Explore mystery of Nuo culture for 2,000-year-old blessing

STORY: Explore mystery of Nuo culture for 2,000-year-old blessing SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 25, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: NANCHANG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): SHU CHANG, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of dancers performing the ancient Chinese Nuo mask dance 3. various of Luo Chunming making Nuo mask 4. SOUNDBITE (English): SHU CHANG, Xinhua correspondent 5. STANDUP 2 (English): SHU CHANG, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): SHU CHANG, Xinhua correspondent "When you take off the mask, you are mortals. But when you put on the mask, you are the god. In the ancient Chinese Nuo mask dance, these exquisite masks are worn by dancers to play characters in Chinese legends to pray for blessings." In ancient China, the Nuo dance was spread among people of various ethnicities along the Yangtze and Yellow River valleys, and in southwestern areas. In 2006, the Nuo dance was listed as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages. As the s

MV of Hangzhou Asian Games promotion song unveiled

STORY: MV of Hangzhou Asian Games promotion song unveiled DATELINE: Aug. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of promotional video STORYLINE: The music video of Hangzhou Asian Games promotional song "The Love We Share" was released on Thursday. With the theme of "an Asian community with a shared future," the MV presents iconic landmarks and awe-inspiring landscapes from across Asia, as well as people of different colors and ethnicities coming together to celebrate as "one Asian family." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hangzhou, China. (XHTV)

Award-winning LA photojournalists fight anti-Asian hate crimes via photos

STORY: Award-winning LA photojournalists fight anti-Asian hate crimes via photos DATELINE: May 23, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:45 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launching ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE (English): REED SAXON, Board of directors of the Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles 3. various of attendees 4. various of photos on display STORYLINE: When people walk into the exhibition room at the Arcadia Public Library in Southern California's San Gabriel Valley, everyone can see how the Asian-American community came through the ordeal of 2021. Opened on Saturday, the week-long photo exhibit, titled "Through the Lens: An Anti-Asian American Experience in 2021," features over 50 photos that document the rise of anti-Asian rhetoric and violence as well as the outpouring of support for the Asian-American community from people of all ethnicities and nationalities. "The message is simple: no hatred, only love; no division, unity," said Susie Shu, director of

Xi stresses ethnic unity, strengthening sense of community for Chinese nation

STORY: Xi stresses ethnic unity, strengthening sense of community for Chinese nation DATELINE: March 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese President Xi Jinping 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GUO YANLING, National lawmaker from Inner Mongolia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG XIAOHONG, National lawmaker from Inner Mongolia 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHANG LEI, National lawmaker from Inner Mongolia 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): WU YUNBO, National lawmaker from Inner Mongolia 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): NARAN TUYA, National lawmaker from Inner Mongolia STORYLINE: Chinese President Xi Jinping attends deliberation of Inner Mongolia delegation at 5th session of 13th National People's Congress Xi stressed ethnic unity and efforts to forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation Xi said efforts should be made to let people cultivate the awareness that people from all ethnicities are in the same community, where they share weal and woe, stick together in life an