On the morning of March 19, the Spring Quest for Dabao Island City Art Festival and the 2023 "Leyi City North" Cultural Tourism Carnival were officially launched in Guangxingli, Dabao Island District. From now until April 16, more than 40 wonderful activities will be launched one after another, continuing to enhance the brand popularity of Dabao Island Cultural and Leisure District.
This event aims to further promote the upgrading of cultural tourism resources, enrich the connotation of cultural tourism products, enhance the attractiveness of cultural tourism, and build a new pattern of cultural tourism sharing between hosts and guests in the north of the city. At the launching ceremony, a special concert of "Classic Songs" was held at the scene of the "Classic Songs" Chinese Ancient Poetry Art Song, and nearly 20 musicians used music to interpret classic ancient poetry masterpieces such as "Jinse", "Qingyu Case - Yuanxi" and "Manjiang Hong", allowing citizens and tourists to fully feel the eternal charm of Chinese classical poetry.
The first promotional film of "Star Glory Old Town" was also shown at the scene. Mr. Zhang Guoyong, a famous Chinese conductor, music educator and artistic director of the Qingdao Symphony Orchestra, showed the unique charm and style of the old town to citizens and tourists with his own performance experience and artistic feelings. In the later stage, the "Star Glory Old Town" event will successively invite artists, celebrities and Internet celebrities to enter the cruise port area and the historical city to share the old city and promote the old city from all angles and angles. In addition, the 8 major activities of "Spring Seeking Dabao Island Urban Art Festival" and 6 all-round tourism routes with the theme of "tracing the origin, seeking knowledge, childlike fun, picking up scenery, chasing tides, and the city" were also released on the spot, displaying the 10-meter-long Li Dean scroll made in the form of paper-cutting art, inviting citizens and tourists to come to the north of the city to taste Qingdao's customs, appreciate the charm of the century-old city, and glimpse the soul of the city in the mottled imprint of time.
It is understood that the Spring Hunt for Dabao Island City Art Festival will last until April 16, and more than 40 activities will be launched during the event. Boshan Road Square, Yizhou Road Square, and Guangxingli will launch immersive interactive dramas, Liyuan LIVE music performances, "Classical and Fashionable" modern folk concerts, "Slowly Like You" unplugged live pop concerts and other types of performances to create a strong cultural and artistic atmosphere for the neighborhood; With the theme of spring, Dabao Island Cultural and Leisure Street creates themed check-in points such as dandelion conventions, color labs, urban love letter plans, and the most memorable lantern street through seasonal flowers, green plants, lighting, exhibitions, etc., for everyone to visit and check in and embrace spring; On Gaomi Road, intangible cultural heritage and handmade are the main focus, and the "Art Starts and Walks Inward" Intangible Cultural Heritage Shopping Festival, "Craftsmanship" Shandong Handmade Exhibition and Sales, and Intangible Cultural Heritage Food Market are held, where tourists can visit the old streets, appreciate intangible cultural heritage, and taste food; Make full use of the courtyard space to organize and carry out high-level exhibitions, whether it is an oil painting exhibition full of artistic atmosphere, a solo exhibition of Chinese and foreign artists, a photography exhibition, a static exhibition, or a century-old green beer, courtyard planning, and time story theme exhibition full of Qingdao characteristics, all of which are full of culture and feelings.
With the opening of the 2023 Shandong Tourism Development Conference imminent, Dabao Island, as a representative of the historic urban area, will also usher in a highlight moment, and Huanwan Group will take the opportunity to set off a new round of urban renewal and construction, injecting new momentum into the development of the cultural tourism industry in the island city. At present, part of the courtyard in the south area of Dabaodao Island, which has opened the street, is upgrading the façade, and in accordance with the standards of 5A-level scenic spots, the overall implementation of greening, lighting and other landscape improvement projects, the construction of tourist service stations, tourist service centers, in accordance with the standards of scenic spots, the renovation and upgrading of the existing three public toilets, the installation of tourism signs, to improve the experience of leisure, is expected to be completed by the end of March. In addition, the landing and presentation of Qingdao Food Courtyard, No. 76 Gaomi Road, will be completed as soon as possible, and it is planned to cooperate in-depth with the Central Conservatory of Music to further upgrade the cultural format of Guangxingli. There are more than 30 courtyard buildings in the north area of Dabaodao Island, defined as the "night tour" area, and are introducing night economy-related industries such as night shopping, night food, and night experience such as quality banquets, music bars, leisure and entertainment, and characteristic homestays according to the plan, and 6 merchants have begun store decoration, which can meet the leisure and entertainment needs of citizens and tourists "full-time" and "all-season". The renovation of the houses in the northern area is expected to be completed by May 30, when all foreign investment will be solicited.
In the future, Huanwan Group will continue to introduce emerging business formats and new consumption scenarios for the block, strive to realize "buildings can be read, streets can be strolled, and cities can be remembered", so that the Dabaodao Cultural and Leisure Block will become a city block where consumption and vitality gather, become a benchmark area for Qingdao's urban renewal and construction, and help Qingdao's construction of a socialist modern international metropolis in the new era continue to reach a new level.
Schedule of urban arts festival events
(Reporter: Goet)