On the evening of May 31, the restarted 26th Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Festival in China’s Zigong Overseas Chinese Town ended with 200,000 visitors and a network of over 260 million transmissions.This has become an epoch-making chapter in the history of the Zigong Lantern Festival with countless "firsts".
In the context of the victory of the two sessions, the China Lantern World will fully interpret the meaning of the hot words of the two sessions "upward life".The Zigong Lantern Festival will continue to help Zigong's high-quality development and the construction of the national cultural export base, create a "Never Ending Lantern Festival", spread Chinese culture on a higher platform, broader fields, and updated channels, attracting global attention.
Light up hopes Zigong Lantern Festival restarts to demonstrate the spirit of the times
This is a grand ceremony that never ends.The wonderful performance on the night of the closing ceremony, illuminated by the bright lanterns in the China Lantern World, reminded people of the unforgettable scenes during the Zigong Lantern Festival.
Wuhan and Zigong are both heroic cities.When the COVID-19 hit, the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government made a decisive decision and resolutely suspended the "New Lantern Festival" which was only held for 7 days.When the China's COVID-19 prevention and control achieved a phased victory, under the leadership of the municipal party committee and municipal government, Zigong Lantern Cultural Communication Operation Co., Ltd. went all out to race against time and created a new 15 groups of anti-COVID-19 theme lanterns.In order to implement the instructions of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, Fan Bo,the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, personally deployed and guided, and the municipal departments took the initiative and acted actively. After nearly 2 months of preparations and organization, the 26th Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Festival with the theme of anti-COVID-19 as the core pressed the restart button on April 30.This symbolizes hope and victory, when the "First Lantern on the World" shines again.Zigong, the city of lanterns, ignited the hope of a restart of life, the economic recovery was immediately effective, the city's fireworks became stronger, and the spirit of the people was back!
The restarted Zigong Lantern Festival has the theme of "Spring returns to the earth, lanterns shine on the world".It is one of the key activities of the Sichuan province's cultural tourism season, an important carrier of the "Sichuan Poverty Alleviation" product exhibition and sales activity, the China's first lantern festival with the theme of fighting the COVID-19,and the largest and most dazzling lantern carnival in China.The restart of this Zigong Lantern Festival is successful.because the Zigong Lantern Festival has received 200,000 tourists , more than 260 million dissemination on the entire network, and rushing reports from major media across China.
"There is no winter insurmountable, no spring will not come."As professionals said after visiting Zigong,"The restart of the Zigong Lantern Festival is a comprehensive pragmatic and innovative move to accelerate the restoration of economic and social order in the normalized epidemic prevention and control.It not only carried forward the spirit of the times in the fight against the COVID-19, but also made a successful practice for creating the never-ending Zigong Lantern Festival."
The brilliant closing ceremony also fully demonstrated the attraction of the Zigong Lantern Festival as one of the largest folklore events in China.Citizens from Zigong and tourists gathered together, and offline events echoed with live events.Overseas Chinese Town Company and the Lantern Operating Company jointly presented awards to representatives of the Zigong Lantern Festival volunteer service youth commando team, thank them for their selfless dedication to this special Zigong Lantern Festival.
Shine the future Zigong Lantern Festival upgrades to open the city blueprint
Fan Bo,the Municipal Party Committee Secretary repeatedly emphasized that as the first batch of national cultural export bases, Zigong has always been committed to promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional culture.The restart of the Lantern Festival provides an opportunity to do well in the two major articles of "Lantern +" and "+ Lantern", laying a foundation for the innovative model, and will better promote the Zigong Lantern Festival to a higher and broader platform,and make a contribution to Chinese culture goes out .
At present, we are vigorously promoting the transformation and upgrading of the Zigong lantern industry, do a good job in two major articles, " Lantern+" and "+ Lantern",expand the comprehensive effect of Zigong lantern, the iconic cultural tourism brand, and further Promote foreign exchanges and cooperation in Zigong, and realize the transformational development, innovative development, leaping development and high-quality development of the old industrial city.
During the two sessions this year, He Shuping, the deputy secretary of the National People’s Congress, deputy secretary of the Zigong Municipal Party Committee, and Mayor of Zigong, submitted a suggestion of "Proposal on Upgrading the Zigong Lantern Festival to an Important Platform and Carrier for Chinese Cultural Exchanges at the National Level."He hopes that the Zigong Lantern Festival, which has a history of nearly a thousand years and plays an important role in the globalization of Chinese culture, can be promoted as an important platform and carrier for foreign exchanges of Chinese culture at the national level.
How to turn the beautiful blueprint of Zigong lanterns into reality?How to make the China Lantern World to a base for the upgrade of the "First Lantern in the World"?The 26th Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Festival in Zigong, OCT, China has been the first to give the answer.
Drive the rapid recovery and development prosperity of related industries in the Eastern New City of Zigong through the lantern festival;Reflect the urban civilization of Zigong through the service of workers and volunteers during the lantern festival;With the support of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, seize the strategic opportunities of the Chengdu-Chongqing double-city economic circle in cultural tourism;Establishing a cultural landmark of Chinese lanterns globally through " televise live by internet" and "watching lanterns by internet";The theme of the lantern festival that keeps pace with the times shows the new image of China, the new style of Sichuan, and the new charm of Zigong.
This Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Festival has come to an end, but the light of beautiful hope will always be lit in people's hearts. Let us look forward to meeting again.
