Four senior arts performance troupes from Qinghai Province were carefully organized to travel to the National Theatre of China in Beijing to participate in the 2026 "Together on Stage" National Middle-Aged and Elderly Arts Exhibition. The Qinghai Provincial Cultural Center was honored with a Special Contribution Award.
The exhibition was hosted by the China Mass Culture Society, and organized by the Middle-Aged and Elderly Culture and Arts Exchange Professional Committee of the China Mass Culture Society, the Shanxi Provincial Cultural Center, the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Center, the Chongqing Mass Art Museum, and the Qinghai Provincial Cultural Center. It featured five performance categories including vocal music, dance, recitation, modeling, and traditional opera, with selections open to arts enthusiasts aged 50 and above nationwide. The event went through three stages — performances across a hundred cities, city-level competitions, and a grand finale — bringing together outstanding programs from across the country to compete in Beijing.
The Qinghai division advanced through each stage in an orderly manner, launching works collection across counties and districts in April, conducting prefecture-level auditions in May, and completing prefecture-level preliminary competitions in June. In September, the provincial semifinals were held, and after comprehensive evaluation, four distinctive programs representing Qinghai's local characteristics were ultimately selected to take the national stage.
The four programs submitted by Qinghai combined rich plateau regional heritage with vibrant contemporary flair. The dance piece "In That Distant Place" drew on the classic cultural IP of Qinghai Lake, using dance movements to present a panoramic picture of Qinghai's landscapes and culture. The Qinghai folk art performance "Everyone Praises Beautiful Qinghai" tapped into local folk art resources of the Hehuang region, using accessible and lively singing segments to narrate the tremendous development changes in ecological protection and rural revitalization in Qinghai in the new era. The choral piece "The Half Moon Climbs Up" was adapted from a classic local folk song of Qinghai, expressing the sincere and heartfelt patriotic sentiments of plateau residents through multi-part harmony. The costume showcase "Intangible Heritage Fashion" promoted the deep integration of Hehuang paper-cutting intangible cultural heritage techniques with modern stage performance, interpreting the contemporary charm of living transmission of traditional culture.
At the exhibition site, the Qinghai participating teams exchanged and interacted with middle-aged and elderly arts enthusiasts and renowned artists from across the country, vividly telling the stories of Qinghai's mass culture and fully demonstrating the distinctive elegance of the plateau's silver-haired community.
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