Feature： China’s ＂Golden Week＂ World ＂Look with Heart＂
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 6th Feature: China’s "Golden Week" World "Look with Heart"
Xinhua News Agency reporter Qiu Xia
This year’s "Eleventh" Golden Week, Mid-Autumn Festival is connected with National Day celebrations. Spend a full moon, home and country are United, send reunion wishes to the world and share the joy of the festival. This wonderful time of "Golden Week" is picturesque and has a long meaning.
Read a book of China culture.
Savoring holiday time is like reading a book of China culture.
"The moonlight is the brightest night in a year, and thousands of people enjoy it together." On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Eric Dong Bo, founder and chairman of Belgian Paradise Zoo, gave a lecture at the China Cultural Center in Brussels to tell about his deep love with China. "When I was a child, my mother accompanied me to read cartoon story picture books from all over the world every night. I was deeply attracted by the story of the Monkey King, the Monkey King. In recent years, I have revisited the ancient Silk Road and the ancient tea-horse road to further understand the history of China’s trade and exchanges with the West since ancient times. "
The Paradise Zoo founded by Dong Bo is the home of Lubi Giant Panda, and there is also a China Garden carefully built by him. Dong Bo said that he hoped that Paradise Zoo would let more Belgians and Europeans know and love China culture.
On September 28th, Eric Dong Bo, the founder and chairman of Belgian Paradise Zoo (left from the podium) held the "Chasing Dreams — — My China Story "lecture, telling my love affair with China. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zheng Huansong)
"The Mid-Autumn Festival symbolizes family reunion, which is also a familiar concept for our Latin American countries." Bai Dehui, the American champion of the 22nd "Chinese Bridge" World College Students Chinese Competition and a student of Cuba Institute of International Relations, said.
The moon sends acacia, and the home country always cares. On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day, Henan International Cooperation Group Co., Ltd., which undertakes road projects in Namibia, organized networking activities. Robin Tecock, a project consultant who participated in the activity, felt that the project team interpreted "China Quality" and "China Efficiency" with professional attitude and hard work and dedication, and he admired the feelings of home and country displayed by China colleagues with practical actions.
Appreciate a picture of the blending of civilizations.
Savoring holiday time is like enjoying a picture of civilization blending.
The Mid-Autumn Festival Evening hosted by the Asian Cultural Center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, was held in Foz do Iguazu, the Brazilian side of Iguazu Falls. In front of the majestic waterfall, red lanterns were hung on the stage set up by the organizers, and performers in red skirts played China’s famous songs such as "Moonlit Night on the Spring River" with guzheng, pipa and dulcimer, presenting a unique audio-visual feast for the audience.
At the Bristol Museum in Britain, a literary performance with the theme of "brightening the whole of heaven" was staged on the eve of Mid-Autumn Festival. Shoulder Ballet — — Oriental Swan combines China’s traditional acrobatics with western dance. gaohu’s solo and dance "Clouds Chasing the Moon" show the artistic conception of China’s freehand ink painting with music … … Kate Newnham, the museum’s senior curator, lamented that this was the first time that the Mid-Autumn Festival entered the Bristol Museum, and that "the performance was amazing".
"We are loyal to China culture ‘ Fans ’ We are very happy and excited to be able to show China culture through dance in such an important festival. " In the celebration of "China Culture Entering the Campus" and Mid-Autumn National Day held by the Confucius Institute at the University of Rwanda, student Onera Shifa wore a long China antique dress and presented a soft classical dance to the audience with her classmates.
On September 23rd, in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, a girl showed the achievements of paper-cutting at the scene of "China Culture Entering the Campus" and the Mid-Autumn National Day celebration. (Xinhua News Agency, photo by Huang Wanqing)
In the Grand Concert Hall of Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music in Moscow, Russia, Chinese and Russian artists joined hands to bring "China’s Chanting Moscow Concert", which made the audience full of praise. In the Chinese garden "Chunhua Garden" in Frankfurt, Germany, a Hanfu Garden Party made many tourists linger.
"Small cakes are like chewing the moon, with crispness and pulp in them." The 4th Hungarian Moon Cake Workshop was held in Circei Cultural Center in Debrecen, Hungary’s second largest city. More than 500 local citizens gathered to make Mid-Autumn moon cakes and experience the traditional culture of China. Agnes, a Hungarian pastry chef, made a "Hungarian moon cake" with a diameter of 40 cm on the spot. The cake body was made of Hungarian traditional sponge cake and the surface was painted with Chinese patterns. Puskash, deputy mayor of Debrecen, expressed the hope that there will be more such activities in the future, which will make the citizens feel the unique charm of China culture and inject more China elements into the local multicultural development.
Go on a journey to explore the world
Taste the holiday time and embark on a journey to explore the world.
Received furry kangaroo toys and warm-hearted Mid-Autumn Festival blessings … … The first China tour group that arrived at Sydney Airport in Australia during the "Golden Week" was warmly welcomed by Tourism Australia. Han Feili, director of the Australian Tourism Board, said that in July this year, Australia received more than 79,000 short-term tourists from Chinese mainland, which shows that the number of tourists from China is growing steadily.
According to the data of many domestic tourism enterprises, the number of outbound tourists in China will set a new peak during the two holidays, and the booking volume of international air tickets and international hotels far exceeds last year’s "Golden Week". At the same time, some research shows that China tourists are more and more fond of in-depth travel, hoping to deeply experience the destination culture and attach importance to personalized experience. Many countries are keenly aware of this trend and strive to introduce more high-quality and differentiated tourism products.
On October 4th, China tourists visited the Egyptian Pyramid of Giza. (Xinhua News Agency, photo by Ahmed Goma)
Since the beginning of this year, the Italian National Tourism Administration has cooperated with China social media to carry out tourism promotion activities with themes such as nature, outdoor, art and city. New Zealand tourism industry is concerned that in addition to traditional tourism projects such as steamboat and alpaca travel, outdoor tours and adventure tours such as helicopter glacier hiking activities are increasingly welcomed by China tourists; Singapore tourism industry has found that multi-family group travel has become a new trend of China tourists’ outbound travel, and parent-child related tourism projects are becoming more and more popular.
Julia Simpson, President and CEO of the World Tourism and Travel Council, said that tourists from China are looking forward to further exploring global destinations, and tourists from all over the world are also looking forward to perceiving China with profound cultural heritage, beautiful scenery and warm and friendly feelings.
China and the world are witnessing more stories of friendly exchanges and writing more chapters of "Beauty and Harmony". (Participating reporters: Pan Geping, Lin Zhaohui, Chen Cheng, Zhao Yan, Du Fu, Jiang Youlin, Ji Li, Zhang Fan, Chen Hao, Yu Qian, Jian Chen, Xu Shunda, Li Xiaoyu, Yao Bing, He Fei, Peng Zhuo, Guo Lei, Lu Huaiqian, Liu Chuntao)