It is reported that this cultural festival will be held on the principle of "improving specifications, controlling scale, expanding influence and being flexible and diverse". Compared with the previous four cultural festivals, it will pay more attention to thrift and pragmatism, and pay more attention to cultural exchange, resource development and economic and trade cooperation. The root-seeking festival lasts for three days, and its main activities include: the opening ceremony and the gathering of entrepreneurs from Fujian and Taiwan in Gushi, the sixth seminar on the relationship between Fujian and Taiwan in Gushi, the worship of ancestors who moved south, the exhibition of paintings and calligraphy works from three places across the Taiwan Strait, the genealogy exhibition of ancestors who moved south, the promotion and experience activities of root-seeking trip in the Central Plains of Fujian and Taiwan (Gushi), the clan theme activities, and the selection activities of "Top Ten" famous snacks in Gushi.
Gushi is known as "the first hometown of overseas Chinese in the Central Plains". In history, there have been many immigrants to the south, including four large-scale immigrants, with a total of more than 10,000 people, especially the establishment of father and son in the early Tang Dynasty and the unification of Ba Min by Wang Brothers in the late Tang Dynasty. According to the literature, among the top 100 surnames in Taiwan Province Province, 63 surnames are marked as "Gwangju Gushi" in their genealogy. Descendants of Gushi immigrants who moved south gradually spread to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, "Nanyang" and Europe and America. Since the reform and opening up, many descendants of Gushi ethnic groups have returned to their homeland, seeking roots and ancestors, investing in industry, and returning to their ancestral lands, which has formed a unique cultural phenomenon of root-seeking, brought out the economic phenomenon of root-seeking, and brought strong development momentum to Gushi County. According to statistics, 89 projects were signed for the four major cultural festivals, with the signing amount of 1 1438+0.
In recent years, Gushi has also been awarded the titles of "Top Ten Pro-cultural Holy Places that Chinese people all over the world yearn for most", "Cross-Strait Exchange Base" and "China's most influential overseas city". In March this year, three episodes of the documentary about human history, The Ancestral Land of Fujian and Taiwan, were broadcast on the documentary channel Human Geography of CCTV, which aroused great concern from all walks of life and once again set off a whirlwind of "rooted culture" in the society.
On the morning of September 26th, 2065438+03, the 5th Central Plains (Gushi) Root-seeking Cultural Festival "Hometown of Tang People, Hometown of Fujian and Taiwan" opened in the Auditorium of Gushi County Committee. Wang Yifu, Chairman of the National Taiwan Federation, Deng Yongjian, Vice Chairman of Henan Provincial Political Consultative Conference, Chen Yichu, Vice Chairman of the Ninth Henan Provincial Political Consultative Conference and Executive Vice President of Heluo Culture Research Association, Jian Hansheng, Chairman of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, Huang Taikang, Director of the Central Liaison Committee of the Agricultural Workers' Party, and Qiao Xinjiang, Mayor of Xinyang Municipal People's Government attended the opening ceremony.
More than 300 people including politicians, scholars, clan representatives, business elites, cultural celebrities and journalists from the United States, South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan Province, Hong Kong, Macao, Fujian, Zhejiang, Beijing and other provinces and cities attended the opening ceremony.
The opening ceremony was presided over by Qu Shangying, the county magistrate of Gushi County People's Government. Jiao Yuru, member of the Standing Committee of Xinyang Municipal Committee and secretary of Gushi County Party Committee, gave a welcome speech, and Qiao Xinjiang, mayor of Xinyang Municipal People's Government, announced the opening of the class. Deng Yongjian, Vice Chairman of CPPCC, made an important speech. Wang Yifu donated Fujian-Taiwan genealogy collection to Gushi County on behalf of the National Taiwan Federation. After the opening ceremony, a gathering of entrepreneurs from Gushi and Fujian and Taiwan was held. At the meeting, representatives of entrepreneurs in Taiwan Province Province issued an initiative to repay their ancestral lands and invest in entrepreneurship, and signed a 12 cooperation project on the spot. The opening ceremony of less than 30 minutes was simple and grand.
The three-day Root-seeking Festival mainly includes the following activities: the opening ceremony and the Fujian-Taiwan Entrepreneur Association in Gushi, the fifth Central Plains (Gushi) seminar on the relationship between Fujian and Taiwan, the sacrifice of ancestors who moved south, the exhibition of calligraphy and painting works in three places across the Taiwan Strait, the genealogy exhibition of ancestors who moved south, the Gushi Snack Culture Week and the selection of "Top Ten" famous snacks in Gushi, and the promotion meeting of root-seeking tourism in Gushi, the hometown of Fujian and Taiwan.
Leaders and scholars attending the meeting spoke highly of Gushi Genqin Culture Festival. With the success of this cultural festival, more and more overseas Chinese and compatriots at home and abroad have entered and invested in Gushi. In the increasingly frequent exchanges and cooperation, the people on both sides of the strait jointly guard this spiritual home and promote the common development of the two sides.