葫芦岛市东方女子古筝新筝乐团受国家文化部派遣,在访问团团长王天一的率领下,于1月21日至29日代表我国对爱尔兰进行了正式友好访问演出。此次访问演出原定3场,由于第一场就造成了轰动,使演出场次增加至12场,总观看人数达到12万人次,创下了国外艺术团体到爱尔兰演出观众之最。在为中国城艺术节的广场演出中,成千上万的爱尔兰观众早早地就 The Guzheng Sinfonist Orchestra of Huludao City, the eastern part of China, was sent by the Ministry of Culture. Under the leadership of Wang Tianyi, leader of the delegation, she performed an official goodwill visit to Ireland on behalf of our country from January 21 to 29. The visit was originally scheduled for three performances, as a result of the first scene caused a sensation, so that the number of performances increased to 12 games, the total number of viewers reached 120,000 people, setting a foreign art groups to show the audience in Ireland most. Thousands of Irish spectators were there early in the show for the Chinatown Festival