Martin Audio delivers for Dianjiang Peony Culture Festival

China:

The Dianjiang Peony Culture Festival recently returned to Dianjiang County Stadium with a star-studded concert backed by a Martin Audio WPL sound system. With over 25 years of history, the festival is regarded as one of Southwest China’s most prominent floral and cultural events, attracting thousands of visitors annually.

Dianjiang’s peony story spans nearly 2,000 years, dating back to the Han Dynasty. The region in the Chongqing municipality is famed for its wild landscape peonies, which grow naturally on mountainsides, and the festival has become a showcase for both the blooms and the local culture surrounding them.

Titled New Charm of Chongqing - Wellness Dianjiang, this year’s edition featured an expanded programme and a broader wellness and health focus and ran for three months from March to May. Daytime flower viewing is complemented by a diverse calendar of activity, including sports events such as the Peony Marathon and Triathlon, food festivals, arts exhibitions and this year’s Peony Festival Concert featuring nationally recognised music stars.

Artists Zhang Xinzhe – better known internationally as Jeff Chang – Yu Wenwen (Kelly Yu), Huang Pinyuan and Xianzi took to the stage at Dianjiang County Stadium. For main PA coverage, the concert deployed 36 WPL Wavefront Precision line array loudspeakers, flown as 18 cabinets per side. Outfill coverage in the stadium was provided by a Martin Audio W8LC system, with L-R hangs comprising 12 units per side.

A further W8LC system was also deployed as delays – optimised using Martin Audio’s software – and configured as two flown hangs of 12 elements, combined with four ground-stacked array elements per side.

A W8LM front fill system was deployed for the front-row audience area featuring wide 120° dispersion and evenly distributed as six stacks of two elements. Low-frequency reinforcement came from a total of 44 ground-stacked WS218X dual 18-inch subwoofers.