At a news conference held in Orlando on November 13, 2018, the International Theme Entertainment Association (TEA), which has the highest prestige, authority and acceptance in the global theme entertainment industry, announced that the real scene performance "Camel Bell Legend", presented by Huaxia cultural travel Xi’an, won the 25th The TEA Thea Outstanding Achievement Award. This is the only world-class performance award that Chinese has get this year. As an important participant in the design and production of Camel Bell Legend Show project, ACE International Limited (ACE) undertakes the design and integration of audio system, lighting and video system.

  
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The whole show of "Camel Bell Legend" is divided into seven scene, named "Travel in Time", "Farewell", "Encounter Wolf ", "Exotic", "Rain", "Men Return" and "Flourishing Age". The performance begins with a couple of newly married Yaner's farewell, It tells the story of the westbound camel fleet, which has experienced natural dangers such as volcanoes, avalanches, sandstorms, deserts and wolves. Then they returns with full of goods and prays for Bamiyang on the way, who happens to meet the holy rain, and safely returns to Chang’an in the expectation of his relatives. Also interspersed with descriptions of exotic customs.

As many as 47 inventions were used in the whole performance. The combination of real mountains and real waters, spectacular scene, and the ups and downs of the plot, brought shock, excitement, aestheticism and joy to the audience, is another perfect interpretation of the grand epic of Sino-Western Silk Road cultural exchange, and is another new card for the world to understand Chinese culture.

Creative designed and constructed of a movable auditorium in the center of the theater, which can accommodate 3,000 people to watch the performance. The show broke the world's single stage performance mode,  and provided the audience with the best viewing position by rotating and moving, brought new audiovisual enjoyment to the audience. It demands very high requirements for sound design with six stages, movable rotating auditorium, super-large structure mechanical design, multi-channel sound playback. In order to present the epic of "sound", ACE's sound engineers come up with a perfect solution to the above situations.

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The sound reinforcement system used multi-channel design, which can be controlled independently from the source to the loudspeaker, fully satisfying the playback of different music formats of the director and music production team. DANTE, BSS BLULINK, AES/EBU3 and other digital transmission methods are used to ensure that audio signal can reach the loudspeaker without any loss, and 100% of the original sound quality of the studio. For such a high-grade transmission system, a powerful hardware support is also extremely important. The sound source uses the stable, powerful and most award-winning fixed installation TASCAM DA6400 64 channel multi-track playback system. The system can support DANTE and MADI dual-interface work, excellent and powerful theatre preset mode, which is very suitable for the needs of high-standard artistic performances.

Two Soundcraft Vi2000 are used for audio control. With the help of HiQnet mirror control technology, the two mixers can achieve 100% full-function backup and improve the accuracy and security of the system. For such a large sound reinforcement system, low delay digital audio signal transmission is extremely important. BSS BLU London processors are used in this system. Its patented BSS BLULINK technology can make the audio transmission delay reach the level of uS, which is one order lower than the traditional mS delay.

Lighting and video systems are controlled by the original console of German MA light factory. The original system can ensure the high stability and reliability of the system during the performance. For the show that receives tens of thousands of audiences every day, there is no omission allowed in the performance. There are thousands of square meters of movable LED wall, four laser projectors in the set. Since large number of video elements transformation, which is a test of the function of the video server. ArKaos server system is adopted, which has full light control mode and perfectly compatible with professional lighting console, and can provide unparalleled performance of synchronized the speed and effect of high-definition video signals.
 
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An official statement from the TEA Thea Review Committee described the project's salient features: The Camel Bell Legend Show presents the highest level of visual imagination and design in the industry. It amazes the audiences with amazing stage effects, grand props, beautiful sets, numerous actors, 15-metre-high volcanoes and snow mountains, 18-metre-high, 20-metre-high and 40-metre-high Buddha statues. These elements are given by the 4000-square meter LED screen. The audience seamlessly transforms from one scene to another, the visual impact is constantly strengthened.

