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ChinEsEBuDDhist musiCCAtChEsAuDiEnCE in hk 中华佛教音乐吸引香港听众 thE hong kongCulturAlCEntEr in viCtoriABAy wAs pACkED on thursDAy night, AnD louD ApplAusE pErioDiCAlly EChoED through thE nEon lit sky. it wAs not roCk musiC nor wAs it pop—it wAs trADitionAlChinEsEBuDDhist musiC thAt mADE An instAnt hit in thE moDErn mEtropolis. hong kong is thE Fourth lEg oF thEBuDDhist musiC pErFormAnCE tour By A troupE Consisting oF morE thAn 130 monks From thEChinEsE mAinlAnD AnD tAiwAn.AnD this is Also thE First timE monks From ACross thE tAiwAn strAit hAD jointly sEt up A troupE to pErForm, on gloBAl stAgEs. CrowDs oF hong king rEsiDEnts wErE lining up At thE loCAl port wAiting to wElComE mEmBErs oF thE troupE who wErE sAiling in From mACAo, whErE thEy hAD just EnDED AnothEr suCCEssFul pErFormAnCE on wEDnEsDAy night. thE monks rEturnED thE EnthusiAsm oF thE rEsiDEnts with A powErFul pErFormAnCE.Almost without slEEp, thE monks DrovE to thE ConCErt hAll prEpAring thE stAgE AnD Doing thE rEhEArsAls. BuDDhist musiC, whiCh originAtED From AnCiEnt inDiA, FounD its wAy intoChinA somE 2,000 yEArs Ago, AnD AFtEr ABsorBing ElEmEnts oF trADitionAlChinEsE Folk musiC, Court musiC AnD othEr rEligious musiC, A uniquE Form whiCh is now CAllEDChinEsEBuDDhist musiC CAmE into BEing. thE monks oF thE troupE ComE From prEstigiousBuDDhist tEmplEs inCluDing Fo guAng shAh tEmplE in tAiwAn, shAolin tEmplE in CEntrAl hEnAn provinCE, lABrAng tEmplE in northwEstErn gAnsu provinCE, AnD gEnErAl tEmplE in southwEstErn yunnAn provinCE, rEprEsEnting thE thrEE BrAnChEs oFBuDDhism inChinA, nAmElyChinEsEBuDDhism, tiBEtAnBuDDhism AnD pAliBuDDhism. thE winD swEEping ACross thE viCtoriABAy wAs Cool, But thE AtmosphErE in thE ConCErt hAll wAs hot. thE AuDiEnCE wAs mEsmErizED By thE grEAt vAriEty oF gEnrEs oFChinEsEBuDDhist musiC、 "it’s grEAt to sEE so mAny gEnrEs oFChinEsEBuDDhist musiC pErFormED on thE sAmE stAgE," sAiD A FEmAlE BAnk EmployEE surnAmEDChAng, "it’s so FAsCinAting," shE sAiD、 CAlling it A hAppy EvEnt in hong kong, thE vEnErABlE kwok kuAng, prEsiDEnt oF thE hong kongBuDDhistAssoCiAtion, sAiD thAt thE ConCErt sErvED As A prEluDE to thE DisplAy, in hong kong on mAy 26, oF A rEliC From FAmEn tEmplE prEsErvED in xi’An, CApitAl oF northwEstChinA’s shAAnxi provinCE. hE sAiD thAtBuDDhism AnDBuDDhist musiC in thEChinEsE mAinlAnD, tAiwAn AnD hong kong hAD thE sAmE roots, AnD through thE pErFormAnCE By monks From ACross thE tAiwAn strAit, thE trADitionAl rEligious Art woulD BE FurthEr DEvElopED AnD Bring morE hAppinEss to thEChinEsE. Co-sponsorED By thEChinEsEBuDDhismAssoCiAtion oFChinA AnD Fo guAng shAn tEmplE in tAiwAn, thE troupE wAs FormED in FEBruAry this yEAr AnD hAs sinCE stAgED Four suCCEssFul pErFormAnCEs in tAiwAn AnD mACAo, AnD will movE on to losAngElEs AnD sAn FrAnCisCo in thE us AnD vAnCouvEr oFCAnADA From FriDAy. hAiling thE joint pErFormAnCE As A mAjor EvEnt in thE history oFBuDDhism, hsin ting, DEputy ChiEF oF thE troupE AnD ABBot oF Fo guAng shAn, sAiD thAt Both thE monks AnD thE support stAFF hAD BEEn working togEthEr vEry hArmoniously EvEr sinCE thE FormAtion oF thE troupE, inDiCAting thEir inhEritED strong tiEs. "i hopE thE troupE’s tour to northAmEriCA will hElp thE worlD Community BEttEr unDErstAnDChinEsE trADitionAl CulturE, EspECiAlly thE hArmonious rElAtionships Among thE pEoplE ACross thE tAiwAn strAit," hE sAiD、

how wAs thEChinEsEBuDDhist musiC troupE rECEivED in hong kongA．it wAs wElComED likE Any othEr roCk or pop musiC BAnDs.
B．it wAs not As wElComE As roCk or pop musiC BAnDs.
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