"Through the ceramic art and cultural exchanges between Foshan and Taiwan, we learn from each other and make progress together, and we believe that we will create better results and shine in international ceramic art." Hong Xiuzhu, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang, said movingly.
Hong Xiuzhu, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang, spoke at the event.
On the evening of April 24, the 2024 Fotai series of cultural exchange activities kicked off in Foshan. Hong Xiuzhu, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang and chairman of the China Qingyan Peace Education Foundation, was invited to attend the launching ceremony. She visited the works of Foshan's national ceramic masters with great interest and was warmly welcomed by the Foshan Youth Taiwan Chamber of Commerce.
The launching ceremony of the 2024 Fotai series of cultural exchange activities.
This is the first time Hong Xiuzhu has set foot on the land of Foshan.
"When I came to Foshan, it was like entering the treasure mountain of ceramics, which made me feel very amazing. ”
"The exchange of Fotai ceramic art is very good, and ceramics are the pride of our Chinese. ”
Hong Xiuzhu, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang, watched the Foshan ceramic art exhibition at the event.
Hong Xiuzhu's visit to Foshan sent a clear signal to the outside world: culture is an important bridge connecting the two sides of the strait.
At the launching ceremony, Tao music performers from Taiwan's Shuili Snake Kiln brought cross-border art performances. Drums, clay pots, and a smart pottery piano combine to produce a variety of different playing sounds......
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"The instruments we use in our performances are all made of Taiwanese soil and Shiwan glaze. Chen Mintian, the artistic director of Taichung Zhongzheng Co., Ltd., who participated in the performance, introduced. He hopes to use the opportunity of the performance to let Taiwan's ceramic art be intuitively displayed to the mainland audience and enhance cross-strait cultural exchanges.
In the development of the millennium pottery process, Foshan and Taiwan's pottery industry have the same roots, folk pottery cultural exchanges have a long history, in the eighties of the last century, Shiwan pottery in Taiwan's 16 counties and cities toured, won the love of the people of Taiwan, the potters on both sides of the strait learn from each other, leaving many good stories. For example, Foshan Kung Fu, lion dancing, dragon boat, Cantonese cuisine, etc., the two places are also inextricably linked.
It is understood that starting from this year, Foshan will further promote the "Ten Traditional Cultures", and join hands with the five districts to hold the exchange projects of "Intoxicated Chancheng", "Wudong South China Sea", "Shunde Taste", "Daoxiang Gaoming" and "Vitality Sanshui", so that more Taiwan compatriots have the opportunity to experience the Chinese culture with the same roots and origins on both sides of the strait and feel the high-quality development achievements of Foshan.
During the event, there was a detail that deeply touched Hong Xiuzhu. When she just got out of the car and walked into the hotel lobby, more than 10 Taiwanese businessmen in Foshan sang the "Welcome Song", and Hong Xiuzhu couldn't help but join the chorus.
"The peaceful development of the two sides of the strait is the greatest opportunity and the greatest future for our young people on both sides of the strait. Wang Yu, president of the Foshan Young Taiwan Chamber of Commerce, who has been in Foshan for nearly 15 years, said that he hopes to convey the good of the mainland and Foshan to Taiwan through in-depth exchanges of folk culture, so that young friends on the island know that the mainland is developing so rapidly and that the opportunities and opportunities are very rich.
Wonderful performances.
She said that she was very happy to witness the in-depth exchanges and cooperation between the people on and off the two sides of the strait, and that she was not afraid of too much, but only afraid of less, and that the more the better, and hoped that Taiwan's young people would come to the mainland more to see today's modernization and the common Chinese history and culture.
Text/Wu Jiajian, reporter of Foshan News and Media Center
Photo/Zhou Chun, reporter of Foshan News and Media Center
Video/Foshan News and Media Center reporter Bu Qingqing