The 18th Qingyang Sachet Folk Culture Festival grandly opened: Qingyang culture bloomed with splendor and ushered in a new chapter of development

In the golden autumn of Qingyang, a grand gathering was held, with the fragrance of sachets wafting through the vast expanse of the Gansu province. On the morning of September 26th, the opening ceremony of the 18th Qingyang Sachet Folk Culture Festival, themed "Chinese Folk Customs and the Emotions of Qingyang Sachets," was held at the Qingyang Gymnasium. The event was guided by the China World Ethnic Cultural Exchange Promotion Association, the Chinese Culture Promotion Association, the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and the Provincial Radio and Television Administration, and hosted by the Qingyang Municipal Party Committee and Government.Vice Minister Zhou Heping of the former Ministry of Culture attended the ceremony. Vice Chairman Liu Zhongkui of the Provincial Political Consultative Conference delivered a speech and announced the opening of the 18th Qingyang Sachet Folk Culture Festival. Ma Xiaomei, Honorary President of the China World Ethnic Cultural Exchange Promotion Association, and Huang Zeyuan, Secretary of the Qingyang Municipal Party Committee, also delivered speeches. Zhou Jijun, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, presided over the ceremony.

Other notable attendees included Hu Peiyuan, former counselor of the State Council and renowned writer; Cai Jiacheng, former inspector of the Department of Industrial Development of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Xing Bo, Consul General of Cambodia in Xi'an; Guo Jie, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Culture Promotion Association; Lu Xinglai, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism; Fu Hongbin, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Provincial Radio and Television Administration; and many others.

Huang Zeyuan welcomed all guests on behalf of the Municipal Party Committee, Municipal People's Congress, Municipal Government, Municipal Political Consultative Conference