Due to the continuous heavy rainfall since June 13, all parts of northern Fujian have suffered from severe floods and geological disasters, the urban areas have been flooded, houses have collapsed, many sides of railways and highways in China have collapsed, traffic has been intermittent, and flights to Wuyishan from all over the country have been delayed repeatedly, which has caused great difficulties to guests all over the country. However, with the joint efforts of everyone, celebrities from all walks of life on both sides of the strait were invited to attend the meeting.
At the welcoming ceremony on the evening of 20th, Shi Jianhua, deputy secretary of Nanping Municipal Committee, expressed his wish to be the host in his speech. He said: "In recent days, Nanping City has been hit by heavy rains. The rainfall intensity is large, the duration is long, and the water level in Xihe River is soaring, which has caused a rare geological disaster in history and caused great losses to the economic and social development of our city and people's lives and property. According to preliminary statistics, there are 10 counties (cities, districts) in the city. There were 89 towns (streets) seriously affected, with 7 1.3 1.2 million people, and 23 1.2 million people were resettled urgently, resulting in a direct economic loss of 2.872 billion yuan (according to the editor's note, this was the statistics on the 20th, and the actual statistics since then were far greater than this). Secretary Lei and acting mayor Pei Jinjia are leading the broad masses of cadres and people in the city to fight floods and rescue. They specially instructed us to apologize to you, and entrusted me, Deputy Director of Nanping Municipal People's Congress, Vice Mayor of Municipal Government He, and Vice Chairman of CPPCC Guo Cuilian to attend, warmly received everyone, and worked together with the organizers on both sides of the strait to ensure the success of the opening ceremony of this Zhuzi Cultural Festival. " He said: "Unfortunately, some guests are still on the road because of the weather, and some guests can't come. Today, all the guests have overcome many difficulties.
The severe disaster in northern Fujian also deeply touched the hearts of Taiwan Province guests who came to attend the Straits Forum and the third Wuyishan Zhuzi Cultural Festival. At the welcoming ceremony, Qin Jinsheng, Secretary-General of the People First Party of Taiwan Province Province, donated 20,000 yuan on behalf of the People First Party delegation, and Qiu Jingchun, the county magistrate of Hsinchu County of Taiwan Province Province, donated NT$ 65.438 billion+yuan on behalf of the Hsinchu County delegation to express sincere love to the compatriots and villagers in Zhuzi. They sincerely wish that under the leadership of the government, Secretary-General Qin Jinsheng also presented a calligraphy work inscribed with the words "Prosperous Times" to the Nanping Municipal People's Government (see Attachment 2), expressing his good wishes for the peaceful development of the two sides of the strait and the prosperity of people's lives.
2 1 in the morning, more than 600 celebrities, experts and scholars from both sides of the strait, teachers and students of Wuyi College gathered at 8: 30, with the theme of "Inheriting Zhuzi culture, Promoting Cross-Strait Exchanges "is the second and third Straits Forum jointly sponsored by China Yanhuang Culture Research Association, Institute of Philosophy of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University National College, Fujian Provincial Department of Culture, Fujian Foreign Exchange Culture Association, Fujian Social Science Association, Fujian Yanhuang Culture Research Association, Xiamen University National College, Nanping Municipal People's Government, World Zhu Zonghui, Taiwan Province Zhu Zonghui, Taiwan Province Zhu Zongqin Cultural and Educational Foundation and Taiwan Province Zhuzi Research Association.
Qin Jinsheng, Deputy Secretary of Nanping Municipal Committee, Vice President of Chinese Yanhuang Culture Research Association, Vice Minister of Propaganda Department of Fujian Provincial Committee, Secretary General of People First Party of Taiwan Province Province, Qiu Jingchun, County Governor of Hsinchu County, Taiwan Province Province, He, Vice Mayor of Nanping Municipal People's Government, and Zhu Maonan, President of World Zhu Federation, made important speeches at the opening ceremony.
