On the evening of October 22, the TV cultural gala *Ode to the Long March*, commemorating the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Long March, was broadcast. A scene-based epic brought the audience back to the magnificent journey of 25,000 li, and many were moved to tears after watching it.

From the very opening of the gala, the weight of history was palpable. Ninety honor guards from the Guard of Honor Battalion of the Chinese People's Liberation Army marched with 90 resounding goose steps, holding 90 solemn flags, opening the curtain on 90 years of history. All 90 flags were restored according to their original historical appearance. What the flag formation unfolded was not only segments of memory but also the resounding footsteps echoing from the depths of history. The gala brought the Long March spirit into every perceptible detail: the Battle of Luding Bridge was authentically recreated with the original form of 13 iron chains — 9 laid as the bridge deck and 4 as railings. Straw sandals, military bugles, literacy classes, campfires, and red flags — these images, as emotional carriers, connected the moving stories along the Long March. Restoring history through details is a reverence for history and a tribute to the martyrs.

What made these details "speak" and made faith "audible" was every precise and restrained beam of light on stage. As the lighting support provider for this gala, FINE ART used professional stage lighting products to lay a perceptible, audible, and communicable light-and-shadow foundation for this TV cultural gala.

In expansive scenes such as the unfolding flag formation and the recreated iron-chain bridge, the FINE 1400LH BSWF, with its 1400W LED light engine, outputs over 40,000 lm of luminous flux. Its 5–50° 10x zoom flexibly covers different shot sizes, and its light quality of Ra ≥ 95 and R9 ≥ 90 restores the red of the flags and the cold sternness of the iron chains with steadiness and authenticity. Its patented cooling system ensures continuous full-power operation at room temperature, keeping the light effects stable throughout the performance. Its 6 color filters plus white, rotating gobo wheel, dynamic effect wheel, and full framing system rotatable ±90° produce sharp, distortion-free cut edges, providing clean and crisp light-shape boundaries for scene transitions.

Addressing the needs of stage depth and long-distance projection, the FINE 1700LH BSWF, with its 100m effective range and low noise performance below 45dB, balances silent operation while maintaining outstanding light quality. Its built-in second-generation color standard offers good color consistency and a wide color gamut. Combined with a color wheel, dual rotating gobo wheels, a dynamic effect wheel, and a ±90° full framing system, it makes the same-stage dialogue across 90 years of time and space appear more solemn in unified light and color.

In scenes requiring soft color mixing and delicate dimming, the FINE 4019 PIXIE IP all-weather moving head wash light, with its all-new optical design, balances uniform color mixing and soft texture. It offers a 4°–40° zoom, an illuminance of up to 25,000 lux at 6 meters at narrow angles, and a linearly adjustable color temperature from 2500K to 8000K with essentially stable brightness. Its smooth, delicate dimming and flicker-free start-up at low brightness provide delicate emotional layers for dramatic scenes.

In the character follow-spot segment, the FINE iSPOT PILOT pan-tilt system solved the traditional challenges of follow-spot operation. With no need for high-altitude work, multiple follow spots can be controlled simultaneously from the ground, reducing installation time and operating costs. The FINE 1700LH iSPOT has an effective range of up to 100m, with Ra and R9 both reaching 95. It is equipped with 12 color filters, a rotating gobo wheel, a fixed gobo wheel, a dynamic effect wheel, and a ±90° full framing system. A high-definition digital camera is mounted on the fixture head and can be connected to the FINE iSPOT PILOT pan-tilt system via fiber optics or Ethernet, enabling precise tracking of moving performers or targets on stage.

This "TV art epic" truly made the Long March spirit of 90 years ago perceptible, audible, and communicable on today's stage. Stepping off the stage means a firm departure toward a new journey. Commemorate the Long March, continue the Long March, and walk well the Long March road of every generation and every individual. FINE ART uses light as a brush to let history "speak" and faith be "audible" — this is both a technical answer sheet of stage light and shadow and the most plain tribute to the Long March spirit.