Xia Chunting, chairman of Huaxia Cultural Travel Group, the chief planner, screenwriter and director of Camel Bell Legend, said, "The Camel Bell Legend Show brings together outstanding talents from all over the China. Thank you for all the team members who made this work possible, including Xia Zhenxiang (producer), Jack Ahe (executive director and choreographer). Dong Gang (Composition), Han Chunqi (Costume Design), Cao Rongzhen (Audio Design), Li Guangcheng (Dance Beauty Design), Meng Qin (Lighting Design), and all the actors and staff. 

Mr. Cao Rongzhen, senior vice president of ACE, said: "ACE is honored and proud to be able to participate and create such a magnificent project, which has won the recognition in the global attractions industry and achieved remarkable results. Congratulations to Huaxia Cultural Travel Group! Thanks TEA Thea Evaluation Committee! ACE will, as always, provide more sophisticated, higher-level, more audio-visual products and systems to serve the industry.
 

About TEA           
Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) is a non-profit international alliance, founded in 1991, headquartered in California, USA. Its 1600 member units represent about 15,000 creative experts, covering 42 countries, architects, designers, technical experts, landscape manufacturers ,artists, builders, feasibility analysts, its projects are spread all over the world. At present, there are more than 7000 industry experts from all over the world, whose rigor, impartiality and professionalism are highly praised. Since 1994, the Association has selected and awarded the TEA Award with the aim of "seeking excellence and affirming its contribution". It commends the global industry for creating excellent and extraordinary experience for tourists in thematic entertainment design projects, entertainment facilities, exhibitions and scenic spots. It has been awarded for its important position in the industry and grand award ceremony. Also known as the industry's "Oscar" award. The successive winners of TEA "Outstanding Achievement Awards" are the industry leaders who stand out from hundreds of tourism enterprises around the world.

About Huaxia Cultural Travel Group           
Founded in 2009, Huaxia Cultural Travel Group is mainly engaged in investment, development, operation, export of cultural creativity and trusteeship operation of cultural tourism projects. It has five subsidiaries in Weihai, Beijing, Xiamen, Xi'an and Nanjing under its jurisdiction. Now it has established subsidiaries covering cultural tourism, Tourism Performing arts, theme parks and tourist attractions, tourism catering hotel, tourism product development, investment and operation management, is an all-round enterprise to build a multi-format complex project. Over the years, the group has won numerous awards for its outstanding contributions to China's tourism industry (Pegasus Award), National Cultural Industry Demonstration Base, National Leisure Fisheries Demonstration Base, Top Ten Chinese Tourism Performing Arts Institutions, Chinese Tourism Performing Unicorn, the First Show of Chinese Cultural Tourism Characteristics, and the cultural influence of Chinese brands. Top 10 demonstration units, top 10 box office of China's tourism and performing arts, the first city of China's ecological and environmental protection and other honors.

About ACE           
Founded in 1982, ACE (International) is an engineering company providing professional audio, video and stage lighting services in Hong Kong. Since its establishment, it has become a professional equipment supplier and system integrator in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao. With more than 35 years of professional experience, ACE has an important position in this industry. ACE serves a wide range of audiences, including world-famous television stations, radio stations, recording studios, theatres, cinemas, stadiums and conference centers. In addition, the company also provides system consulting, system design, system integration and training services.  
        
The projects completed by ACE and its engineers are all over China. The representative projects in recent years include APEC Conference, Tianjin Binhai Aircraft Carrier Theme Park, Encore Wutai Mountain, the 70th Anniversary of the Victory of Anti-fascism Prade, Shanghai Disney Theme Park, Hangzhou G20 Summit, Encore Dunhuang, Yan'an Baota Mountain-Light show, ZuiYiShiHangzhou, the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return, the 90th anniversary of the founding of the PLA, the opening ceremony of the 13th National Games in Tianjin, Zhengding Memory, Xiamen BRICS Summit, Camel Bell Legend Show, the opening ceremony of the Pingchang Winter Olympic Games - "Beijing 8 Minutes", Encore Malacca, Shanghai Cooperative organization Qingdao Summit, Nanning Fangte ASEAN Myth Theme Paradise, 2018 China Import Expo, 40th anniversary ceremony of reform and opening, etc.