East Bank of the Yellow River: The 31st Guangong Cultural Tourism Festival

News from World Guangong Culture Net: The evening of September 22, 2020, witnesses the grand opening of the 31st Guangong cultural tourism festival in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province held in the Yanhu hall.

Guangong statue worshipped in the spring and autumn building of Guandi ancestral temple in Haizhou

Zheng Jianbang, vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee and executive vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, attended and announced the opening of the festival. Governor Lin Wu attended and delivered a speech. Li Jia, chairman of the provincial people's Political Consultative Conference, and Long Mingbiao, deputy director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of State Council, bestowed honorary certificates to representatives of the "model of loyalty and righteousness in the new era.". Zhang Bojun, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee Of The Chinese Kuomintang, Qi Quansheng, vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, and Wang Shi, chairman of the Chinese Culture Promotion Society, attended the opening ceremony.

Zheng Jianbang, vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, in front of the spring and autumn building of Guandi temple in Haizhou

Guides of Guandi ancestral temple in Haizhou display photographer Zhu Zhengming's work Chinese Guandi of the globe converges on the roof of the world in front of Chunqiu building

Lin Wu pointed out that after more than 1800 years of inheritance and development, Guangong culture has not only blended into the spiritual genes of the Chinese people as an important component of the spiritual character of the Chinese nation, but also expanded its influence to more than 100 countries and regions, integrating the cultural identity, emotional identity, national identity and national identity of the Chinese people across the world.

Wei long, director of the Cultural Protection Office of Guandi temple in Haizhou, led the representatives of Guandi temple in Luoyang, Henan, Dangyang, Hubei and Dongshan, Fujian to present flowers for Guangong

The grand ceremony of worshiping Guangong was held in the square of Guandi temple in Haizhou, Yuncheng

The grand ceremony of worshiping Guangong

Lin Wu pointed out that we should carry out in-depth exploration of the international value of Guangong culture and should promote Guangong culture to go abroad to embrace the world, thus showcasing the soft power of Chinese culture and boosting the construction of a community of shared future for mankind. Lin Wu hoped that the participating guests would join hands to promote the Guangong culture to radiate brighter brilliance of the times, and contribute to building the shared spiritual home of the Chinese nation.

At the Guandi Cultural Forum, guest speaker Zhu Zhengming presented the book tracing Guangong all over the world to Zhang Bojun, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang

"Guangong culture and Chinese civilization" cross strait calligraphy and Painting Exhibition Award Ceremony

Zeng Chengcong (right), the award-wining guest on exhibition, presented calligraphy and painting works to Zhu Zhengming, a cultural scholar

From right: Chen Bangli, vice chairman of Hubei Provincial Committee of the democratic revolution, Wang Jing, vice chairman of Shanxi Provincial Committee of the democratic revolution, and Lv Xinyang, vice chairman of Henan Provincial Committee of the Revolutionary Committee Of The Chinese Kuomintang, were at the ceremony of Guandi temple in Haizhou

At the opening ceremony, overseas Guandi Temple organizations, pilgrims and believers congratulated the opening of Guangong cultural tourism festival in the form of video; the organizing committee released the list of "2020 Loyalty models of new era" and issued certificates to 10 award-winners; 8 representative organizations promoting Guangong culture were awarded the plaque of "Guangong cultural exchange base".

From right: Zeng Chengcong, a well-known calligrapher and painter of Guangong across the Strait, Xu Moujing, President of Sino-Philippine Guandi charity foundation, Fu Wenyuan, deputy director of Guandi temple of Haizhou, and Zhu Zhengming, a cultural scholar were present at the ceremony

Themed as "Upholding the loyalty culture of Guangong and promoting the great rejuvenation of the nation", from 22 to 23, the Guangong cultural tourism festival held a cross-strait painting and calligraphy exhibition of "Guangong culture and Chinese civilization" , a forum of "Carrying forward the era value of Guangong loyalty culture" and "Upholding the loyalty culture of Guangong and promoting cross-strait cultural exchanges", a Guangong cultural and artistic performance, a Guangong cultural and sports event, and a food and culture activity of Guangong hometown and other important activities.

Photographer Zhu Zhengming presented his works to Han Jianhong (left), chairman of Yuncheng Guandi Ancestral Temple Management Service Co., Ltd.

This tourism festival is under the guidance of Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, the all-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and the Chinese Culture Promotion Society; sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the Shanxi provincial Party committee, Yuncheng municipal Party committee and Yuncheng municipal government; undertaken by the Propaganda Department of the Yuncheng municipal Party committee and Yuncheng Municipal Bureau of culture and tourism; supported by the Shanxi provincial Party committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Shanxi provincial government and the returned overseas Chinese of Shanxi Province Supported by the Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese

Teenagers learning and visiting Guandi temple in Haizhou

The party committees of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang of Henan, Hubei, Fujian and Shanxi provinces, heads of relevant provincial departments, experts and scholars from some universities, and representatives from embassies of Sri Lanka, Northern Macedonia etc. in China participated in the activities. (Text by / Zhang Jun / photo by / Zhengming Jinyang)