The picture shows that on October 15, nearly 400 descendants of the Choi clan of South Korea gathered in Yangzhou to celebrate Choi Ji-won. Photo by Cui Jiaming
Yangzhou, 15 Oct (China News Network) -- October 15 every year is the "China-SOUTH Korea Friendly Exchange Day" in Yangzhou. On the same day, nearly 400 descendants of the Choi clan of South Korea gathered at the Cui Jiyuan Memorial Hall in Yangzhou to commemorate Choi Chi-won, who is known as the "first person in Sino-Korean exchanges". Dong Yuhai, vice chairman of the Yangzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said that Yangzhou has built a memorial hall for Cui Zhiyuan, which has become the best witness to the friendly exchanges between Yangzhou and South Korea.
The picture shows the descendants of the Choi clan of South Korea taking a group photo at the Cui Gee-won Memorial Hall Square in Yangzhou. Photo by Cui Jiaming
In the Tang Dynasty a thousand years ago, Cui Zhiyuan came to Yangzhou to serve as an official, traveled, lived until he returned from tang, and created the Guiyuan Pen Cultivation Collection, leaving many poems and articles describing the city scenery and citizens' lives in Yangzhou. His Yangzhou from politics, economy, military, culture, to foreign exchanges and customs and customs, all show their own unique style, pen and ink between the pen and ink all reveal the deep love for the "second hometown - Yangzhou", he returned to China, immersed in the study of sinology, became the ancestor of Korean sinology, known as "Eastern Confucianism" and "Silla cultural sage". In October 2007, the memorial hall named after Cui Zhiyuan- Cui Zhiyuan Memorial Hall was completed and opened in Yangzhou. At the same time, in August this year, at the 11th China-Japan-ROK Cultural Ministers' Meeting held in Incheon, South Korea, Yangzhou, together with Kitakyushu in Japan and Suncheon in South Korea, was elected as the "East Asian Cultural Capital" in 2020.
On October 15, nearly 400 descendants of the Choi clan of South Korea gathered at the Choi Chi-won Memorial Hall in Yangzhou to commemorate Choi Chi-won, who is known as the "first person in Sino-South Korean exchanges". Photo by Cui Jiaming
The picture shows nearly 400 descendants of the Choi clan from South Korea gathered at the Choi Ge-won Memorial Hall in Yangzhou on October 15. Photo by Cui Jiaming
"Cui Jiyuan sowed the seeds of friendly exchanges for Yangzhou and South Korea, which has grown into a towering tree over the millennia, and people have commemorated this 'Eastern Confucian Sect' in various forms, enhanced the understanding between the people of the two places, and continued the thousand-year-old love affair." Dong Yuhai said that Gyeongju is an international friendship city of Yangzhou and the hometown of Cui Zhiyuan. This year ushered in the 20th anniversary of the friendly exchanges between Yangzhou and the Choi Clan Association of Gyeongju. This is the twenty years of deep friendship between Yangzhou and the Choi Clan Association, the twenty years of fruitful exchanges and cooperation between Yangzhou and Gyeongju, and the golden twenty years of exchanges and cooperation between Yangzhou and South Korea in various fields such as economy and trade, education and culture.
This year, Yangzhou built a monument to "People Hundreds of Themselves" in Cui Zhiyuan Memorial Square. Photo by Cui Jiaming
"Today, we gathered here to commemorate Choi Ji-won, who wrote a strong and colorful stroke in the long history of people-to-people exchanges between South Korea and China. Cui Zhiyuan entered the Tang Dynasty at the age of 12, adhering to the spirit of 'people hundreds of themselves', and passed the Tang Bingong Jinshi and became a model. Choi Young-shan, Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Shanghai, said that he looked forward to today's event to inherit the spirit of Choi Jerry and play an active role in promoting exchanges and cooperation between South Korea and Yangzhou.
The picture shows that on October 15, Choi Hyo-seok, president of the Choi Central Clan Association in Gyeongju, South Korea, Choi Byung-joo, honorary president, and Lee Bin, director of the Choi Ge-won Memorial Hall, jointly unveiled the "People Hundred And Thousands" monument. Photo by Cui Jiaming
The picture shows the descendants of the Choi clan in South Korea holding a ceremony in front of the statue of Choi Ji-won. Photo by Cui Jiaming
This year, Yangzhou built a monument to "People Hundreds of Themselves" in Cui Zhiyuan Memorial Square. On the same day, Choi Hyo-seok, president of the Choi Central Clan Association in Gyeongju, South Korea, Choi Byung-joo, honorary president, and Lee Bin, director of the Choi Ge-won Memorial Hall, jointly unveiled the "People Hundred And One Thousands" monument. (End)