Accompanied by the "click" shutter sound, a piece of red silk was slowly pulled down by President Xi Jinping and the then UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Under the "veil", in the glass box stood quietly the "Peace Zun" with a graceful and gorgeous shape and a height of one person.
This is a gift from China to the 70th anniversary of the United Nations.
On September 27, 2015, when President Xi Jinping attended the ceremony for China to present the "Peace Respect" to the United Nations in New York, he explained its profound meaning: "'Peace Respect' conveyed China and the Chinese people’s pursuit of peace, development, cooperation, and co-operation. The desire and faith to win are also the spirit of the UN Charter."
The United Nations was born in the smoke of the World Anti-Fascist War and is one of the most important achievements of victory in the Second World War.
As the main battlefield in the East, the Chinese people fought bloody battles and made outstanding contributions to the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War.
China is the initiator of the United Nations and the first country to sign the UN Charter.
War is like a mirror, enabling people to better understand the preciousness of peace.
The United Nations, which has stood up from the ruins of war, has pinned people's desire for peace.
On January 18, 2017, President Xi Jinping attended the gift-giving ceremony of China to the UN headquarters in Geneva.
In 2017, on the shore of Lake Leman, in the Palais des Nations at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, President Xi Jinping and UN Secretary-General Guterres jointly unveiled the cloisonne bottle named "Song of Prosperity".
The cloisonne bottle composed of peacock, peace dove, peony, magnolia, chrysanthemum, etc., has Chinese characteristics and cultural heritage. These patterns in traditional Chinese culture symbolize stability, peace, prosperity and development.
"Song of Prosperity" is self-evident and carries beautiful meaning. President Xi Jinping pointed out when attending the ceremony that China is willing to work with other countries in the world to continue to work together to build a better tomorrow for mankind.
Across the corridor of time, looking at "Peace Zun" and "Song of Prosperity", the two "national rites" are in the same line.
Their similarities and differences are deeply embedded in China's yearning for and pursuit of peaceful development, and it also demonstrates China's adherence to an independent and peaceful foreign policy and the desire to work together to build a community with a shared future for mankind.
On September 28, 2015, President Xi Jinping attended the General Debate of the 70th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and delivered an important speech entitled "Joining Hands to Build New Partnerships for Win-Win Cooperation and Building a Community of Shared Future for Mankind".
The beauty of harmony lies in harmony and difference;
Today, 75 years after the end of the Second World War, the world is still not at peace. At the same time, the global pandemic of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has brought an all-round impact on human society.
History has once again proved that all countries share weal and woe, destiny is closely linked, and peace and development remain the unchanging themes of mankind.
(CCTV Network of China Central Radio and Television)