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China Luoyang Peony Cultural Festival, formerly known as Luoyang Peony Flower Festival, which has been selected in the list of national intangible cultural heritage, started in 1983. In November 2010, it was officially approved by the State Council and the Ministry of Culture of China to be upgraded to the national level and renamed as China Luoyang Peony Cultural Festival, which is organized by the Ministry of Culture of China and the People's Government of Henan Province. It is organized by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China and the People's Government of Henan Province.
China Luoyang Peony Cultural Festival is a large-scale comprehensive economic and cultural activity integrating flower and lantern viewing, tourism, economic and trade cooperation and exchange. It has become a platform for Luoyang's economic development and a window for displaying the city's image, a bridge for Luoyang to the world and a business card for the world to understand Luoyang.
Expanded InformationOn the evening of April 10, 2019, the 37th China Luoyang Peony Cultural Festival, hosted by the Henan Provincial Government and organized by the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and Luoyang Municipal Government, was grandly opened in the Square of Dingding Gate Ruins of the Sui and Tang Dynasty Luoyang City. Coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, this year's Peony Cultural Festival, with the theme of "National Colors and Fragrance, Dedication to the Birthday of China", has carefully planned a series of colorful and unique activities.
The State Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, CIPA, the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau of the relevant leaders attended the opening ceremony. Huo Jinhua said in his speech, Luoyang is a national historical and cultural city and excellent tourism city, in the process of the Central Plains more colorful status is pivotal.
The China Luoyang Peony Cultural Festival has been held for 36 consecutive sessions, with rising popularity, reputation and influence, and has become an important carrier and cultural name card for Henan to expand its opening to the outside world and to promote the culture of the Central Plains and the Huaxia civilization to the world. Open Henan, the hospitality of the people of Henan warmly welcome guests from all sides in Henan to feel the charm of the ancient capital, savor the local customs, taste the culture of the Central Plains, **** seek future development.
At about 20:10, a large-scale cultural performance with the theme of "Colorful New Journey" kicked off in the melody of "Peony Song". The song and dance "Peony Celebrates the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of New China" enthusiastically saluted the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China in the form of song and dance combined with recitation. The original situational song and dance drama "The People's City", with the liberation of Luoyang's **** and the country's veterans as the stringers, fondly tells the 70 years of Luoyang's construction and reform and development process.
Artists from China and some of the countries along the Silk Road then performed "Heaven and Earth", one of the theme songs of "One Belt, One Road", incorporating elements of Chinese and Western musical instruments in an elegant and profound program.
The situational musical "Museum of the Capital" by the Luoyang National Theatre performing artist Xu Wenguang and 13-year-old Luoyang talent Deng Yawen as the main tandem, the use of musical form, leading the audience to travel through the ancient and modern, to appreciate the millennium of the ancient capital.
The cultural charm scenario song and dance "To Tomorrow" cuts through real scenes of laborers working diligently on all fronts in Luoyang, vividly displaying the spirit of the people of Luoyang running after their dreams and striving hard. Every Peony Cultural Festival has new expectations and new splendor.
This year's Peony Cultural Festival practiced the tenet of "promoting the construction of the festival, promoting the management of the festival, promoting the promotion of the festival, benefiting the people and enhancing the overall promotion of the festival", and endeavored to become a link and platform for expanding opening up to the outside world, carrying forward the outstanding culture, promoting the integration of culture and tourism, stimulating the consumption of culture and tourism, demonstrating the achievements of the development, and benefiting the general masses, and offering a feast of high-quality products to friends from both home and abroad. friends to present a fine collection of wonderful cultural feast.
The atmosphere of celebration is stronger. Focusing on the theme of celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, this year's Peony Cultural Festival has arranged a series of festive and enthusiastic activities such as flower-appreciation tours, cultural exchanges, economic and trade exhibitions, etc., with a strong atmosphere of joy and harmony.
More international influence. Take the initiative to integrate into the "Belt and Road" construction, the implementation of the "China - Central and Eastern European Countries Cooperation Riga Outline", and actively host the China - Central and Eastern European Countries Cultural Heritage Forum, to expand the cultural "circle of friends" in the exchange and mutual understanding, and enhance the The cultural influence will be enhanced through exchanges and mutual understanding.
Cultural connotation deeper. Relying on the construction of "Luoyang City of Books" and "Museum Capital", the city held a series of activities for the protection and inheritance of Sui and Tang dynasties Luoyang City, and a series of activities for the benefit of the people in the form of peony, to show the city's taste of "reflecting the fragrance of books and flowers, and traveling with poems and far-away places". The city's taste is also recognized as "a city of books and flowers, poetry and faraway places".
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