Zheng Chenggong Cultural Festival opening ceremony (photo by Lin Jinfeng)
Taiwan Strait Network reported on November 12th, according to Quanzhou.com. On the 11th, the opening ceremony of the 6th International ( Nan'an ) Zheng Chenggong Cultural Festival was held in Nan'an, Quanzhou, the hometown of national hero Zheng Chenggong. More than 400 guests from the mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao participated in the event. Although the COVID-19 epidemic has hindered the convenient exchanges between compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, it cannot stop the enthusiasm of cultural exchanges between the believers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Through the Internet, everyone pays attention to commemorative activities held simultaneously in Quantai in real time, realizing the cross-strait "cloud commemoration" of the national hero Zheng Chenggong.
Cultural activities are constantly being shared by mobile live broadcast activities, and the grand event is
This cultural festival highlights the theme of "Meet together to succeed in the hometown and share the integration of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait". Although affected by the epidemic, Taiwanese believers cannot form groups to Nan'an to worship and worship like in the past, many Taiwanese compatriots and Taiwanese businessmen who have been deeply engaged in the mainland for many years have come from all over the country to participate. Representatives from major palaces and temples in Taiwan also arrived early and after health management was carried out in accordance with relevant regulations on epidemic prevention and control, they appeared at the opening ceremony and related activities on the 11th.
International Zheng Chenggong Cultural Exchange Association Zheng Dongliang introduced that in Taiwan, Zheng Chenggong is respected as the "King of Taiwan". Through common folk customs and folk cultural exchange activities, the blood and family affection of the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait has been continuously improved, and the cultural exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait have been deepened.
reporter learned on the spot that during the theme incense incense session, in addition to the Zheng Chenggong Temple in Shijing, Nan'an, it is also divided into five directions in Taiwan: "East, West, South, North, and Central". Five temples of Yilan Jiaoxi Guosheng Temple, Yunlin Wugu Kaitai Zunwang Fuzhuan, Tainan Zhengcheng Temple, Taipei Guguo Yanping Palace, and Taiwan China Holy Palace Kaitai Shengwang Temple were invited to jointly hold the meeting. There were tens of thousands of Taiwanese believers participating in Taiwan. In the temple of Zheng Chenggong in Ishii, many believers used mobile phone live broadcast to introduce progress to Taiwanese believers who failed to come. In order to permanently preserve the grand occasion of "cloud commemoration" between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, Quanzhou and Taiwan have recorded related videos to wait for later exchange and sharing.
Exchanges and exchanges are upgraded. Taiwanese businessmen are making a bridge for Taiwanese youth to come to the mainland to find employment
In recent years, the mainland has launched a series of practical measures to promote cross-strait integration and development. Fujian is even more committed to building the "first home" for Taiwanese compatriots and Taiwanese enterprises to land. Cultural exchanges between Quan and Taiwan are constantly upgrading, and economic and trade cooperation has also reached a new level. Taking Nan'an as an example, as of now, there are more than 140 Taiwanese-funded enterprises coming to invest, with a total investment of nearly US$800 million, and a contract using nearly US$400 million in Taiwan, involving more than a dozen industries such as optoelectronics LED, precision machinery, and food. At the event yesterday, many Taiwanese businessmen expressed their hope that they can help more Taiwanese youth, find new opportunities and realize their life ambitions here.
"I have witnessed the brilliant achievements made by mainland reform and opening up, and I am also a direct beneficiary of reform and opening up." In 1982, Wu Xunong, chairman of the board of directors of Taiwan Cross-Strait Industrial Co., Ltd., came to Fujian alone and began his entrepreneurial journey.
"We are all Chinese. Zheng Chenggong has made great achievements in regaining Taiwan. The new generation must recognize their ancestral home in the mainland and pay attention to and promote peaceful reunification of the cross-strait." Now, Wu Xunong has become an envoy of cross-strait civil exchanges, constantly building bridges for Taiwanese businessmen and youth to come to the mainland to start businesses and find employment. Taking last year as an example, he "treads" more than 30 Taiwanese youths and helps them find employment opportunities in well-known private enterprises in Quanzhou Jinjiang .
"I am in Nan'an and my son is a lawyer in Shanghai. My family is developing in the mainland," Zhuang Lingzong, vice president of the Taiwan Business Association, who has been developing in Nan'an for 15 years, also believes that the mainland is very suitable for the development of Taiwanese compatriots, especially the new generation of young people, with unlimited prospects. Last year, he made a match and led about 50 Taiwanese teenagers to the mainland to connect and find employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. (Reporter Cai Zimin Huang Genghuang Correspondent Huang Yupeng Lin Yingquan/Text Lin Jinfeng/Photo)
