【Commentary】On the occasion of the Chinese traditional festival Dragon Boat Festival, at noon on June 6, the people of Qijiang Gudu in Shishi City, Quanzhou, Fujian Province were full of people, and tens of thousands of people from both sides of the strait gathered here to participate in or watch China's unique Dragon Boat Festival folk customs - Fujian-Taiwan crossing, splashing water on the sea.
【Commentary】 When the sun is scorching, dozens of fishing boats are racing to shuttle on the calm sea, and people on board are holding a basin of seawater to splash at the people of the surrounding boats, so as to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters, pray for auspicious peace, and wish for safety on the sea.
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【During the same period】Tsai Chongxi, executive director of the Taiwanese delegation to the Fujian-Taiwan Cultural Festival
Both sides are the same, they both agree, and naturally the exchanges have already been exchanged. This means that you have to feel it in person to feel it, and that meaning is the actual meaning, not the mouth.
【Commentary】The Cockle River was an important outlet to the sea of the "Maritime Silk Road" in the Song and Yuan Dynasties; During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Shishi Cockle River and Lugang, Taiwan, opened a cross-ferry route, and compatriots on both sides of the strait have been communicating with each other since then, and commerce, trade, and cultural exchanges have flourished for a while. Under the traction of this traditional Dragon Boat Festival common to Fujian and Taiwan, cross-strait cross-sea folk culture and art and cultural exchanges between students have been flowing continuously for 17 years.
【During the same period】Taiwanese student Liu Yutong
When we rehearsed yesterday, we would sit next to them and see their program, and there were many elements that integrated local culture and folklore, which made me feel refreshed.
【During the same period】Taiwanese student Zhang Junwei
Because we actually dance Chinese dances on both sides of the strait, I think that art can enhance our exchanges.
Cai Chongxi, 75 years old this year, whose ancestral home is Shishi, told reporters that even during the epidemic prevention and control period, the Fujian-Taiwan Mutual Crossing Cultural Festival has maintained the common Dragon Boat Festival customs of people on both sides of the strait through VR technology and online experience. Cai Chongxi recalled his first visit to Shishi 17 years ago and was full of emotion.
【During the same period】Tsai Chongxi, executive director of the Taiwanese delegation to the Fujian-Taiwan Cultural Festival
Back then, I was in this place, the commander's platform was there, our viewing platform was over there, I was standing and then 50 meters (meters) on the left and right, and the audience was only a little bit, 50 meters, that was the first session. Now that the venue has changed, if the audience is still watching from two sides, I can guarantee that the number of people is already two kilometers on the left and more than two kilometers on the right. So you think about how great the significance of the event itself is, how powerful the rendering is.
【Commentary】In the sea not far from the water splashing on the sea, folk activities such as the cross-strait dragon boat invitational race, the "Wang Ye Boat" cruise, and the "duck hunting on the sea" are staged in turn. It is understood that the Fujian-Taiwan Zhudu Cultural Festival and the Songkran Festival on the Sea, which have been held for 17 consecutive sessions, have been continuously influential, and have been listed in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, and have been rated as "China's most local characteristic folk festival", which not only inherits the ancient elements of the Central Plains culture, but also integrates the characteristics of marine culture, and has a far-reaching impact on both sides of the strait.
Ke Ning Sun Hong reported from Quanzhou, Fujian
Responsible Editor: [Peng Dawei]