On the evening of July 20, the 6th Western China Folk Song Festival celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China opened in the Wulat Qianqi Sports and Culture Industrial Park.
This year's Western Folk Song Festival lasted for 6 days, and nearly 200 folk singers from 16 provinces, autonomous regions and cities such as Xinjiang, Tianjin, Jiangxi, Hunan, 11 league cities in Inner Mongolia and 28 representative teams of Wulat Qianqi participated.
With the theme of "My Heart Praises the Centenary of the Party", the opening ceremony party of the evening invited the actors of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region directly under the Ulan Pastoral Horse, the Ulan Pastoral Horse of the Former Banner of Urat, the Pleasant Art Center of the Former Banner Cultural Center of Urat, and the Former Banner university of Urat for the Elderly to present a high-level literary and artistic performance for the audience. In addition, the party also specially invited the famous duo actor Wu Liping to perform. At the scene of the party, many media and WeChat public platforms such as "National Public Culture Cloud", "People's Daily", "XinhuaNet Live Cloud", "Inner Mongolia Culture Cloud", "Grassland Cloud", "Palm Bayannaoer", "Culture, Sports, Tourism Radio and Television" and many other media and WeChat public platforms broadcast the opening ceremony party live.
The "Charm of Wulat" Western Folk Song Festival has been held for five consecutive years, and has become a national mass cultural brand, and has been successfully shortlisted for the "2020 China Tourism Influence Festival Case". In addition, "mountain climbing tune" and "Urat folk song" have also been identified and announced by the State Council as representative items of national intangible cultural heritage. The specifications and level of the folk song meeting are getting higher and higher, and the scope and influence of participation are expanding year by year. The Folk Song Festival is deeply loved by the masses in Inner Mongolia and the western provinces and cities, and has become a platform for folk singers to display, disseminate and exchange local cultural and artistic masterpieces. This year, Hebei and Jiangxi also sent observation delegations to observe.
During the Western Folk Song Festival, a series of cultural and tourism activities will also be held, such as the Third Western Tennis Invitational Tournament, the "Always Follow the Party" flash mob activity, the "Derun Urat" Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture Ethics Forum, the High-level Forum on the Inheritance and Development of Folk Songs, the Display of Intangible Cultural Tourism Products, the Literary and Artistic Performances of Cadres and Workers of the Whole Banner, and the Fifth Hetao Red Flower Picking Festival.
It is reported that this year's Western Folk Song Festival is sponsored by the Autonomous Region Department of Culture and Tourism and the Municipal Government, and hosted by the Autonomous Region Cultural Center, the Autonomous Region Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center, the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Tourism, Radio, Film and Television, and the People's Government of Wulat Qianqi.
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Source: Bayannur Daily
Bayannaoer Daily All-Media Reporter: Wang Yunan Intern Reporter: Yang Qing
Photo: Hu Dongyu