Cui Jian's rock no longer rolls

In March 1989, 27-year-old Chinese rocker Cui Jian gave a concert titled Rock 'n' Roll on the New Long March at the Theater of Beijing Exhibition Hall, just after releasing his groundbreaking album of the same title.

Along with Zhang Yimou's film, Red Sorghum, which won the Golden Bear award, and the China Contemporary Art Exhibition that witnessed an artist shooting his own work, Cui's concert became one of the most important cultural events of the 1980s. It was staged at a time of great creativity catalyzed by China's opening-up.

Twenty years later, on Christmas Eve, Cui returned to the Theater of Beijing Exhibition Hall with a concert titled Rock 'n' Roll on the New Long March V21, indicating he is still continuing his long march in the 21st century.