The 2021 Yangtze River Culture and Art Festival kicked off in Zhangjiagang, East China's Jiangsu province, on Nov 14 to celebrate the evolutionary history and growth along the Yangtze River through folk music performances and relic displays.
To get more people (involve), festival organizers are holding some events online, such as an online call out for music praising the Yangtze River.
The festival has won an innovation award from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and is listed one of the three cultural (brand) with local characteristics cultivated by Jiangsu province
Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Zhangjiagang is the city carries the responsibilities of promoting Yangtze River culture.
In recent years, the city has established a national first-class (associate) studying Yangtze River culture and the nation's first museum promoting Yangtze River culture.
great number of Yangtze River-related events feature in the city's cultural calendar, such as art competitions, photo contests, drama festivals, a folk culture art festival and high-level forum on Yangtze River culture.
(be) a high-quality platform for cultural exchanges and cooperation among cities along the Yangtze River, now the festival (play) a special role as a bridge to boost (economy) and social development.
Han Wei, Party secretary of Zhangjiagang, said, "We have upgraded the Yangtze River Culture and Art Festival by now and we take this as a new starting point to further shoulder the missions of protecting, inheriting and promoting Yangtze River culture."
"We will study Yangtze River culture (thorough), encourage traditional cultures to innovate, and bring greater dynamism into the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt."
