Jinan has been flexible because of water since ancient times - spring water, injecting spiritual beauty and exuberant vitality into Jinan. In the autumn of September, the springs sing. On the occasion of the 19th anniversary of the continuous gushing of Baotu Spring, on September 6, the 10th Jinan International Spring Water Festival with the theme of "Helping to Create a Model City and Highlighting Soft Power" officially kicked off.
After 10 years of meticulous cultivation, the International Spring Water Festival has risen from the initial commemorative festival to a major festival jointly planned by the whole city and widely participated by the whole people. At the annual meeting, the International Spring Water Festival has penetrated into the hearts of quancheng people and has become a well-known festival brand with important influence and distinctive characteristics in the country.
This year's International Spring Festival will last for more than a month and set up more than 30 activities. Rich in content and diverse forms, there are vibrant Spring City Night Eight O'Clock, Starry Sky Moon Festival, the 8th Jinan International Directional Spring Hunting Competition, the Moon Worship Ceremony, as well as reserved float parades, Jingquan Festival, Group Art Stage, Citizens' Gala, as well as famous spring water incense making activities, Hanfu Show, etc., providing more participation opportunities for the general public and tourists, and fully demonstrating the feelings of the people of Quancheng who love springs, protect springs and respect springs.
On the evening of September 6, the launching ceremony of the 10th Jinan International Spring Water Festival, which is highly anticipated by the public, was changed from offline to online. Full of creative forms of expression, full of "spring water dry goods", won praise from all walks of life. At the launching ceremony, guests from all walks of life also sent sincere wishes. In the evening, on the banks of Baotu Spring in the world's first spring scenic spot, the beautiful 2022 Jingquan Festival was also brilliantly staged.
One car, one story, one car, one feature. When 12 floats with different shapes slowly drive out from the front of the Jinan Newspaper Building on LashanHe West Road, along the tenth road to the east, cruising Jinan, the floats show the audience one by one spring city, spring water, spring rhyme, spring culture, spring economy, along the road The audience is all praised, many citizens will take pictures and videos of the floats uploaded to the WeChat circle of friends or vibrato, attracting a large number of netizens to watch. From September 6th to 10th, the float parade meets citizens and tourists every day, "white + black", static combination, online and offline popularity.
Sponsored by Jinan Daily Newspaper Group, the "Welcome to the Top 20 Happy Spring Water Festival and Spring Water Festival Group Art Stage" is one of the main activities of the 10th Jinan International Spring Water Festival, providing dozens of wonderful interpretations for the public in Baihuazhou Square from September 6 to 11. The activities were participated by the whole people, with folk songs, rock bands, square dances, recitations, cross-talk, catwalks and other different forms of performances, the citizens used songs and dances to tell the story of Quancheng and spread the spring water culture, which not only showed the characteristics of Jinan and the customs and customs of the land, but also ignited people's infinite love for Quancheng.
As one of the activities of the 10th Jinan International Spring Water Festival, the "Dialogue between Springs and Rivers" 2022 Jinan Yellow River Youth Walk series of activities was officially launched on September 11. On the same day, 40 teenagers from Jinan Tianshan Experimental School met on the banks of Baotu Spring and the bank of the Yellow River to visit the famous springs, hike the Yellow River, listen to the dialogue between the spring and the river, and jointly explore the inseparable historical connection between the spring and the city, the river and the city, and the spring and the river. Mr. Zhang Jiping, an expert in jinan literature and history, was specially invited to accompany him as a research consultant and two professional tour guides.
Jointly led by Jinan Daily Newspaper Group and Jinan Chinese Culture Promotion Association, the "Incense" Mid-Autumn Festival, Famous Spring Incense Making Activity combines 72 springs in Jinan with Chinese medicinal incense culture, showing the uniqueness and difference of Jinan spring water and the unique charm of Chinese medicinal incense. The event will run until the end of the month and members of the public can be contacted to participate.
Every year, the event is also a highlight of the International Spring Festival. The activities in the sub-venues are diverse, distinctive and experiential, providing more possibilities and convenience for the general public and tourists to widely participate in the Spring Water Festival. The Spring Water Festival was unveiled simultaneously in different parts of the city, achieving the effect of the linkage of the whole city, the celebration of the whole people, and the jubilation of the masses.
As the sub-venue of this year's Jinan International Spring Water Festival, Daguanyuan has set a precedent for enterprises to undertake spring water festival sub-venue activities. With Hanfu as the element and carrier, it highlights the profound heritage of the centennial grand view and comprehensively shows the unique charm of Jinan, a famous historical and cultural city. In the launching ceremony on the evening of September 8, interactive performances such as the Moon Worship Ceremony, the Spring Water Festival Sitcom, and the Twelve Flower Gods attracted many citizens to stop and watch. On the morning of September 9th, the series of activities of the Spring Water Festival "Welcome to the 20th Spring Rhyme Neon Dress Dance • Mid-Autumn Festival Hanfu Show" kicked off, and the Hanfu Show conveyed good wishes while presenting excellent traditional culture, so that the citizens present feasted their eyes.
In the city, the 10th Jinan International Spring Water Festival City District Venue and the 3rd Jinan Yufuhe Cultural Tourism Festival were officially launched on September 7 in the Shiguzhai Scenic Area of Shizhong District, and the activities will last until the end of October. During the festival, wonderful activities such as Spring Water Magic Exploration, YushuiYuanxiang Township Product Market, and Yufu River Cultural Tourism Industry Development Forum will be launched one after another, which can be described as "spring opera and stage", and good drama is continuous.
At the Shanghe branch venue, the 10th Jinan International Spring Water Festival and Shanghe Hot Spring Cultural Festival was officially launched on September 7. This year's hot spring culture festival focuses on the theme of "cold spring viewing in the south and hot spring recuperation in the north", creating a series of health and wellness-related activities. In the meantime, not only the 8th Jinan Flower and Horticulture Expo and the 5th Jinan Urban Agricultural Products Expo and other familiar activities, Shanghe also launched a hot spring preferential season at the same time, and built the "Magic Spring" music festival to fully detonate the Shanghe tourism market.
At present, although the 10th Jinan International Spring Water Festival has been carried out for nearly half of the time, many wonderful activities are still continuing, "Love Spring and Love Family" Jinan City's Second Family Spring Search Competition, "Luoyuan Forum • Springside Dialogue" - Jinan in the eyes of Chinese and foreign recommendation officials, "International Sister Cities Talk about Spring Water" - International Friendship sincerely call for the Spring Water Festival... The colorful series of activities will continue to show the charm of spring water and the charm of Spring City to the whole city, the whole country and even the world through online and offline interactive activities.
Liu Ye, an all-media reporter of Jinan Newspaper
Editor: Xing Zhibin