NEW YOK -Radio City Music Hall was abuzz this Chinese New Year as Divine Performing Arts' Chinese New Year Splendor continued its shows.
'I Bought Ten Tickets For My Friends'
Stephanie from X'ian China, who now lives in New York, was very excited about the show.
"It's beautiful. I come every time, at Christmas, I bought ten tickets for my friends to come," she said. "This time I bought another ten tickets for all my friends."
She explained, "Because a lot of Chinese, they still don't know. In China they don't know the truth, now gradually they know the truth. Even me, myself, before, I didn't know the truth."
"I read The Epoch Times every day, the free Chinese newspaper, so I got to know. Three years ago, I came for the first time, I found it very good, so every year I come."
As for what she liked about tonight's show, Stephanie said, "My favorite is Yue Fei; it promotes patriotism because if we love China, we should love China from our heart and we really care about China, not just verbally, but really in our actions."
'Just go, enjoy it!'
Ryan, a carpenter, and Nancy, who works for a diamond company, from Queens, were very excited about the show.
Nancy said, "I would say get a ticket and just go, enjoy it! You have to come see it with your own eyes!"
"Between the music, the colors, the performances, it's wonderful!" Ryan said. "She liked the drums, but I liked the 'Nymphs of the Sea.'"
"Actually, I liked the overall performance!"
From New Delhi to New York: Heard About the Show From Chinese Friends
Manisha Jain and her husband work for a company based in New Delhi, India. They had heard a lot about the show, as they know a lot of Chinese people and had taken some courses in Chinese.
Ms. Jain said that her favorite was "the one with the Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance message ['The Power of Awareness'], it was nice and the one with the drumbeats, that was nice too."
"We liked all the music and the drama. My husband especially liked the erhu [Chinese violin]."
The Chinese New Year Splendor continues in New York through Saturday, Feb. 9. For other shows in the Divine Performing Arts world tour, please visit: www.DivinePerformingArts.org .
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of the Chinese New Year Splendor.