China News Agency, Kaifeng, October 14 (Reporter Han Zhangyun) The 39th Chrysanthemum Culture Festival in Kaifeng, China opened on the evening of the 14th in the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties Kaifeng Qingming Shanghe Park.
The chrysanthemums are in full bloom and the fragrance is scented. In the next month, more than 3.2 million pots of chrysanthemums will dress up the city of Kaifeng.
The opening ceremony of the evening closely followed the theme of "Chrysanthemum Fragrance and Flourishing Age Song Songs", combined with the live performances of "The Great Song·Tokyo Dream", Peking opera, songs, street dance...One by one wonderful programs showed the heritage and heritage of Song culture in Kaifeng, the ancient capital. develop.
Despite the rain in the autumn, the whole performance was undiminished.
At the opening ceremony that night, the mayors of sister cities from Russia, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Israel and other countries also expressed their blessings to Kaifeng through video.
Fomin Yevgeny, the acting mayor of Omsk, Russia, expressed his blessings to Kaifeng for holding the Chrysanthemum Cultural Festival through a video. In his congratulatory speech, he commented on the Kaifeng Chrysanthemum Cultural Festival as "both philosophical atmosphere and profound connotation".
He said that Omsk and Kaifeng have been in a relationship for more than 12 years, and the friendly relationship between the two cities is like a chrysanthemum. The various petals symbolize diversified cooperation.
He said that the Kaifeng Chrysanthemum Cultural Festival has become a shining business card for the Chinese to go to the world.
Adrian Nottingham, Mayor of Stokeport, UK, introduced in the video that Kaifeng and Stokeport have had friendly exchanges for many years. He said, “I look forward to this year’s Chrysanthemum Cultural Festival as an opportunity for us to overcome the epidemic and create a new situation. ."
The Mayor of Wichita, Brandon Whipple, said in a video message that the chrysanthemum symbolizes tenacity and indomitability, and also symbolizes longevity and longevity. "This is also the best blessing that Wichita has given to Kaifeng."
It used to be Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and has a history of more than 1,500 years of planting chrysanthemums and admiring chrysanthemums.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, Kaifeng chrysanthemum was famous all over the world, and its variety, quantity and cultivation skills topped Kyushu. The world's first monograph on chrysanthemum art "Chrysanthemum Spectrum" came into being during this period.
"Tokyo Dream Hualu" records the grand occasion of the Chongyang Chrysanthemum Festival in Bianjing City, which can be called the earliest chrysanthemum flower festival in China.
In 1983, Kaifeng City designated chrysanthemum as the city flower, and held one Chrysanthemum Cultural Festival every year. So far, it has successfully held 38 sessions.
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