The First Macao International Comedy Festival Hengqin Closing Shen Teng Ma Li and Psychologists Cross-border Talk about "Happy Prescription"

On March 18, the closing ceremony of the first Macau International Comedy Festival and "laughter is the antidote" Happy mahjong impromptu comedy and positive psychology cross-border experimental activities were solemnly held in Hengqin. Li Weinong, Economic and Financial Secretary of the Macao SAR Government and Director of the Executive Committee of the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone; Li Junxiao, Deputy Secretary of the Hengqin working Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee; Fu Yongge, member of the Hengqin working Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Deputy Director of the Executive Committee of the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone; Su Jie, Deputy Director of the Executive Committee of the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone; and Wu Zijian, Deputy Director of the Executive Committee of the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone. Wei Yijun, member of the Hengqin working Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and deputy director of the Hengqin Office of the Provincial Government; Bai Bing, Director of the publicity and Culture Department of the Liaison Office of the Central people's Government in the Macao Special Administrative region; Li Luoqing, representative of the Cultural Bureau of the Macao Special Administrative region Government and acting Director of the Macao Cultural Center Zhang Chen, founder of Happy Mahua and initiator of Macau International Comedy Festival; Shen Teng, actress, director, screenwriter and initiator of Macau International Comedy Festival; Ma Li, actress, producer and initiator of Macau International Comedy Festival; Han Mei, CEO of Happy Mahua and co-sponsor of Macau International Comedy Festival Famous actor and singer Wang Zulan, musician and actor Wu Moyu, Vice Dean of School of Journalism and Communication, Institute of Cultural and Creative Development and Academy of Science and Technology of Tsinghua University Zhang Zheng, Deputy Director of Social Psychology Research Center of Tsinghua University Ni Zijun, Managing Director of CICC Xu Zhongchao, Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Lai Sun Group Dr. Lin Yuyi, Senior Vice President of Hong Kong Lai Xin Group Li Ming and other leaders and guests attended the event.

At the event, through special impromptu comedy performances and "comedy psychological experiments, the psychology behind the laughter, the guests and the audience analyzed the psychological motivation of comedy's hilarious laughter, breaking through the traditional forum concept in an unprecedented cross-border form, so that the participants' immersive feelings of happiness soared.

As an important part of the "laughter is the antidote" section of the Macau International Comedy Festival, the closing ceremony is driven by "impromptu comedy", which is of far-reaching significance. This form of performance, which has no written script and requires deep cooperation and trust between actors, highlights the concept of the comedy festival "one festival, two places", Macao and Hengqin, and the encounter between impromptu comedy and positive psychology. like the two-way empowerment of Aoqin, the two different fields suddenly enlighten each other. On the occasion of the 25 anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland, the successful holding of the Macao International Comedy Festival, in line with the regional "1-4" economic development strategy, is based on the new development pattern of Macao-Qin integration, with comedy as the medium. to add laughter and laughter to the in-depth cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao!

After the comedy psychological experiment, the organizers held a grand closing ceremony to announce the end of the first Macao International Comedy Festival. During the nine-day exhibition, the Macau International Comedy Festival through "like to see" repertoire, film performances, "overjoyed" street flash activities, "gratifying team building" comedy peak forum, "laughter is the antidote" comedy psychology cross-border forum and many other sections For friends all over the world who pay attention to the development of comedy and love the art of comedy, it presents a gluttonous feast with a wide variety and rich categories, taking into account both entertainment and exploration.

Although the event is over, the exploration around the development of comedy will never stop, and the innovative model explored in the process of holding the comedy festival will continue to benefit the whole industry in the days to come.

Impromptu comedy brought "extreme" to move Shen Teng live love performer: I love you!

The closing activity of this year's Macau International Comedy Festival was opened by an impromptu comedy performance brought by the happy mahua team. Due to the inability to do much preparation before the performance, impromptu comedy has high requirements for the performer's ability to respond quickly on the spot, the use of body and language, tacit cooperation with co-actors, and effective interaction with the audience. At the scene of the event, performers invited guests and the audience to interact with each other through thematic links such as "I am a tree", "who is the winner of the lines" and "clap and stop". Let everyone have the most personal perception of this form of performance, in which there is no literary script and actors accept propositions and improvise on the spot. Immersive experience the different charm of "impromptu comedy" and the infinite joy of impromptu comedy scene.

The final "I love you" segment of the performance was completed by the impromptu comedy performer, the live audience and Shen Teng, who watched the performance together. As a national-level senior comedian, Shen Teng was also infected by the impromptu comedy performance at the scene, was not stingy with his praise, and expressed his "love" to the live performers. Shen Teng said that he likes live performers "to keep doing impromptu comedies offline all the time, bringing everyone 'very uncertain' happiness!" Shen Teng's rapid on-the-spot response gave the audience a deeper understanding of the charm of impromptu comedy.