In golden autumn October, the grand occasion of the opera world once again gathers in the river city. From October 15 to November 5, 2026, the 11th China Peking Opera Festival is being held in Wuhan, Hubei. This year's China Peking Opera Festival is hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Hubei Provincial People's Government, and organized by the Art Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Hubei Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and the Wuhan Municipal People's Government. At the opening ceremony, Ju Zhaohui, Member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and Minister of the Publicity Department; Chen Ping, Vice Governor of the Hubei Provincial People's Government; Ma Xiaolong, Director of the Art Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Xiong Zhengyu, Deputy Secretary of the Wuhan Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of the Wuhan Municipal People's Government; and Ke Ke, Party Secretary and Director of the Hubei Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, jointly inaugurated the Peking Opera Festival.

As the opening production of this year's festival, the Peking opera *Hanyang Made*, produced by the Hubei Provincial Peking Opera Theatre, was the first to meet the audience. The opera takes as its main thread the founding of the Hubei Arsenal by Zhang Zhidong, the late-Qing Viceroy of Huguang, reflecting the "birth history of a rifle" as a mirror of a nation's century-long journey from awakening in peril to forging ahead through innovation. The production is directed by renowned director Guo Xiaonan and led by National First-Class Actor Yin Zhangxu. With solid skills from three generations of performers, both in singing and acrobatics, it showcases the vibrant, well-inherited artistry of the Hubei Provincial Peking Opera Theatre. Unlike many historical dramas, *Hanyang Made* does not stop at recounting historical facts. Instead, it focuses on the spiritual struggles and unyielding breakthroughs of late-Qing officials and modern industrial workers under technological blockade and internal and external pressures, elevating the "chase for material progress" to a "spiritual awakening" that resonates across time with today's spirit of independent innovation and technological self-reliance.

In terms of stage presentation, the production upholds the traditional Chinese aesthetic principle of "the interplay of the virtual and the real." With multi-layered, symbolic scenery installations combined with multimedia projection technology, it breaks the physical limitations of the traditional stage and places different times and spaces within the same dramatic context. Zhang Zhidong's late-night anxieties over establishing the arsenal overlap with the pressures from the court within the same context. Through the interweaving of light and shadow, the audience gazes from a god's-eye view at the dislocation between the individual and the era, and amid the compassion of knowing the historical outcome, develops deep empathy for the protagonist's fate.

As an opening masterpiece with extremely high demands in both visual and emotional terms, this production imposes comprehensive requirements on stage lighting fixtures in terms of light quality, color, framing precision, and noise performance. Multiple FINE ART fixtures participated in the stage presentation of this opening performance, each serving different lighting needs with its own technical characteristics.

The FINE 1700CF BSWF is an LED moving head light developed by FINE ART for the high-end performance market, integrating beam, wash, gobo, and framing functions. It has an effective range of up to 100m, with color rendering indices Ra and R9 both reaching 95. Its patented cooling system maintains full-power operation at room temperature without derating, with operating noise below 45dB. The fixture features a built-in second-generation color standard, delivering good color consistency and a wide color gamut. It is equipped with 12 color filters, 1 rotating gobo wheel, 1 fixed gobo wheel, 1 dynamic effect wheel, and a full framing system rotatable ±90°. With sharp, distortion-free cut edges, it meets the complex stage image-shaping needs of large theatres.

The FINE 4019 WASH PLUS is a professional high-power LED moving head wash light. It adopts an all-new optical design that maintains high optical efficiency while ensuring uniform color mixing and soft effects. At narrow angles, it delivers 30,000 lux at 6 meters, and its 4°–60° zoom range adapts to lighting scenarios at different distances. The fixture offers smooth, delicate dimming with no noticeable flicker when starting at low brightness, meeting the high dimming standards of theatrical performances. Its linearly adjustable color temperature from 2500K to 8000K maintains relatively stable brightness as color temperature changes, with Ra and R9 both reaching 90 or above. The hidden folding hook design also reduces the operational difficulty of on-site hanging installation.

