Zhangzhou, December 24 (Reporter Zhang Jinchuan) On the morning of December 24, the 8th Nanjing Tulou Marathon in 2023 started, and young people on both sides of the strait who are participating in the "Reunion Winter Solstice" theme exchange activities participated in the fun run and rushed forward together.
From December 22nd to 24th, the Zhangzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League and the Zhangzhou Youth Federation launched our festival - Zhangtai Youth "Reunion Winter Solstice" theme exchange activity, which was attended by more than 30 Taiwanese college students, teachers and representatives of Taiwanese youth in Zhangzhou from Peking University, Nanjing University, Jinan University, Xiamen University and other mainland universities, to promote the deepening of exchanges between Zhangtai youth, lead the youth on both sides of the strait to jointly inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and promote the spiritual harmony of compatriots on both sides of the strait.
Lin Yanchen, director of the Taiwan Department of the Chinese Youth Development Federation in Taiwan and a doctoral student in international political economy at Peking University, said that because of his relationship with Zhangzhou, he took this opportunity to bring more than a dozen Taiwanese youth friends to know Zhangzhou, experience Zhangzhou, and feel the history and culture of Zhangzhou.
The food in Zhangtai and Taiwan has the same taste, the same language, the same origin, and the same roots. During this period, the young people of Zhangtai appeared at the scene of the "Second Fujian-Taiwan Food and Culture Festival of Zhangzhou City". Everyone visited the booth together, looked at the New Year's goods, picked souvenirs, tasted Taiwan's popular food, Fujian local food and Chinese intangible cultural heritage food, and felt the continuity of cross-strait culture in the enjoyment of taste buds.
At noon on the 23rd, representatives of Taiwan Youth and local villagers had a "long table banquet" lunch. The reporter noticed that the table was placed on the table with the meaning of reunion, and everyone tasted the traditional Fujian and Taiwan special dishes that meant "one family on both sides of the strait" in its happy atmosphere, and the young people on both sides of the strait interacted with the parade team from time to time, and sang songs with Gaoshan and She actors, and conveyed good wishes with a toast, and the atmosphere was joyful and active.
During the winter solstice, tangyuan is the common "nostalgia" of people in Zhangtai and Taiwan. On the evening of the 23rd, the young people of Zhangtai went to Nanjing Tulou to celebrate the winter solstice, rubbed the rice balls, tasted the special farmhouse rice, and everyone ate the steaming rice balls, and their hearts were full of the warmth of the family on both sides of the strait.
Zhangzhou is the main ancestral home of Taiwan compatriots and an important birthplace of southern Fujian culture. Liu Shujia, Secretary of the Zhangzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League and Chairman of the Zhangzhou Youth Federation, extended a warm welcome to the guests from Taiwan, and hoped that everyone would have an in-depth understanding of Zhangzhou's policy of benefiting Taiwan, the effectiveness of urban and rural development, and the good business environment suitable for living and workingAt the same time, I hope that everyone will act as an envoy for the integration and development of the two sides of the strait, and share their experiences and insights in the mainland and in Zhangzhou with young friends in Taiwan, so that more young people in Taiwan can understand the mainland and work together with the young people of the mainland.