Jishan Jianshui sings shallowly, and the mountain yin road is full of romance. On December 7, 2021, a series of activities of “China Shaoxing Activity Year, the Cultural Capital of East Asia” with the theme of “A Millennium of Context, Seeking Dreams in Shaoxing” came to an end.
Zhang Xu, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China and member of the Party Group, and Chu Ziyu, Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and Party Secretary, made speeches. Sheng Yuechun, Secretary of Shaoxing Municipal Party Committee, gave a welcome speech. The cities of Dunhuang in China, Kitakyushu in Japan and Shuntian in South Korea sent their blessings by video. Ding Ruxing, member of the Standing Committee of Shaoxing Municipal Committee and Minister of Propaganda, presided over it.
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At the closing ceremony, Shaoxing, together with Dunhuang City in China, Kitakyushu City in Japan and Shuntian City in South Korea, jointly issued the Joint Declaration of “East Asia Cultural Capital” in 2021, sharing resources and seeking common development in the spirit of “peaceful cooperation, openness and tolerance, mutual learning and mutual benefit”. Zhang Xu, Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism of China, presented letters of commendation to Shaoxing, Xi ‘an, Jinan and other East Asian cultural capitals in recognition of their positive contributions in stimulating urban vitality, cohesive cultural identity and international exchanges.
Shaoxing has a long history, a continuous cultural context, and a large number of celebrities in the past dynasties. It is a famous city that inherits the Chinese cultural context, an important city for East Asian civilizations to exchange and learn from each other, and an “important window” to show cultural self-confidence. It is known as “the land of beautiful scenery, the country of historical relics and the place where celebrities gather”. Since being elected as the “Cultural Capital of East Asia” with high marks, Shaoxing has carried out more than 100 activities in 10 series with the theme of “Contextual Millennium, Dreaming of Shaoxing”, focusing on giving full play to the advantages of Shaoxing’s cultural heritage and cultural tourism resources, and held high-standard activities such as China Lanting Calligraphy Festival, China Art Summit Forum, China Yellow Wine Festival, the Tomb of Dayu Ceremony, the 140th anniversary of Lu Xun’s birth and the 500th anniversary of Xu Wei’s birth. Living presents “golden business cards” such as Dayu culture, Yangming culture, Lu Xun culture, calligraphy culture and rice wine culture. Focusing on cultural exchange and mutual learning, the 2021 Yangming Mind Learning Conference was held with the theme of “Yangming Mind Learning and East Asian Culture”, and the Yuanpei Summit with the theme of “East Asian Civilization and General Education” was organized. The China-Japan-Korea Business Conference and the “Dialogue Shaoxing” Cooperation Fair and the China-Japan-Korea Calligraphy Exchange Exhibition were held to promote the exchange and integration of different civilizations and show the unique cultural charm of Shaoxing to the world in all directions.
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