ItisoneofthemostendearingmomentsofanongoingChinaChildren'sTheatreFestivalasseveralyoungAmericanactorsperformedadramaonChineseidiomstoriesontheweekend.ItisoneofthemostendearingmomentsofanongoingChinaChildren'sTheatreFestivalasseveralyoung American actors performed a drama on Chinese idiom stories on the weekend.They are from the US Missoula Children's Theatre， now coming to Beijing for the 6th China Children's Theatre Festival. Their show generated a lot of joy amongst audiences during its less than one-hour long show time. Young American actors interpret a Chinese idiom 'Be there just to make up the number and fill in a vacancy' through their drama performance on July 9， 2016 in the China National Theatre for Children in Beijing.[Photo: CRI]The American actors' show of 'Box of Idioms' on the stage of China National Theatre for Children contains a total of three idioms， which are called 'Chengyu' in Chinese. They are 'Marking a Boat to Seek One's Sword'， or Ke-Zhou-Qiu-Jian (刻舟求剑) in Chinese， 'Be there just to make up the number and fill in a vacancy' or Lan-Yv-Chong-Shu (滥竽充数) in Chinese and 'Display a slight skill before an expert' or Ban-Men-Nong-Fu (班门弄斧)in Chinese. Matt Loehrke is the Education Director with the US Missoula Children's Theatre.'I think they have learned a lot of theater skills， to begin with， as Joseph saying， many of them have never performed before， so they have learned to work with the technical crew， professional crew. What it means to learn the lines， what it means to be the characters. And not only to be the character to act it how you were acting， but to take the traditional story， the idiom story， and be those characters， to be the tricky servant， to be the emperor， to be those things. So they are learning the histories of the story as well as acting on top of that.'The China Children's Theatre Festival， which has successfully held five sessions since 2011， will close on Aug25th， lasting one and a half months.This year's festival is a stage where Chinese and foreign theater groups work together and conduct theatrical culture exchanges. Young American actors interpret a Chinese idiom 'Be there just to make up the number and fill in a vacancy' through their drama performance on July 9， 2016 in the China National Theatre for Children in Beijing.[Photo: CRI]