Chinese Hearing Impaired Dancers--Thousand Hand Bodhisattva

As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart 

A thousand hands will naturally come to your aid 

As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart 

You will reach out with a thousand hands to help others  

Guan Yin is the bodhisattva of compassion, revered by Buddhists as the
Goddess of Mercy. 

Her name is short for Guan Shi Yin. 

Guan means to
observe, watch, or monitor; Shi means the world; Yin means sounds,
specifically sounds of those who suffer.

Thus, Guan Yin is a
compassionate being who watches for, and responds to, the people in the
world who cry out for help. 

The bewitching performance of Thousand-hand Bodhisattva dance performed
at the 2005 CCTV Spring Festival Gala by 21 hearing impaired girls and
boys with the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe (CDPPAT) in
Beijing caused a nationwide sensation. 

The movements were of
breathtaking precision. The marvelous choreography, lavish costumes and
perfect lighting were a thrilling experience. 

The audience never
stopped wondering at the extraordinary accuracy of the 21 dancers'
"thousand hands" gesticulating as if they belonged to one body. 

The
dance was led by Tai lihua and choreographed and directed by Zhang
Jigang. 

On September 28, 2004 at the Closing Ceremony of the 2004 Athens
Paralympic Games the eight-minute debut of Thousand-hand Bodhisattva as
a "theme song" wonderfully shocked the whole world.

Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlrCYhacvoI

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlrCYhacvoI