Create the "East Asian Capital", Weifang is in action!

From 2023 to 2025, the preliminary review results of the "East Asian Capital" review were released. Weifang successfully selected the candidate cities of the 2023 "East Asian Cultural Capital". After being rated in East Asian cultural capital in Qingdao City and Jinan City in our province, Weifang City took a firm and powerful step towards the "East Asian Capital".

As one of the key tasks of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in my country, the "East Asian Capital" is an important measure to implement the "Promoting Initiative of Promoting Asian Civilization Exchanges", and it is an important achievement of the joint declaration of the China -Japan -South Korea leaders' conference. Through the "East Asian Capital" selection activity to show the world to show the new appearance of my country's cultural reform and development, it is of positive significance for promoting domestic urban cultural construction, regional cultural exchanges and cooperation in Asia, and promoting the development of world cultural diversity.

The creation of East Asian cultural capital, for Weifang, which has thousands of years, can be described as the right time.

Weifang has a long history and profound cultural heritage. As early as 8,000 years ago, humans lived here. Historically, the core area of ​​Dongyi culture, the hinterland of Qi culture, the towns of the two Han classics, the oriental center of the Buddhist culture of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the literary town between the Ming and Qing Haida. It occupies an important position in the form of Chinese civilization.

The thousand -year -old cultural accumulation has not only formed a profound and distinctive Weifang culture, but also nurtured endless historical celebrities. Yu Shun, one of the "Three Emperors and Five Emperors", Yan Ying, politician Yan Ying during the Spring and Autumn Period, Zheng Xuan, a master of East Han Classics, Jia Sihuan, a northern Wei agricultural scholar, Zhang Xuanduan, the author of "Qingming Shanghe", and Chen Jieqi, a famous Jinshi scholar Chen Jieqi, all came from Weifang. , Su Dongpo, Zheng Banqiao, etc. have been governed by Weifang. Mo Yan, who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, is also from Weifang. Celebrity culture has become an important window for Weifang to display.

Here, Later Li Culture, Beixin Culture, Dawenkou Culture, Longshan Cultural Site Star Play; Shi Garden, Qi Great Wall, Yunmen Mountain, Fan Gongting, Shanwang Fossils, Dinosaur Fossils, East Town Yishan and other well -known Chinese and foreign; The two projects of paper -cutting and Zhucheng Pai Guqin were selected as representative of the United Nations humans' verbal and intangible heritage. The intangible cultural heritage was colorful; various cultural and artworks were in concentrated business markets, and the painting and calligraphy industry was developing strong; more than 70%of kites around the world came from Weifang, The creative development of folk art and traditional handicrafts is vitality.

Weifang is the "Capital of the World Kite", which is a permanent place for the International Kite Federation. It has successfully held the 38th Weifang International Kite Association; Weifang is "Chinese Painting Capital". Through the ten consecutive Chinese painting festivals, Weifang has established Weifang in China in China The important position of the calligraphy and calligraphy market; Weifang is the "capital of gold and stone", with deep cultural origin of gold and stone collection. Many golden stone scholars have an important intersection with Weifang in history; Weifang is the only "national Qilu culture (Weifang) ecological protection zone in Shandong Province "It is a national civilized city, an excellent tourist city in China, and international peace cities. Weifang has actively strived to create the United Nations handicrafts and folk art capitals, and has now become one of the selection cities for the formal equivalent of the United Nations Education Organization.

Weifang and Japan and South Korea are located across the sea and are adjacent to each other. After years of development, the three parties have achieved fruitful results in the areas of regional cooperation, industrial collaboration, trade exchanges, and cultural exchanges. Traditional friendship has continued to consolidate, and economic and trade cooperation has deepened.

Creating the "East Asian Capital" is of unusual significance for Weifang, which is moving towards the development of the people who is satisfied with the people who is satisfied with the people. It is an unprecedented background and opportunity. Improve the international awareness of urban culture, and then use the important opportunity and path of accelerating the construction of the international metropolis with culture.

Creation of the "East Asian Cultural Capital" is also an important opportunity to re -sort out Weifang's urban cultural context, activate cultural resources, strengthen cultural exchanges, and improve the cultural development system and mechanism. To a new height.

This is not only one selection, but also an important stage for the value of Chinese cultural value to the world. It is of great significance for urban cultural construction, regional cooperation in Asian regional, and even promoting world peace and development.

Turning towards the East Asian cultural capital, Weifang is acting!

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