Recently, the Department of Culture and Tourism of Zhejiang Province announced that 34 counties (cities, districts) and townships (streets) including Lishang Township (Lishangren Deng) in Chun’an County were selected as the “Hometown of Folk Culture and Art in Zhejiang Province” in 2021.
The Hometown of Folk Culture and Art in Zhejiang Province is a cultural brand project established to promote the prosperity and development of folk culture and art and enrich and activate the cultural life of the grassroots people. The nomination is submitted once every two years, and the main body of selection is the county (city, district) and township (street) people’s governments. The types of projects selected this time include traditional art forms such as fine arts, calligraphy, music, dance, drama, opera, acrobatics, folklore, etc., as well as contemporary cultural and art forms such as photography, choral singing, oil painting, and peasant painting. Since its launch in May this year, the project has received 61 new applications and recommended projects from various places. After expert review and deliberation and approval by the party group meeting of the department, 34 counties (cities, districts) and townships (streets) were finally selected. Among them, 27 projects were declared by township (street) people’s governments, accounting for 79.4% of the total number selected, fully reflecting the principle of tilting the creation of public cultural service brands to the grassroots level.
At present, 177 counties (cities, districts) and townships (streets) in the province have been named “Hometown of Folk Culture and Art in Zhejiang Province”. At the same time, 7 projects including the People’s Government of Putuo District of Zhoushan City (Putuo Fishermen’s Painting) were recommended to apply for the “Hometown of Chinese Folk Culture and Art” in 2021-2023.