Kim Jong Il Enjoys Performance Given by Chinese Art Group

Pyongyang, July 16 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, Friday enjoyed a performance given by an art group of dance drama "Confetti on Silk Road" of the Gansu Provincial Song and Dance Theatre of China. It is visiting the DPRK on the 50th anniversary of the DPRK-China treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance and the 30th anniversary of its performance in the DPRK.
The head of the art group presented to Kim Jong Il a gift prepared with sincerity on behalf of the art group.
The dance drama is based on a mural painting in Gansu Province in the northwestern part of China. Dealing with the story about the life of the Chinese people and peoples of foreign countries on silk road during the Tang Dynasty of China the dance drama reflects the aspiration and wishes of the people who value good faith and sense of obligation, opposed to the corrupt feudal ruling quarters in those days and all social evils caused by them.
After the performance was over, Kim Jong Il met the leading members of the art group and congratulated them on their successful performance.