MACAO， Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- A fantasy show based on one of China's most famous novel Journey to the West was staged here on Monday night， bring a fresh mixture of traditional legend and modern performance technique to visitors in this special administrative region.
The performance， dubbed Monkey King - China Show， is based on one of ancient China's four most influential literature works Journey to the West. A group of drama writers， stage artists and technicians spent eight years to bring the Chinese elements of myths， fairy tales， drama， comedy， slapstick， magic and acrobatics into 70 minutes' performance.
The acting scenes encompass the Monkey King， the Monk and other two companies of the journey against stunning backdrops switching between the heaven， the Buddhist circle， the devil realm and mortal world， creating a rich and multi-layered narrative space for ballet dance， acrobatics， drama， martial arts and magic performances.
One of the spectacular scenes comes when the Buddha hand， armed with eight Talismans of Buddhism and carrying aurora and rainbow， strikes talons into the dust with a holy postlude to 'Ode to Buddha' at the end， expressing its overall theme of changing evil into good and hatred into love.
All of these elements are complemented by acrobats， ballet dancers， and martial arts masters from all around the world， including stars from the National Peking Opera， the cast members of the world famous Cirque du Soleil， as well as winners of the Golden Clown Award and the International Acrobatics Competition. The audience was overwhelmed by the jaw-dropping flips and bounce of acrobats and their seamless coordination.
The show also features the advanced 3D effects， LED screen projections， video mapping and full surround sound with creative lighting effects， choreography， music and spectacular costumes.
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"The thoughts and prayers of our ownership, Board and everyone at Manchester City are with the people of Manchester and all those affected following the horrifying events of last night's Manchester Arena attack," Manchester City said in statement.
"We have offered our full support throughout the night and this morning to the leaders of the City of Manchester itself and to the Emergency Services who are doing so much to support our city in these most challenging of circumstances.
"The Etihad Stadium is being used as a support centre following the tragic events and Greater Manchester Police have advised that anyone needing assistance relating to the attack can access that help at the Etihad Stadium via Gate 11."
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The Red Devils issued a statement on Tuesday morning: "Everyone at Manchester United is deeply shocked by last night's terrible events at the Manchester Arena. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected, including our supporters puma creepers rihanna blanche , club staff and members of our community such as the children from our Manchester United Foundation partner schools who were attending the concert at the Arena.
"Club staff are ready to help the police and other emergency services in any way that may be required at this challenging time for our city. Old Trafford's Megastore, Museum, Red Cafe and Stadium Tour are all closed to the public today."
Manager Jose Mourinho was to have spoken to the press on Tuesday but United cancelled that press conference. The players held a minute's silence on the club's training pitch at Carrington on Tuesday morning. The team were scheduled to fly to Sweden in the afternoon.
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RIO DE JANEIRO， Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Following are the final results of canoe sprint women's kayak single 200m at the Rio Olympic Games here on Tuesday:
1. Lisa Carrington， New Zealand， 39.864
2. Marta Walczykiewicz， Poland， 40.279
3. Inna Osipenko-Rodomska， Azerbaijan， 40.401
4. Spela Ponomarenko Janic， Slovenia， 40.769
5. Sarah Guyot， France， 40.894
6. Teresa Portela Rivas， Spain， 41.053
7. Linnea Stensils， Sweden， 41.293
8. Inna Klinova， Kazakhstan， 41.521
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