Photo: Courtesy of Guilin Art Festival

According to a press conference for the Guilin Art Festival and Global Chinese Youth Theater Director Talent Program held in Beijing on Wednesday, a series of activities will be held in late October.

The theme of this art festival is "Coexistence," highlighting the Chinese cultural spirit of "beauty and harmony, and harmonious coexistence."

The Guilin Theater, located in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has a special and important position in the history of Chinese theater.

In 1944, the Southwest Drama Exhibition was held at the theater by Chinese theater artists for three months, during which nearly 1,000 people from dozens of literary and artistic groups performed 179 shows, an unprecedented event in the history of Chinese drama.

The first Guilin Art Festival was successfully held from December 10 to 18, 2022. 

A total of 29 excellent domestic and foreign plays were held during the festival with the theme of "Mountains and Waters Meet."