On the evening of September 20, as the core cultural exhibition project of the 8th Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo, the new version of "Silk Road Flower Rain" in 2025, created and rehearsed by the Song and Dance Theater of Gansu Performing Arts Group, made a stunning appearance at the Dunhuang Grand Theater. This classic Chinese dance drama, which has been precipitated for 46 years, vividly interprets the theme of the Cultural Expo of "strengthening cultural exchanges and promoting mutual learning among civilizations" with the artistic practice of "guarding the roots of Dunhuang dance rhyme and creating new expressions of the times".

　　As an artistic masterpiece that expresses the culture of the Silk Road, "Silk Road Flower Rain" has always been based on promoting the spirit of the Silk Road. In the past 46 years, the play has performed a total of 4,066 times, visited more than 40 countries and regions, attracted more than 5.5 million audiences, and has become a "Gansu business card" for spreading Chinese culture and connecting world friendship.

　　The new version of "Silk Road Flower Rain" in 2025 not only restores the 79th version of classic dance sections such as the fairy and the lotus boy on the stage of the 8th Dunhuang Cultural Expo, but also upgrades the emotional expression through modern dance concepts, strengthens the choreography of single and even dances, and cooperates with precise light and shadow control and multimedia projection technology to achieve the wall-breaking innovation of "technology + aesthetics", so that the Silk Road story in the ancient murals can be reborn on the contemporary stage, and the communication barriers between civilizations are eliminated with an international artistic language. It provides the ultimate experience of sharing beauty and beauty for Chinese and foreign guests. In particular, the scene of Sino-foreign friendship and trade and people-to-people integration depicted in the play is a vivid rehearsal of the "Belt and Road" initiative. After the performance, the audience burst into endless applause, praising the strong vitality of classic works of art. (Chief Reporter Li Chao)