Shi Jianhua pointed out in his speech: "Zhu's Neo-Confucianism has shaped an admirable cultural peak and become a valuable cultural heritage in China and even the whole world. Northern Fujian is the hometown of education for Zhu's "fifty years of piano writing". Zhu's descendants walked out of Wuyishan and now they are all over the world. Despite the vicissitudes of life, the source of affection is the same; Despite the barriers of time and space, the roots of culture remain unchanged. Whether in Taiwan Province province on the east coast of the Taiwan Province Strait or in northern Fujian on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait, the Zhu family on both sides of the strait is a family forever. This year coincides with the 880th birthday of Zhu. We hold the Straits Forum and the third Wuyishan Zhuzi Cultural Festival here, aiming at inheriting Zhuzi culture, promoting cross-strait exchanges, building a platform for tourism cooperation and a bridge for economic and trade cooperation with Zhuzi culture as the medium, and achieving the goal of * * * common development.
Zhu Qing, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of Fujian Provincial Party Committee, and Qin Jinsheng, secretary general of the People First Party of Taiwan Province Province, both mentioned "seeking common ground while reserving differences * * * for common development" in their speeches, which reflected that Zhu Xi's values of "harmony but difference" have been deeply rooted in the hearts of people on both sides of the strait and have been recognized by different parties and social groups. Qiu Jingchun, the county magistrate of Hsinchu County, said that with the strong promotion of President Zhu Maonan, he was very grateful to be able to attend the Straits Forum in Zhu Zi's hometown. Almost all the heads of departments in Hsinchu County have been brought here to study and exchange. I hope that through this activity, the two sides will have more opportunities for cooperation in the future. He hoped that the leaders, experts and scholars of Zhu's hometown and Zhu's relatives would go to Hsinchu in July to participate in a series of activities held in Hsinchu to commemorate the 880th anniversary of Zhu's birth, including the forum on Zhu's hometown, the forum on "Let's make a difference", the unveiling ceremony of Zhu's school, cross-strait economic and trade talks, and investment promotion fairs.
On behalf of the organizing committee of the congress, He, deputy mayor of Nanping City, briefly introduced the third Wuyishan Cultural Festival and a series of activities to commemorate Zhu's 880th birthday. He pointed out that this year coincides with the 880th anniversary of Zhu's birth, and the third Wuyishan Cultural Festival and a series of activities to commemorate Zhu's 880th birthday were grandly held in our city. The Straits Forum is an important part of the Straits Forum. The theme is "Inheriting Zhuzi Culture and Promoting Cross-Strait Exchanges", which aims to further promote the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, enhance the spiritual bond function of Chinese culture, create an important platform for exchanges and cooperation between South Taiwan, and promote the great exchanges between compatriots on both sides of the strait, cross-strait economic and trade cooperation and the great development of cross-strait relations.
At the meeting, Mr. Zhu Maonan, President of the World Zhu Federation, announced a series of activities and arrangements to commemorate Zhu's 880th birthday. He introduced and explained a series of cultural theme activities, such as the opening ceremony of the Straits Forum, the third Wuyishan Cultural Festival and so on, which will be held in Beijing, Nanping, Taiwan Province, Japan and South Korea by the World Zhu General Association, the Taiwan Province Zhu Culture and Education Foundation and the Northern Fujian Descendants Association. He said that this series of activities, like the Olympic flame, were lit from Zhuzi's hometown and spread all over the world. 10 returned to Wuyishan and the closing ceremony of the third Zhuzi Cultural Festival.
The opening ceremony also introduced the "Zhuzi Road" cultural tourism route. Wen Xiumei, director of Nanping Tourism Bureau, introduced the formation and significance of this boutique tourist route to the participants in detail. Professor Yang Rubin of Tsinghua University, Taiwan Province, with the theme of "Zhuzi Road and Zhuzi Road", explained to people on both sides of the strait the relationship between the cultural tourism route of "Zhuzi Road" and Neo-Confucianism in Zhuzi, and the significance of organizing young students on both sides of the strait to "understand Zhuzi Road" (Figure 4
After the opening ceremony, three symposiums were held in different venues according to different themes. First, county-level economic, trade and cultural exchanges and cooperation forums were held in Jianyang City, Wuyishan City and Hsinchu County of Taiwan Province Province (Figure 5). They introduced local resources respectively, sought their respective advantages in economic and trade exchanges in South Taiwan Province through the forum, learned from each other's strong points, and strengthened exchanges and cooperation. The two sides also reached a number of economic, trade, tourism and cultural cooperation intentions.