In March, the red cotton blooms. On March 26, the Guangzhou Urban Planning and Exhibition Center held the "Heroes Bloom Hero City" Kapok Stage - a special exhibition and performance of Taiwanese youth Lingnan culture commentators in Guangzhou, giving full play to the exemplary role of Taiwanese teenagers in telling the story of Guangzhou and promoting Lingnan culture, promoting Taiwanese teenagers to jointly promote traditional Chinese culture and promote the spiritual harmony of compatriots on both sides of the strait.
Eight representatives of Taiwanese youths who are studying, working and starting businesses in Guangzhou took the stage one after another. As the outstanding representatives of the winners of the finals of the 2023 "First Guangzhou Taiwan Youth Lingnan Culture Commentator Competition", their speeches led everyone to shuttle between the Xinhai Revolution Memorial Hall, the Memorial Hall of the former site of the Whampoa Military Academy, the Nansha Tianhou Temple, the Guangzhou Urban Planning and Exhibition Center and other exchange bases with Taiwan, telling the cultural stories, the spirit of the Red Revolution and the context of Guangzhou's urban construction and development that have been precipitated in the long river of time.
Xu Minghong, vice president of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area New Youth Cultural Exchange Promotion Association, brought the story of Nansha Tianhou Temple. "In the past five years in Guangzhou, I have visited 90 cities in China, and the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, as well as the rich history and culture, have made me feel the resonance from the blood and soul, and I am more willing to take the initiative to become the messenger of cross-strait cultural exchanges. Thanks to Hsu's efforts, many of his friends in Taiwan have also chosen to work and start businesses in Guangzhou.
Under the leadership of a friend, Bai Guofan, the operation director of Guangdong Huayao Medical Management Consulting Co., Ltd., visited Guangzhou and Shenzhen for 7 days, and was amazed by the development prospects of the two cities, fascinated by Lingnan culture, and determined to start a business in Guangzhou. "I visited many historical sites in Guangzhou, such as the Whampoa Military Academy and the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, to get closer to the founding father of the country, Mr. Sun Yat-sen, and the history and culture of the country. ”
"The traditional elements and Lingnan culture that can be found everywhere in Guangzhou are also similar to those in Taiwan, and I highly recommend Taiwanese young people to come to Guangzhou for development. In the past 10 years, Zhou Xiaomei, senior business manager of Yongdali Insurance Brokers Co., Ltd., has become a "new Guangzhou person". In her view, Guangzhou, as a thousand-year-old commercial capital, has good development prospects: "I wanted to tell the history of Guangzhou, the hope of Guangzhou and the future of Guangzhou, so I chose the Guangzhou Urban Planning Center as the content of the story." ”
It is reported that the "First Guangzhou Taiwan Youth Lingnan Culture Explainer Competition" is a new brand of cultural exchange created by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal Education Bureau and the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism, attracting nearly 4,000 Taiwanese teenagers in Guangzhou to participate in online training, with more than 720,000 views on the official special training page and poster, and nearly 500 Taiwanese teenagers actively visiting and learning from 12 exchange bases with Taiwan, giving full play to Guangzhou's red culture, Lingnan culture, The advantages of the four major cultural brands of Maritime Silk Road culture and innovative culture have effectively enhanced the national, ethnic and cultural identity of Taiwanese youth.
General Coordinator | Lin Jie, Lin Rumin, Lin Zhaojun, Zheng Huaru, Huang Lina
Curated | Liu Yun
Co-ordination | Ross Wang Min
Text | Reporter Sun Mu, Liu Yun, intern Tang Qingxue
Picture | Reporter Sun Mu (except for the signature)