Chinanews.com, Kunming, January 20th (Reporter Han Shuainan) On the 20th, the 2023 "Welcome to the Spring Festival in the Mountains and Seas and the Prosperity" China, India, Cambodia, and Mongolia Spring Festival Gala and Spring Festival cultural exchange series activities will be held online and offline in Yunnan, China. , New Delhi, India, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia were officially launched.
In the following 17 days, people from China, India, Cambodia, Mongolia and friends from all over the world will share Spring Festival delicacies, enjoy the beautiful scenery of the four countries, and share colorful arts and traditional cultures on the "cloud".
The event was hosted by the Information Office of the People's Government of Yunnan Province and the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Yunnan Province, and organized by China News Service Yunnan Branch.
The series of activities include the 2023 "Spring Blossoms" China-India-Cambodia-Mongolia Spring Festival Gala, "Beautiful China Colorful Yunnan" Spring Festival Cultural Week, "Beautiful China Colorful Yunnan" Photography Video Exhibition, "Happy Reunion Lantern Festival Joy Party" special program etc.
That night, as one of the highlights of the event, the 2023 "Spring Blossoms" China, India, Cambodia, and Mongolia Spring Festival Gala was launched on the domestic and overseas platforms of China News Network. The Darkhan News Network in China and MALCHIN TV in Mongolia successively broadcast it.
Artists from China, India, Cambodia, Mongolia and other countries performed songs, dances, musical instruments, etc., presenting a multi-cultural Chinese New Year feast to the global audience.
The picture is a still photo of the Sino-Cambodian peacock dance "Light of Friendship".
Photo provided by the organizer
In the "Gathering in the Cloud to Bless the New Year" segment of the gala, Wang Hao, the vice governor of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government of China, said in a video speech that Yunnan is a frontier province in China's opening up to South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean Rim. In recent years, the province has relied on the "Spring Festival" "This traditional festival of the Chinese nation has continuously deepened cultural exchanges with neighboring countries and effectively promoted the people-to-people bonds between China and neighboring countries.
"The four countries of China, India, Cambodia, and Mongolia span thousands of miles and vast mountains and seas. At this moment of reunion, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, I hope that friends from all over the world will further deepen traditional cultural exchanges, reunite with the Communist Party of China, feel happiness in the reunion, and inspire in unity. strength."
Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian said in a video speech that the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia, as a bridge and bond of China-Cambodia relations, is willing to continue to work with all parties to take the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Cambodia in 2023 and the "China-Cambodia Friendship Year" as an opportunity to further carry forward the traditional Friendship, deepening cooperation, and promoting the construction of a China-Cambodia community with a shared future will continue to deepen and become more solid.
Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia Chai Wenrui said in a video speech that in the new year, friendly exchanges between China and neighboring countries will become closer, people-to-people and cultural exchanges will be more colorful, and traditional friendship will be further carried forward.
China is willing to join hands with the friendly people of India, Cambodia and Mongolia to build a community of shared future, sing the main theme of friendship, and jointly build a prosperous and beautiful world.
The picture shows people in Phnom Penh tasting Yunnan specialty flower cakes during the "Beautiful China·Colorful Yunnan" Spring Festival Cultural Week.
Photo provided by the organizer
Chargé d'affaires ad interim of the Chinese embassy in India Ma Jia delivered a video speech.
She said that the Chinese embassy and consulate in India will, as always, be committed to promoting exchanges and cooperation between China and India in various fields, serving various regions in China, including Yunnan Province and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and building a new development pattern and high-quality development.
Cambodian Ambassador to China Kay Sisodar said in a video speech that for more than half a century, the traditional friendly partnership between Cambodia and China has become closer.
Driven by the continuous deepening of exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in various fields, the bilateral relationship will surely become more stable and fruitful.
Mongolian Ambassador to China Tubshin Baderle said in a video speech that this event is of great significance to promoting cultural exchanges among countries, and he firmly believes that this event will deepen understanding and friendship among countries and promote exchanges in cultural tourism.
"Kolkata, India and Kunming, Yunnan are sister cities, and have established a K2K cooperation mechanism." Nayak, chairman of the Indian Journalists Association, said through a video, expecting this event to further deepen the friendship between India and China, and at the same time promote cultural exchanges in Asia Mutual learning.
On the same day, the "Beautiful China Colorful Yunnan" Spring Festival Cultural Week was also launched in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia.
The New Year's shopping street and the "Chinese New Year" characteristic cultural exhibition area are set up on the spot, paper-cutting, jade rabbit lanterns, Cuiyu silver silk, Yunzi Go, tile cats, flower cakes, Yunnan coffee, Pu'er tea and other special Yunnan products and intangible culture The relics were unveiled one by one, and a "New Year's New Year's Customs Gift Package" was prepared for the citizens. Spring Festival couplets, window grilles, blessing characters, sachets and other gifts were presented on the spot. People in Phnom Penh love it.
Feng Lifa, president of the Cambodian (Chinese) Calligraphers Association, was invited to write couplets and blessing characters for the citizens at the cultural week.
He said, "When the Spring Festival is approaching every year, overseas Chinese in Cambodia will buy new year's goods. This event is at the right time. I look forward to taking a walk in Yunnan in the future to appreciate the great rivers and mountains of the ancestral (home) country."
The picture is a still photo of the dance "Music Cup Man".
Photo provided by the organizer
In addition, the "Beautiful China·Colorful Yunnan" photography and video exhibition in the series of activities will meet online with netizens from all over the world on New Year's Eve (21st).
40 high-quality photographs and 60 wonderful short videos will show Yunnan's natural scenery, traditional culture and the achievements of the "Belt and Road" construction from multiple angles.
The "Happy Reunion Lantern Festival" special program will be broadcast on the Lantern Festival (February 5) on online platforms in many countries, showing beautiful scenes of celebrating the reunion festival such as lion dancing, eating Lantern Festival, admiring lanterns, and guessing lantern riddles.
It is understood, including India's "Himalayan News Chronicle Magazine" website, Cambodian National Television, Cambodian "Cambodia Daily", Mongolian MALCHIN TV (herdsman TV station), Mongolian Darkhan News Network, ASEAN News Agency, Nepalese "Jana Ashtar Weekly, Sri Lankan Mirror, Myanmar Golden Phoenix, M TIME Myanmar Micro Video Production and Publishing Center, Pakistani Diplomatic Vision, Laos Pathet Lao News Agency, Indonesian International Daily, Kyrgyzstan New Observation, Kazakhstan Overseas media such as Today's Silk Road Weekly, Tajikistan New Observation, Uzbekistan New Observation, and American Chinese Network will report on this event.
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