**laughter is the best antidote to positive psychology and the comedy "hand in hand" to explore the code of happiness.

The closing event invited Ni Zijun, a well-known expert in positive psychology, to have a cross-border conversation with comedy creators and performers to explain comedy, explore comedy and explore the "happy core" of comedy from a novel perspective of positive psychology.

As a new discipline that adopts scientific principles and methods to study happiness, advocates the positive orientation of psychology, studies human positive psychological quality, and pays attention to human health, happiness and harmonious development, positive psychology has always paid attention to comedy. Humor in comedy is one of the six positive psychological qualities of human beings, which is deeply connected with positive psychology. In the study of positive psychology, it is found that comedy can change a person's happiness index. Laughter is a warm and powerful happiness force, which can play a great role in helping people's emotional state. Teacher Ni Zijun analyzed the comparison of Shen Teng and Ma Li's photos through the "Dixiang smile Test". It also shows the change of the audience's "happiness index" from an average of 3.17 to an average of 3.84 (out of 5) by watching impromptu comedies. In a way visible to the naked eye, it verifies the important role of comedy and proves that "laughter" is the best antidote to life.

At the event, Mr. Ni Zijun, together with Shen Teng, Ma Li and Wang Zulan, discussed such close-to-life topics as "stress or relaxation in drama performance, which can bring better results", "will comedians emo more easily than ordinary people", "what can they do when they want to be angry", and analyzed in depth how to combine comedy with positive psychology to explore the secret of making people happy. Mr. Peng Kaiping, dean of the School of Social Sciences of Tsinghua University and the leader of China International positive Psychology, also taught you the happy trick of "Life has tribulations, and positivity is the countermeasure." expressed the hope of more cross-border cooperation between psychology and comedy in the future, and expected the audience to feel the "happiness flow" pursued by positive psychology in the laughter brought by comedy.

from Aoqin "laughter" to the whole world to tell a good Chinese comedy story in the new era with humanistic care

At the end of the cross-border conversation on the "laughter is the antidote" section, the first Macau International Comedy Festival officially entered the closing ceremony. In their speeches, representatives from all walks of life who participated in the closing ceremony fully affirmed the important contribution of the successful holding of the Comedy Festival to the two-way empowerment of Hengqin and Hengqin in Macao, to the creation of Macao's "capital of performing arts", and to the promotion of in-depth cooperation between Aoqin.

Zhang Zheng, a professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Tsinghua University, affirmed the holding of the comedy festival from the perspective of the development of the comedy industry. As a researcher of the cultural industry, Professor Zhang believes that "comedy, like salt, is an indispensable condiment in life." Through the holding of this Macau International Comedy Festival, it not only brings joy to the audience, but also shows the great leading role of large-scale comedy festivals, which is in line with the national strategy of vigorously promoting the development of the cultural industry and the core demand of building Qinao into a performing arts capital. Professor Zhang said: "laughter consumption has a broad market base, and comedy, as an important vertical category in the cultural industry, has broad room for growth." He also actively made suggestions and put forward his own thinking of "improving the environment, being new business type, strengthening IP, expanding the platform, and providing good service" to the Macao International Comedy Festival. Professor Zhang believes: "taking comedy as an important starting point and focus of Qinao cultural industry will be able to form a rapid and healthy development, so that the power of laughter and culture can be transmitted continuously."

Su Han, deputy director of the Executive Committee of Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone, pointed out: "the successful holding of the first Macao International Comedy Festival, which is both international, innovative, entertaining and interactive, has created a successful model for the linkage of the Shenzhen Joint Zone and 'one section and two places'. The Comedy Festival has become an important link between Qin and Macao. " In the future, the local government will continue to support the holding of the Comedy Festival, strive to create a grand event that integrates production, performance, training and copyright, and increase its influence at the levels of materialization, industrialization and chaining. Better serve the regional diversified industry development strategy. "

At the end of the event, Zhang Chen, founder of Happy Mahua and sponsor of the Comedy Festival, announced the successful conclusion of the conference and invited global comedians to gather again at the Macau International Comedy Festival in 2025 to "laugh" all over the world, bringing infinite joy to everyone with comedy. continue to create miracles that belong to comedy.

four plates set off a wave of happiness in Macau Shen Teng turned into the busiest comedian

Looking back on the nine-day journey, the Macao International Comedy Festival not only left vivid and happy memories, but also made a successful attempt to integrate comedy into the city.

