▲Nearly 1,000 believers from both sides of the strait participated in the event. (Photo/Photo by reporter Ren Yifang)
Reporter Ren Yifang/Dongshan Island reports
The 33rd Cross-Strait (Dongshan, Fujian) Guandi Cultural Tourism Festival was held today (18) on Dongshan Island, with nearly 1,000 guests from all walks of life on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, palace and temple groups participating, including 800 believers from Taiwan. Zhang Anle pointed out in an interview that the exchanges between the two sides of the strait are really important, and they are also angels of peace.
The 16th Straits Forum has been held in Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and other places, among them, the 33rd Cross-Strait (Dongshan, Fujian) Guandi Cultural Tourism Festival was held in Dongshan Island Guanshengdi Jun Temple today, Zhangzhou City Vice Mayor Hong Taiwei, Dongshan County Party Secretary He Ai, and Executive Vice President of the All-China Federation of Taiwan Enterprises Yang Ronghui delivered speeches at the opening ceremony. Zhang Anle, President of the Party for the Promotion of Chinese Reunification, Yang Ronghui, Executive Vice President of the All-China Federation of Taiwan Enterprises, President of Fujian and Jiangxi Areas, and more than 800 people from Taiwan participated in the cross-sea participation.
▲ Zhang Anle. (Photo/Photo by reporter Ren Yifang)
Referring to the MAC's appeal to the Taiwan people and local governments not to cooperate with the mainland's united front activities, Zhang Anle said in an interview that the culture of palaces and temples is fundamentally continuous, and the vast majority of the culture of palaces and temples has been transmitted to Taiwan from the mainland.
Last year, Dongshan Guandi Temple's application to come to Taiwan to circumvent the border was rejected, Zhang Anle also said that the palace and temple culture has the spirit of loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, and the loyalty of Emperor Guan Sheng, and the great love of Mazu are all universal values jointly recognized by both sides of the strait, and they are also a symbol of spiritual faith, and the exchanges between the palaces and temples on both sides of the strait are very important, and they can play a role as a bridge between the two sides of the strait, and they are also the greatest guarantee for the safety of the lives and property of the people in Taiwan, and the palace and temple are the angels of peace on both sides of the strait.
▲ The Guansheng Emperor Temple with a history of more than 600 years in Dongshan is also the ancestral temple of the thousands of Guandi temples in Taiwan. (Photo/Photo by reporter Ren Yifang)
Dongshan Guandi Temple is located in Zhangzhou City, Dongshan County, Tongling Town, Fengdong Stone Scenic Area, the history can be traced back to more than 1300 years of the Tang Dynasty General Chapter three years, when the court doctor Chen Zheng was ordered to develop southern Fujian, from his hometown to bring the statue of Guan Yu to worship, it is also the first time that the Guandi Temple appeared in southern Fujian, Taiwan Guandi Temple is also inherited from the ancestral temple of Dongshan Island, and has been recognized by thousands of Guandi Palace temples in Taiwan as the ancestral temple of Xiangyuan.
▼ Zhangzhou Dongshan Guan Shengdi Statue of Jun. (Photo/Photo by reporter Ren Yifang)