On September 12, the 2024 "Colorful Villages, Writing a New Chapter" series of practical activities promotion meeting and "Colorful Villages" concert were held in Changzhou Island, Huangpu District, Guangzhou.
The 2024 "Colorful Villages, Writing a New Chapter" series of practical activities will be co-sponsored by 11 units, including the Local History Office of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, the Guangdong Provincial Spiritual Civilization Construction Office, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Counselor's Office of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government (Cultural and Historical Research Center), the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League, the Guangdong Provincial Student Federation, the Southern Press Media Group, and the Guangdong Publishing Group Co., Ltd.
The scene of the promotion meeting
In the afternoon of the same day, the Provincial Local Volunteer Office convened the co-sponsors, local and listed local chronicle work institutions, and representatives of some colleges and universities to hold a promotion meeting, and Qiu Hongsong, member of the party group and deputy director of the Provincial Local Volunteer Office, attended and delivered a speech, and the relevant person in charge of the organizer reported on the promotion of the activity. Since the launch of the 2024 "Colorful Countryside and New Chapter" series of practice activities in June, it has received positive response and support from all walks of life, and Meizhou, Yunfu, Dongguan, Qingyuan, Shaoguan, Foshan, Shanwei, Shantou, Jiangmen and other cities have successively held kick-off meetings and deployment meetings, creating a strong atmosphere of activities. At present, the organizing committee has received more than 4,600 works in 13 categories, including micro-videos, research reports, poems, calligraphy, paintings, song and dance creations. The meeting emphasized that the series of practical activities of "Colorful Countryside and New Chapter" is an important measure to promote rural revitalization and cultural inheritance and development, and further promote the "Millions and Thousands of Projects".
It is reported that the collection of works for the 2024 "Colorful Countryside and New Chapter" series of practical activities is still ongoing, and the deadline for public solicitation is September 30.
The first "Colorful Village" concert kicked off in Huangpu, Guangzhou
The "Colorful Villages" concert is one of the series of practical activities of "Colorful Villages, Writing a New Chapter", sponsored by the Guangdong Provincial Situation Investigation and Research Center, and co-organized by the National Archives of Huangpu District, Guangzhou (Guangzhou Development District Archives, Guangzhou Huangpu District People's Government Local Chronicles Office) and Huangpu District People's Government Changzhou Sub-district Office.
At the concert, Chen Jieming, a famous Chinese songwriter, delivered a speech, and the Guangdong pop music scene is known as the "Whampoa Military Academy" of Chinese pop music, and the "Colorful Village" concert was launched on Changzhou Island, where the "Whampoa Military Academy" is located, which is of special historical significance and practical value. He said that the opening of the "Colorful Village" concert has played the overture of Guangdong country music in the new era, and one after another country concerts will surely sing the land of Lingnan and the rural areas of China.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, Qiu Hongsong, deputy director of the Organizing Committee of Colorful Rural Practice Activities, member of the Party Group and deputy director of the Provincial Local Volunteer Office, received a gift from Qiu Shikun, vice chairman of the Guangdong Calligraphers Association
The concert showcased and sold specialty foods and agricultural products
The concert also showcased special food and agricultural products from Huangpu District, Meizhou City and other places in Guangzhou, with more than 30 units participating in the exhibition, and the melodious melody and fragrant delicacy attracted many local villagers and tourists, creating more than 13,000 yuan in sales in just two hours.
Specialty foods for sale are displayed on site
The person in charge of the organizing committee of the "Colorful Countryside Writing a New Chapter" series of practical activities said that country music has a huge mass base and is one of the most vivid and widely used carriers in the construction of rural culture in Guangdong. The "Colorful Village" concert is one of the contents of the series of practical activities of "Colorful Villages, Writing a New Chapter", which aims to help Guangdong lead the revitalization of the new countryside in the historical process of rural revitalization, sing the new Cantonese opera of urban-rural integration, and set off a new trend of "going to the countryside in the new era", guiding young people in the new era to innovate and start businesses in the countryside, chasing dreams, and helping Guangdong Province to further implement the "Millions and Thousands of Projects".
Next, the "Colorful Village" concert will gradually radiate to all cities, counties, towns and villages in the province, incubate more outstanding artistic achievements, promote rural tourism consumption, promote the diversified development of rural economy, and let country music empower Guangdong's economic, cultural and social development.
Zhu Qilin, reporter of Southern Network and Guangdong Learning
Image courtesy of the organizers