Sanxiang Metropolis Daily on October 19 (all-media reporter Li Qi, correspondent Wu Xiangmiao, Yang Xinhong)
On October 18, Dong Autonomous County, Huaihua City, Hunan Province ushered in the 70th anniversary of its birth.
Dong Autonomous County belongs to the border counties of Hunan, Guizhou and Guizhou provinces, known as the "Southern Chu Polar Region" and "Baiyue Throat", established on May 7, 1954, and is the earliest ethnic minority autonomous county established in Hunan Province. The total area of the county is 2,239 square kilometers, and 240,000 people of various ethnic groups, mainly the Dong nationality, live there.
The delegation of Hunan Province presented the theme sculpture of "Forging the Sense of Community of the Chinese Nation" to the channel, the pomegranate statue with concentric seeds and the deep words engraved on all sides of the pedestal, implying good wishes and ardent expectations; The delegation of Huaihua City presented the "auspicious dragon soaring" blue and white porcelain vase to the channel, and the bottle body dragon soars into the sea and auspicious clouds, implying striving for progress and good luck.
Tian Gang, deputy secretary of the county party committee and county magistrate of Dong Autonomous County, delivered a speech on behalf of 240,000 sons and daughters of all ethnic groups in the channel.
Qin Xiemin, secretary of the county party committee of Dong Autonomous County, said that standing at a new starting point, he will unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups in the county to strive to build a national demonstration county for the integrated development of cultural and tourism industries, a demonstration county for the development of the province's traditional Chinese medicine industry, a demonstration county for the development of the province's new energy industry, and a model county for national unity and progress.
After the celebration meeting, a large-scale art show with the theme of "Building a New Channel and Striving for a New Era" was held. The art show is divided into four chapters: "Remembering the Road of the First Heart", "Building a New Channel", "Building the Chinese Dream Together" and "Concentric to the Future", which integrates the long-standing and unique local customs with the tide of the times, guides the people of all ethnic groups to firmly establish the community concepts of four and five identities, and vividly shows the spiritual outlook of unity and integration of all ethnic groups in the channel through a unique cultural performance with unique regional cultural characteristics and strong ethnic customs.