean? Then she must watch it intently.

Before the performance began, she began to have wild thoughts. The songs and dances in the fantasy world were already amazing enough, but she didn't expect that there were so many clever people in this world. Were all these people created by Keqing? Or were they trained by her?

What kind of brain can construct such a world, or is this all an illusion? Could it be a dream?

Just as she was lost in thought, the lights in the venue gradually dimmed, and various rotating lights began to rotate and adjust. Occasionally, the lights shone on Pin'er's face, making her feel that everything was so unreal.

Shui Rong pinched her little hand: "It's about to begin!"