On the 3rd April 2023 CCTV Aired a live broadcast on jointly inherit civilization and embrace spring, Spring season for the 2023 China (Kaifeng) Tomb-sweeping Culture Festival Opening festival gala “in which The 2023 China (Kaifeng) Qingming Cultural Festival is being held in Kaifeng, Henan Province, which runs from April 1 to 15. This year’s Qingming Cultural Festival consists of six major activity series featuring economic and trade promotion, cultural exchanges, sports events As one of China’s first batch of national historical and cultural cities, Kaifeng dates back to 4,100 years ago. The Yellow River culture, the Song Dynasty culture, the Grand Canal culture, and the spirit of Jiao Yulu have shaped Kaifeng’s resilient and hardworking urban character. The annual China (Kaifeng) Qingming Cultural Festival has become a window for the world to understand Kaifeng and a symbol of Kaifeng’s outreach to the world. The planning of this year’s Qingming Cultural Festival includes a series of distinctive, remarkable, and influential cultural activities as well as a rich and diverse range of mass cultural events. These will fully showcase the new era’s Qingming cultural connotation and highlight the unique charm of Kaifeng as a base for inheriting the Chinese Qingming culture…..
During the On April 2, a spring parade to celebrate the 2023 China (Kaifeng) Qingming Cultural Festival was held at the square in front of the south gate of the Dragon Pavilion Park ( or Long Ting) in Kaifeng city of Central China’s Henan province, which involved 30 parade formations and thousands of performers dressed in traditional costumes of the Song Dynasty (960-1279)
吳謹言 Wu Jinyan sang a song “Spring in March”, depicting the beauty of spring in the millennium Song Yun “At the beginning of March in Yangchun, there are clusters of beautiful flowers in the world, and people are happy from their hearts when they meet this scene.” Wu Jinyan sang “Spring March” in Song Dynasty era Han Traditional Clothing, and the lyrics and music spanned thousands of years…..
Kaifeng is a city in central China’s Henan province , People’s Republic of China, just south of the Yellow River. Rebuilt many times, the city was the Northern Song Dynasty capital from the 10th to 12th centuries. Dating to that period is the Iron Pagoda, a 55m-tall octagonal structure built in 1049. is a prefecture-level city in east-central Henan province, China. It is one of the Eight Ancient Capitals of China, having been the capital eight times in history, and is best known for having been the Chinese capital during the Northern Song dynasty.
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