The "One Township, One Product" Rural Comprehensive Cultural Festival in Changting County and the 7th Cultural Festival for the Elderly in Hongming Village, Tongfang Town, Changting County were held
Filial piety and respect for the elderly are the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation. On October 4th, everyone gathered in Hongming Village, Tongfang Town, to participate in the "One Township, One Product" Rural Comprehensive Cultural Festival in Changting County and the 7th Hongming Village Respect for the Elderly Cultural Festival in Tongfang Town, Changting County, to celebrate the birthday of the motherland while promoting the traditional virtues of "filial piety and respect for the elderly" of the Chinese nation, and welcoming the arrival of the Elderly Day.
At the event site, the crowd was crowded, the singing was flying, playing glutinous rice cakes to welcome the harvest year, and tasting delicious food to celebrate the National Day. Elderly friends dressed in festive costumes sit in the front row as guests. The event kicked off with the opening dragon dance, with songs, dances, soloists, sketches, intangible cultural heritage Hakka boat lanterns, intangible cultural heritage nine links, Sichuan opera face changing, etc., which were brilliant and splendid, and the majority of villagers experienced the visual feast while boosting their confidence and determination to comprehensively promote rural revitalization.
In addition, table tennis competitions, tug-of-war competitions, fishing competitions and other activities also attracted many villagers to participate. On the field, the players fought bravely and the audience shouted and cheered, fully demonstrating the spirit of unity and cooperation of the villagers.
On the eve of the Double Ninth Festival in 2016 and 2017, Wei Yuanqing, a perennial businessman who has been doing business abroad, returned to his hometown and spontaneously feasted the elderly over 70 years old in the village for the festival, with a total of more than 10 tables, and also distributed red envelopes and small gifts, and his good deeds were warmly supported by the villagers. On the eve of the Chung Yeung Festival in 2018, with the concerted efforts of the whole village and the villagers, the Hongming Village Respect for the Elderly Association was established. Wei Haiyan married Hunan from Hongming Village, Tongfang Town, and then went to Quanzhou to engage in the hairdressing industry, even though the business was booming during the National Day holiday, she still invited her husband to go home with her to cut the hair of the elderly in the village for free.
[Wei Haiyan: Although I am married, but every year on the Double Ninth Festival, I will come back to serve the elderly for free haircuts, I hope that my craft can be passed on, and when I am old, there are craftsmen like me, to provide free services for the elderly, free obligations, and I wish the elderly happiness such as the East China Sea, longevity than Nanshan, and a long life. 】
It is reported that Tongfang Town is the "hometown of intangible cultural heritage", with 3 provincial intangible cultural heritage and 4 municipal intangible cultural heritage, and the folk activities are rich and colorful, and the traditional cultural atmosphere is strong. In recent years, under the strong leadership of the higher-level party committee and government, Tongfang Town attaches great importance to the construction of spiritual civilization, actively cultivates and promotes the core values of socialism, and promotes mutual assistance and friendly interpersonal relations in the town through propaganda and civilized advocacy.
(Liu Zhisong, Luo Yisong)