Recently, on the second day of the lunar calendar's second month, known as "Dragon Raises its Head," the "Overseas Voices in Jinan - Gathering Hearts of Overseas Chinese, Revitalizing the Ancient City in Spring" 2024 Jinan Mingshui Ancient Town Global Overseas Chinese Live Broadcast Event was held in the Mingshui Ancient Town in Zhangqiu District.
Popular online celebrity YOYO/Haoxin transformed into the famous literary figures Li Qingzhao and Xin Qiji from the Song Dynasty, leading global overseas Chinese into the Mingshui Ancient Town of Zhangqiu with the theme of "Er'an" in Jinan to appreciate the beautiful scenery and enjoy the cultural spring. Together with guests, they extended blessings and invitations to global overseas Chinese.
"Envious of Jinan's beautiful landscapes," "Determined to be a Jinan resident at heart." Jinan boasts a long history and rich culture. It is one of the birthplaces of Confucian culture and the discovery site and namesake of the "pre-historic culture" Longshan Culture. It is enriched with poetic and cultural references such as the "Er'an" culture of Li Qingzhao and Xin Qiji, the culture of literati depicted in "Many Scholars in the Pavilion on the Right of the Sea," and the culture of springs represented by the famous Seventy-Two Springs. The city integrates mountains, springs, lakes, and rivers seamlessly and is renowned as the "City of Springs" throughout the world. As the capital of Shandong Province, Jinan is accelerating its construction to become a "strong, new, excellent, rich, and beautiful" provincial capital, blending classical and modern charm. Full of vitality, Jinan welcomes friends from all over the world to visit, appreciate its landscapes, listen to the murmurs of springs, smell the fragrance of books, and savor the taste of Jinan.
Zhangqiu is an excellent tourist city in China and a national demonstration zone for comprehensive tourism, integrating mountains, springs, rivers, and lakes. The ancient Qi Great Wall is in the southern mountainous area, and the Seven-Star Terrace offers the most beautiful starry sky. In the central area, springs gather, culture abounds, and there are many representatives among the Seventy-Two Springs, as well as the discovery and naming site of Longshan Culture—Chengzi Cliff in the National Archaeological Ruins Park. Besides the Yellow River flowing through the northern part of Zhangqiu, there are also the Xiujiang River and the Xiuyuan River running north to south. Zhangqiu also boasts the ecological pearl north of the Yangtze River—the national-level wetland park Baiyun Lake. As a national garden city, Zhangqiu has more than 140 urban parks, with ten mountain and water parks just in the main urban area of Mingshui.
Jinan's Zhangqiu is the hometown of the famous poet Li Qingzhao, where the Bai Mai Spring, Plum Blossom Spring, Ink Spring, and Shuyu Spring converge, offering beautiful natural scenery. Mingshui Ancient City is the only ancient city in the country where springs converge into a river and surround the city. It not only has a cultural atmosphere but also is a place of breathtaking scenery. During the event, YOYO/Haoxin took everyone to visit landmarks such as Bai Mai Spring, Ink Spring, Plum Blossom Spring, and Li Qingzhao's former residence, enjoying performances of Zhangqiu bangzi opera, acrobatics, the Longteng World Parade, spring performances, and storytelling about Rui Fu Xiang, Li Qingzhao, and Longquan Temple, offering a visually stunning, harmonious, delicious, and enjoyable tour of the ancient city to global overseas Chinese.
During the event, overseas Chinese from various countries shared their visiting experiences. They expressed their excitement at returning to their hometown and witnessing the rapid changes here, feeling doubly invigorated. As ambassadors promoting Jinan’s culture overseas, they feel responsible and obligated to promote the scenic spots, historical humanities, and regional characteristics of Zhangqiu and Jinan to the world, allowing more people to understand and fall in love with Jinan.
The "Overseas Voices in Jinan - Gathering Hearts of Overseas Chinese, Revitalizing the Ancient City in Spring" 2024 Jinan Mingshui Ancient City Global Overseas Chinese Live Broadcast Event, through storytelling, introduced Zhangqiu culture and Jinan culture to a broader audience, allowing domestic and overseas audiences further to understand the profound historical and cultural connotations here, further promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of traditional culture, and transmitting excellent Chinese traditional culture to various parts of the world, enhancing the cultural identity of overseas Chinese at home and abroad, and telling good Chinese stories, doing a good job in the overseas dissemination of excellent Chinese traditional culture! We welcome friends and overseas Chinese from all over to visit, listen to the stories of Shandong, see the springs of Jinan and Zhangqiu, and taste the delicious Shandong cuisine. Hospitable Shandong welcomes everyone!
（Li Xiaotong; Gong Lili; Hua Shan; Yuan Yuhua; Hou Yawen; Liu Xiaohan; Lou Xinyu; Yang Yang; Chong Yaqi; Yuan Yaning; Xu Jiayi; Liu Lu; Li Jiayin; Han Wenzhi; Wang Xi; Wang Yuquan; Zhou Yiru; Zhang Juanyi；Zhang Kaiyang; Zhou Nan; Zhang Xun; Liu Qianying; Chen Zeyu; Li Ziyue）