Wudang International Tourism Festival


Famous mountains and beautiful waters gestate an eternal fairyland, and folk songs and stories tell and sing ancient and modern legends. China Wudang International Tourism Festival, hosted by the People's Government of Hubei Province, kicked off today in the tourist resort of Danjiangkou.

 

 

The three-day tourism festival will hold a series of cultural, tourism and economic activities, such as the construction of ecological memorial forests in four cities along the South to North Water Transfer Project, the exhibition and academic seminar of high-quality oranges at the northernmost edge of China, the tourism boutique exhibition in northwest Hubei, the folk song and folk custom performance of Wudang, the picture exhibition of scenic spots, and the investment and trade fair.
Danjiangkou City is located in the northwest of Hubei Province. It has a number of tourism resource brands, including the Taoist holy land, Wudang Mountain, a world cultural heritage, Danjiangkou Reservoir, the source of the water transfer project of the middle route of the South to North Water Transfer Project, Wujiagou Folk Story Village, the first village of Han folk songs, and Lujiahe River, the "Banpo Site" of Han culture, forming a beautiful landscape that relies on famous mountains and beautiful waters, and reflects nature and humanity, It constitutes a "golden tourism circle" at the junction of central and western China.
Every September or October, this international tourism and cultural event is held in Wudang Mountain area. The duration of the meeting is 4 days or one month. Sponsored by the People's Government of Hubei Province, the Provincial Tourism Administration, the Provincial Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee, the People's Government of Shiyan City, and the Wudang Mountain Special Zone undertook this festival.
The first one was held in 1998, and the opening ceremony was a large-scale artistic performance with Wudang characteristics. During this period, we held a "Road Trip" browsing activity, a wedding ceremony to ensure peace, a Wudang film and television week, a bonfire party, economic and trade talks, and visitors demonstrated the charming natural scenery and profound Wudang culture. The whole activity played a positive role in promoting Wudang culture, expanding publicity, promoting foreign exchanges and the development of Wudang Mountain tourism.
The 7th Wudang International Tourism Festival was held on September 12, 2006, hosted by Hubei Provincial Government and undertaken by Shiyan Municipal Government. A total of three series of more than ten activities have been designed, including tourism promotion, Wudang Mountain Scenic Area activities and Wudang Automobile Expo. The theme of this grand event is "Wudang goes to the world, Shiyan embraces the future". The opening ceremony will cooperate with CCTV's "Happy China Tour" column to hold a large-scale theatrical evening.
During the tourism festival, a series of large-scale activities will also be held, such as the "Xianshan, Shengshui, Automobile City" development forum, the completion ceremony of Wudang Mountain Nanyan Hall, the Shiyan National Games, and the final of the National Automobile Model Competition.
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After the opening ceremony, a large number of programs with unique local characteristics, such as hundreds of powerful gongs and drums from Maojian District, the ancient and beautiful Phoenix Lantern Dance in Yunxian County, the folk songs of Lvjiahe in Danjiangkou, the tea songs in Zhuxi, and the martial arts performances in Wudang Mountain, were held in a centralized manner, bringing a beautiful audio-visual feast to the audience.

 

 

More than 400 kinds of tourism commodities produced and operated by more than 50 enterprises in the city are set up around the square for guests to visit and purchase. We saw at the scene that in addition to the turquoise, fragrant fungus, agaric, holy water tea, local yellow rice wine, Baijiu, snacks and so on that the citizens are familiar with, there are also Shiyan tourist scenery fans, Dongfeng car models, Wudang swords, root carving stones, the best banquet in the world and other products with Shiyan local characteristics.
In addition to the tourism commodities, the People's Square also held a large-scale photo exhibition of Shiyan tourism resources, which covers an area of 7000 square meters. It showcased the tourism resources of 28 A-level scenic spots in the city, such as Wudang Jinding, Wudang Zixiao Palace, Danjiangkou Dam, Wudang Mountain South Shinto Scenic Area, Qinglong Mountain National Geological Park, Yunxi Wulong River, Fangxian Wild Man Valley, etc Among the magnificent scenery pictures, there are more than 20 pictures with a single area of more than 30 square meters, which have a strong visual impact and are always surrounded by the audience. It is understood that the photo exhibition lasts 4 days from today to the end of the 19th.

 

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