The Spring Bud Cup is an art competition for primary and secondary schools in Shaanxi Province. It is held once a year, sponsored by Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education and undertaken by Tieyi No.1 Middle School and Gaoxin No.1 Middle School. There are individuals and groups in the project, which are divided into primary school group and middle school group.
Personal vocal music: solo and duet shall not exceed 4 people, and the duration shall not exceed 3 minutes. Instrumental music: the duration of solo is no more than 3 minutes, the ensemble is no more than 5 people, and the duration is no more than 5 minutes. Dance: solo, duet and threesome shall last no more than 3 minutes. Drama, Traditional Opera and Quyi: Crosstalk, Recitation, Allegro and Opera Oratorio shall not exceed 3 minutes, and sketches shall not exceed 5 minutes.
Art Calligraphy: Primary school group projects: Chinese painting, children's creative painting, calligraphy (including hard pen). Junior and senior high school projects: sketch, gouache watercolor, creative painting, Chinese painting, calligraphy (including hard pen). Chorus for collective projects (15-40 people), with a duration of no more than 6 minutes. Class chorus (an established ordinary teaching class with no more than 50 people) lasts no more than 6 minutes.
Ensemble (10-65 people) with a duration of no more than 9 minutes. Group dance (12-36 people), lasting no more than 7 minutes. The drama contains no more than 12 people and the duration does not exceed 12 minutes. Recitation (no more than 8 people), the duration is no more than 5 minutes. You can see it from the organizer. As the organizers, Tieyi No.1 Middle School and Gaoxin No.1 Middle School recruit a certain number of artistic talents every year.
If a child gets good grades in the Spring Bud Cup, he can enter a prestigious school as an art specialty student. However, it is said that the number of special students in Tieyi No.1 Middle School and Gaoxin No.1 Middle School is decreasing every year. Other schools in Xi 'an recognize the Spring Bud Cup, and some do not.
With the change of primary education syllabus, parents pay more and more attention to art. Among the primary school students in Xi 'an, there are only a handful of students who have not studied one or two arts outside. "Spring Bud Cup" has a very high gold content in Xi 'an. There are more and more junior high schools now. Although the road to artistic talents is not easy, there will still be thousands of parents who choose the "Spring Bud Cup".