The FINE 1700L WASH PERF is equipped with a high-efficiency light engine, Ra ≥ 90, a light source design life of up to 20,000 hours, and a total luminous flux output of over 50,000 lm. With excellent heat dissipation design and intelligent fan control technology, its operating noise performance improves at lower ambient temperatures. It also features a patented cooling system that allows continuous full-power operation at room temperature without derating. The fixture has a built-in second-generation color standard that ensures output colors close to those of gas discharge light source fixtures. It is equipped with 2 color wheels each with 6 colors plus white, supports CMY infinite color mixing and CTO linear color temperature adjustment, and features a framing system rotatable ±90°, making it suitable for theatres, concert halls, and other performance scenarios with high noise requirements.

It is understood that during the festival, there will be a total of 20 major productions, 5 small-theatre Peking operas, 4 short Peking opera plays, and multiple special performances, collectively presenting the thriving scene of China's Peking opera development in recent years.

Judging from the stage presentation of the opening masterpiece *Hanyang Made*, the contemporary expression of historical Peking opera relies not only on the creativity of the playwright, director, and actors but also on the support of stage technology. In golden autumn in the river city, the show begins; on stage, light and shadow together with singing, recitation, acting, and acrobatics constitute the contemporary expression of Peking opera art, allowing traditional opera to continue growing on the stage of the new era.

Marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of China's aerospace industry, the original drama *Sword Pointing to the Firmament* by Northwestern Polytechnical University held a trial performance on October 8 at the Soaring Student Center on the Chang'an Campus. Organized and created by the university's Art Education Center, the drama featured more than 40 cast and crew members, all students from various schools within the university. With plain yet warm expression, it presented the unwavering sincerity of a scientist, drawing rounds of applause from the audience. This round of trial performances ran for three consecutive days from October 7 to 9, with more than 3,000 faculty and student audience members attending in person.

The drama is based on Mr. Chen Shilu, one of the pioneers and founders of China's aerospace education, a renowned aerospace educator, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Through seven scenes, it connects Mr. Chen's life experiences of seeking knowledge to serve the nation, establishing the specialty, safeguarding the discipline, and dedicating himself to nurturing talent. It shows his firm choice to journey from the Jiangnan water towns to the Northwest and devote his life's efforts to the nation's aerospace cause, and also presents the arduous pioneering and torch-passing development journey of Northwestern Polytechnical University's aerospace discipline. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the westward relocation of the former Huazhong Institute of Technology (now part of Northwestern Polytechnical University). Mr. Chen Shilu's life of taking root in the Northwest and dedicating himself to aerospace is a vivid portrayal of the westward relocation spirit.

In this stage presentation of the scientist's spirit, two professional lighting fixtures from FINE ART used precise light and shadow to paint the backdrop of the times for Academician Chen Shilu's life of serving the nation. The FINE 1700LH BSWF four-in-one framing light, with an outstanding color rendering index of Ra and R9 both greater than or equal to 95, accurately reproduced the temporal and spatial transition from the Jiangnan water towns to the Northwest gobi and the period texture of the characters' costumes. Equipped with dual color wheels with 12 professional color filters, CMY infinite color mixing combined with CTO linear color temperature adjustment, and rotating and fixed gobo wheels working with a dynamic effect wheel, it unfolded one by one Mr. Chen's youthful years of seeking knowledge to serve the nation, the arduous pioneering of establishing the specialty, the persistent safeguarding of the discipline, and the deep affection of a teacher dedicated to nurturing talent.

The FINE 4019 WASH PLUS high-power LED moving head wash light, with its all-new optical design, balances uniform color mixing and soft effects. At narrow angles, it delivers 30,000 lux at 6 meters, and its wide 4° to 60° zoom range effortlessly meets diverse lighting needs from solo monologues to impassioned ensemble scenes. It rendered the warm interactions between Mr. Chen and his students and the key decisions in discipline construction with delicacy and depth, allowing the faculty and student audience to perceive, through the university's origins, the noble character of the westward-relocation generation of aerospace predecessors who held fast to their original aspiration and supported the younger generation.

As the applause echoed for a long time in the Soaring Student Center, FINE ART uses light as a brush, not only illuminating Academician Chen Shilu's magnificent life of dedication to aerospace and nurturing talent through research, but also reflecting the spiritual lineage of the 70-year torch-passing legacy of the westward relocation of the former Huazhong Institute of Technology.

