China News Service, Ningde, March 25 (Lin Rongsheng and Sun Fenhua) "Fuding has beautiful mountains and clear waters and outstanding people. It is very cordial to come to the mainland of the motherland to see the clan of the same root and the same origin. The people on both sides of the strait are all one family." Taiwan Calligrapher and painter Li Minqin said in Fuding, Fujian on the 25th.
From March 23 to 25, the Li Clan Association of Fuding City invited Li Minqin and his group of five people to visit Fuding to carry out cultural exchanges with the Li clan in Dingtai.
The picture shows Li Minqin (third from right) and his party interacting with the Li Clan Association in Fuding City.
Photo courtesy of Zhang Lina
During the period, Li Minqin and his entourage came to Ningde City's exchange base with Taiwan-Fuding nodded to the Mazu Tianhou Palace, learned about the origins of Mazu culture on both sides of the strait, and jointly inherited and promoted Chinese traditional culture; went to the Li's Ancestral Hall in Qinyu to learn about the basic situation and operation of the Li's Ancestral Hall , And in recent years, the Li clan’s cultural exchanges with the Taiwan clan clan; also visited the tea enterprise founded by the Li’s clan in Fuding.
Li Minqin said that he hoped that everyone would come and go frequently in the future, and keep the family relationship between the two sides of the strait. The blood is thicker than water.
The picture shows Li Minqin (right) visiting a tea company founded by Li's clan in Fuding.
Photo courtesy of Zhang Lina
On the 25th, a calligraphy and painting exchange event with the theme of "family connecting the strait and drawing a family on both sides of the strait" was held at the Southeast Gongbi Painting Institute of Ningde City. Taiwanese calligraphers and painters such as Li Minqin and Xiong Yongsheng used pens to meet friends and also call and paint.
Li Minqin and Xiong Yongsheng believe that the art of calligraphy and painting is the quintessence of Chinese traditional culture, and it is also one of the cultural images that embody the same roots and bloodlines of people on both sides of the strait.
Lin Yanfeng, director of the Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of Ningde City, expressed the hope that through the creation and exchange of calligraphy and painting art, the inspiration and enthusiasm of calligraphers and painters on both sides of the strait can be stimulated, and the Chinese culture can be promoted together, and the consensus of "a family on both sides of the strait" is constantly strengthened.
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