At 12 o’clock on September 28, the large-scale original human sculpture dance “Ode to Red Flag” was performed at the Shizi Mountain Square of HZAU. To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the PRC, students from HZAU expressed their deep love to their motherland.
With the orchestral overture “Ode to Red Flag”, 173 young college students reconstructed 8 sculpture scenes on the Monument to the People’s Heroes by using modern art expression techniques, such as “Destorying opium at Humen Beach”(June 1939), “Jintian Uprising”(1851), “Wuchang Uprising”(1911), “May 4th Movement"(4th, May 1919), “May 30th Movement”(1925), “Nanchang Uprising”(1, August 1927), “Anti-Japanese Guerrilla War” and “Crossing-Yangtze-River Campaign ”. They vividly interpreted the magnificent journey of the Chinese people seeking national independence and liberation from the Opium War in 1840 to Crossing-Yangtze-River Campaign in 1949. The performance expressed the praise of contemporary young college students for the heroes who have built the new China and devoted themselves to the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
During the performance, a huge national flag was passed on from the Main Building of HZAU to the center of Shizi Mountain Square. 5,000 red helium balloons were simultaneously released, which was in harmony with the white human body sculptures. The performance lasted for 15 minutes.
“This event is very meaningful and it reminds us of history and martyrs.” said Wu Wenqi, a performer and also a student of class 1809 from College of Economics & Management of HZAU. “As a Chinese and a HZAU student, I wish my motherland a happy birthday!”
“It’s really amazing! The show only lasts for short 10 minutes, but I feel so excited as if I were in front of the People’s Monument.” said Xiong Zhicheng, an undergraduate student of class 1601 from Life Science and Technology College of HZAU.

Source: http://hb.people.com.cn/n2/2019/0929/c192237-33400496-3.html
Translated by: Ding Peng
Supervised by: Pan Buhan