Starting with the film section, the Comedy Festival actively promotes the culture of comedy to go deep into the campus, so that young people are interested in comedy and fall in love with comedy. On the campus of Macao University of Science and Technology, after many good films, such as "Charlotte trouble", "Donkey gets Water", "more than Friendship", "Rental Boy" and "about me and the Ghost becoming my Family", front-line creators have come to the scene in person to communicate with their classmates. express their deepest creative experience, share the difficulties and difficulties encountered in creation, and answer the students' doubts with the most sincere words. Many students feedback that they have gained a lot from the activities and hope that more such activities will be held.

The repertoire section brings audiences the Asian premiere of a number of hit dramas-Spanish award-winning song and dance comedy "Comedy Voice" and Norwegian body comedy "Dance Yue Football", landing in Asia for the first time. Enjoy the cutting-edge repertoire from the world's top theatrical troupes, feast your eyes and ears. Not only that, the repertoire section also featured "Crazy Barber Shop", "Happy Liaozhai Sansheng plus", "Hello, robbery! "the classical plays, which have been tested by the market and are widely recognized by the audience, are drawn from not only the hot spots of reality, but also classical literature, leading the audience to experience in time and space and enrich the latitude of life.

The flash show on the streets of Macao attracted many citizens and tourists to stop and watch. In the infectious performance, many audiences were enthusiastically inspired to shake their bodies together, indulge and sing. Comedy has finally realized the desire to get out of the cinema and the banquet hall, really break the distance and integrate into life.

While bringing happiness to the audience, the Comedy Festival also pays close attention to the healthy development of the entire comedy industry, so a number of comedy forums emerge as the times require. Zhang Yimou, Ning Hao, Shen Teng, Ma Li and he Jiao, Fan Chengcheng, Qiao Shan, Song Xiaobao, Wang Baoqiang, Wei Xiang, Allen, Chang Yuan, du Haitao, Liu Tong, Zuo Lingfeng, comedy creators Chayanopu Boon Paracobu, Li Da, Liu Lu, sa Qiri, Wu Jinrong, Wu Rina, Xu Wenhe, Zhang Jianyu, Zhou Shen, everyone gathered in Macao, spoke freely, exchanged heartily, and produced a lot of amazing ideas. It is of great benefit to the development of comedy.

Sitting on the stage, Shen Teng, as the initiator of the festival, was the busiest comedian in the whole festival. he appeared in many films and repertoire performances, and the comedians also actively went deep into the scene of various repertoire performances, organized classes, exchanged views, observed the reaction of the front-line audience in the theater, and summed up the experience that comedians were on their way to amuse the audience.

The nine-day happy journey is fleeting and the feast is coming to an end. however, the experience model and content design explored during the Comedy Festival will continue to be applied to future cooperation and exchanges, benefiting the entire industry. As director Zhang Yimou said at the opening ceremony, "I hope that comedy will go deep into thousands of families, that this kind of internationalization can be carried out, and that such a festival will become better and better. There is still a very difficult way to go after opening a beginning. I hope to keep going." since it's a dream, you have to stick to it. " The Macau International Comedy Festival will forge ahead and strive to provide a communication platform for all friends who love comedy, so that all practitioners who love comedy can find opportunities here.

The first Macau International Comedy Festival is jointly organized by Beijing Happy Mahua Entertainment Culture Media Co., Ltd., Beijing Barley Culture Communication Co., Ltd., and officially co-organized by the Cultural Bureau of the Government of the Macao Special Administrative region. Official support from the Ministry of publicity and Culture of the Liaison Office of the Central people's Government in the Macao Special Administrative region, the Economic Development Bureau of the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone, the Macau Special Administrative region Government tourist Office and the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Bureau Co-organized by Hengqin Shenhe Investment Co., Ltd.; Sands China Co., Ltd., MGM China Holdings Co., Ltd., Yinhe Entertainment Group; Nanguang Culture and Creative Industry Co., Ltd., Macao University of Science and Technology School of Humanities and Arts, Macao Cultural circles Federation, Chess Entertainment production (Macau) Co., Ltd., Macau volunteers Association, Macau Airlines Co., Ltd. Ctrip Travel and China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. as official partners of the travel platform; movie channel strategic cooperation; Weibo exclusive social media platform; Sina Entertainment, Weibo Music, Weibo performance, Weibo movies, Sina performance, Sina Film exclusive promotion partners; bilibili exclusive on-screen comment cooperation platform; Bazaar men's exclusive fashion visual cooperation media. The first Macao International Comedy Festival officially opened in Macao on March 11, 2024 and ended in Hengqin on March 18, celebrating the 25 anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland. It is hoped that the "Macao International Comedy Festival" will continue to be held in the future, with Chinese culture as the mainstream. "the exchange and cooperation base for multicultural coexistence" will continue to contribute to telling a good Chinese story.