On the evening of September 29, the 6th China Opera Festival, hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Fujian Provincial People's Government and jointly organized by the Xiamen Municipal People's Government, the Art Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Fujian Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and the China Opera Research Society, concluded successfully in Xiamen, Fujian.

The China Opera Festival is the highest-level and largest national artistic event in China's opera field. This year's festival adopted a dual-city model linking Xiamen and Fuzhou, bringing together 16 outstanding productions and presenting 31 professional performances. It covered four major sections: exhibitions of outstanding productions, thematic seminars, arts popularization and public benefit programs, and creative talent training. The festival fully implemented the requirements of bringing literature and art to the people, used opera as a bond to deepen cross-strait cultural understanding, and gathered tremendous strength to promote the prosperity and development of Chinese opera art. Among the many outstanding works at this year's festival, FINE ART professional lighting fixtures provided full support with precise light and shadow, injecting radiant brilliance blending technology and aesthetics into the contemporary presentation of opera art.

The national opera *Zheng Chenggong* by the Xiamen Song and Dance Theatre served as the closing performance. The opera takes as its main thread Zheng Chenggong's national righteousness in uniting all parties, overcoming all obstacles, and recovering Taiwan. It depicts both his brilliant military achievements that shine in history and his tragic sentiments in the face of a shattered homeland and an unfinished campaign, creating a flesh-and-blood tragic hero between grand narrative and delicate lyricism. The FINE 1700LH BSWF four-in-one framing light, with its 1500W high-power output and outstanding color rendering index of Ra and R9 both greater than or equal to 95, accurately reproduced the weighty texture of stage history and the delicate layers of character costumes. The FINE 1700L WASH PERF wash and framing moving head light, equipped with the latest high-efficiency light engine, delivers Ra ≥ 90 and a total luminous flux output of over 50,000 lm, rendering the vast sea, twilight clouds, beacon fires, and setting sun with distinct layers. The FINE 4019 PIXIE PLUS, with its ultra-wide linear zoom range of 4° to 60°, 65 color macros, and 64 effect macros, laid out a delicate and varied emotional foundation for the stage. The FINE 550 BSW PLUS three-in-one fixture, together with the FINE 604 BATTEN bar effect light and the FINE 400T LEKO low-color-temperature 3200K LED profile light, painted dynamic light accents for the transitions of time and space. The FINE 1400SF follow spot closely followed every solitary figure on stage with its full beam.

The Shaanxi Song and Dance Theatre's *Zhang Qian* distills dramatic plots from historical records and legends, using human separations and reunions to write about the great achievement of opening up the Western Regions, celebrating the pioneering spirit with Silk Road charm, integrating Eastern and Western civilizations, and showcasing the patriotic passion and heroic spirit of a giant of his era. The FINE 1700LH BSWF, with its dual color wheels with 12 professional color filters, CMY infinite color mixing combined with CTO linear color temperature adjustment, one rotating gobo wheel with 6 pluggable gobos, and one fixed gobo wheel with 9 gobos working together with a dynamic effect wheel, slowly unfolded the magnificent scroll of desert smoke and Silk Road camel bells in precise light and color, making every step of Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions tread upon a historical scroll woven with light and shadow.

The original national opera *March of the Volunteers* by the Shanghai Opera House artistically recreates the birth of the national anthem and portrays the group image of left-wing literary and artistic pioneers. Since its premiere, it has been performed more than 50 times, witnessing historical moments such as the 80th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance. The FINE 1770L BSWF four-in-one framing light served as the mainstay with its superior long-throw capability, with an effective range of up to 100 meters, transforming the stage into a historical scroll transcending time and space. Its outstanding light quality, with Ra and R9 both reaching up to 95, accurately reproduced the resolute expressions and plain clothing of left-wing literary and artistic pioneers in the war-torn years. Its patented cooling system maintains full-power operation at room temperature without derating, with noise below 45dB, protecting with silence the solemnity and sanctity of the moment the national anthem was born.

As the arias of opera echo for a long time in the night sky over the Egret Island, FINE ART uses light as a brush, not only illuminating the brilliant chapters of the 16 outstanding productions at the 6th China Opera Festival, but also reflecting the contemporary spirit of Chinese opera art as it carries forward its original aspiration through tradition and innovation and embarks together on a new journey.