The border people of China and Vietnam meet friends with songs to enhance friendship. Xu Jianheng/photo
Chuetsu Detian (Banyo) Waterfall. Special correspondent Wang Yan/photo
Guangxi and Vietnam are close to each other geographically, personally, and culturally, singing the friendship songs of the border people and the family, the wonderful Sino-Vietnamese border people's grand gatherings, and the cultural exchange journey to promote people-to-people ties again and again, so that the people of both sides are getting closer and closer.
Celebrate "March 3rd" and shorten the distance between hearts
On April 10, the 2024 Chongzuo "March 3rd" and Longzhou Tianqin Cultural Exchange Series kicked off, and the people of Longzhou County shared the joyful "March 3rd" with tourists from Quang Hoa County, Ha Lang County and Chang Dinh County of Lang Bang Province in Vietnam to experience the charm of Tianqin intangible cultural heritage.
The same celebration scene was also staged in the Sino-Vietnamese Detian (Banyue) Waterfall Cross-border Tourism Cooperation Zone, Ningming Huashan Rock Art Scenic Area, and Luoyue Cultural Palace. During the "3rd of March" period, in the border counties and cities of Guangxi, the border people of China and Vietnam gathered together to celebrate the festival.
Cen Viet An, director of Vietnam's Cao Bang Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, who participated in the "March 3" event in Da Sing County, said that the event has promoted friendly exchanges between the border people of Vietnam and China, and promoted new steps in cultural and tourism cooperation between the two sides.
Representatives from all walks of life from China and Vietnam sang cooperative songs, chanted and exchanged poems, and met friends with dances and songs to convey their feelings with songs.
The celebration of "March 3rd" is a vivid epitome of the people-to-people ties, cultural similarities, and good-neighborliness and friendship between China and Vietnam, as well as a vivid portrayal of the special friendship between China and Vietnam as "comrades and brothers."
Sports to connect and deepen the "brotherly" relationship
The China-Vietnam (Pingxiang-Lang Son) "Friendship Cup" Football Invitational Tournament, which is deeply concerned and loved by the masses and fans of the two places, has continued to deepen cooperation between the two places in various fields such as economy, trade and investment, tourism and culture, education and health, infrastructure connectivity, etc., while enhancing the traditional friendship between the Chinese and Vietnamese peoples, and constantly creating a new situation of win-win cooperation between the two sides.
When it comes to the Lantern Festival football friendly match, fans in Dongxing, China and Mong Cai, Vietnam are talking about it. The 2024 China Dongxing-Vietnam Mong Cai Lantern Festival Football Friendly Match, which started as scheduled, staged a hot and hot visual feast of green fields at Dongxing City Stadium. Since the first event was held in 1993, the friendly match has become an important brand event for sports and cultural exchanges between the two countries.
"In recent years, Mong Cai City in Vietnam and Dongxing City in China have jointly organized a number of cultural and sports activities, which have promoted the exchange of culture, food and folk customs between the two places, and brought the two peoples closer together. It is hoped that the two sides will continue to carry out social and cultural exchange activities to enhance the friendship between the two peoples. Deputy Chairman of the People's Committee of Mong Cai City Nguyen Thu Huong said.
In addition to the high-profile football matches, Guangxi and Vietnam have also jointly organized competitions such as canoeing, running, cycling, boxing, rattan ball, and volleyball, and have continuously opened up more channels for sports exchanges and cooperation with foreign countries, deepening cooperation in sports technical assistance and sports talent training. These activities promote exchanges through competitions, and promote economic, social, cultural, tourism and other cooperation through exchanges.
People-to-people exchanges are deep, and friendship lasts longer
In recent years, Guiyue has jointly organized various forms of people-to-people exchange activities, and the people of both sides are as cordial and natural as visiting relatives and neighbors.
Add granaries, play the Tianqin, and taste long table feasts...... The 2024 China (Longzhou) Vietnam (Guanghe) Border Pass "Spring Dragon Festival" held in Tianqin Zhuangzhai, the Red Army Ancient Road Scenic Area in Longzhou, attracted many Chinese and Vietnamese border residents and tourists from all over the world, who sang and danced happily.
"Vietnam's Cao Bang and China's Guangxi have similar cultures, but each has its own characteristics, which is very attractive. In recent years, Gaoping has carried out a number of cooperation projects in the field of culture and tourism with various parts of Guangxi, and has achieved good results. Su Thi Trang, Deputy Director General of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Cao Bang Province of Vietnam, expressed the hope of further promoting cooperation in the fields of culture, sports and tourism between the two places.
In the 2024 China-Vietnam Border People's Gala "China Pingmeng-Vietnam Shuojiang" Folk Friendship Series Activities, border people from both sides will meet friends with songs and use the ball as a medium to exchange and learn from each other, and sing friendship songs together. "The people of Vietnam and China have a deep friendship, and the gala has promoted cultural exchanges between the two sides, and I hope that the friendship between Vietnamese and Chinese youth will last forever. Vietnamese young actor Nong Thi Thuy said.
As good neighbors, good friends, good comrades and good partners, Guangxi and Vietnam have jointly promoted the transformation of the advantages of geographical proximity and personal affinity into pragmatic results of coordinated and inclusive development in the fields of economy and trade, industry, education, medical care, people-to-people relations, tourism and youth exchanges.
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Reporter: Huang Yuanlai
Source: Guangxi Daily