On the evening of August 27, 2022, the famous "water town" giethoorn village in the Netherlands held the "Gondola Night" of the Centennial Intangible Cultural Heritage Day.
Ambassador Tan and Ms. Gaby handed the Nanjing Lotus Lantern to the children of Giethoorn Village to witness the departure of the "Nanjing Boat"
Accompanied by Ms. Gaby, the image ambassador of the Netherlands National Tourism Administration and the mayor of Giethoorn Village, Ambassador Tan Jian attended the opening ceremony of the event and the launching ceremony of the "Nanjing Ship", and watched the TV promotional film introducing the history and culture of Nanjing with the guests. In his speech, Ambassador Tan said that on the occasion of celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the Netherlands, it is very happy to witness the "Nanjing Ship" participating in the "Gondola Night" intangible cultural heritage festival in Giethoorn Village, which is an important result of cultural exchanges and tourism cooperation between the two sides. Nanjing is the ancient capital of The Six Dynasties of China and the cultural capital of the world. The cultural display of the "Nanjing Boat" in the "Gondola Night" in Giethoorn Village is to vividly tell the friendly story of China and the Netherlands to the world, and further deepen the people-to-people exchanges and people-to-people exchanges between each other.
One of the Nanjing ships
It is reported that the event was organized by the Chinese Embassy in the Netherlands, the Dutch Chinese Economic and Technological Development Center, the European Overseas Students Association Alliance, Fan. Co-co-organized by Ms. De Jonge Hotel Restaurant, Zheng Fabiao, Chairman of the Dutch Chinese Economic and Technological Development Center, and Vice Chairman Chen Zhongmin, have been chefs in the Netherlands for many years and have rich experience in Sino-Dutch cuisine. In order to welcome the guests, on this day they put on their chef's clothes and walked into the Dutch restaurant to have a cultural exchange with michelin masters. The food they made was unanimously praised by all the Chinese and foreign dignitaries that night.
Zheng Fabiao, Chen Zhongmin and Ms. Gaby took a group photo
At the dinner, the head of the Dutch Chinese Art Troupe, a famous European Chinese soprano singer and winner of the Royal Medal, Xiaolan, sang two world-class songs at home and abroad, the Chinese national art song "Luhua" and the Aria of the Prince of Italian Opera, of which the aria was selected from "Turandot Tonight Nobody Sleeps Nessun Dorma", who sang in the original Italian throughout the whole process, and his beautiful singing voice pushed the atmosphere of Sino-Dutch cultural exchanges that night to a climax.
As Ms. Gaby put it, "Gondola Nights" were very successful, attracting tens of thousands of visitors. It is expected that more Dutch people will understand China in the future and contribute more to the exchanges between the Dutch Chinese.