"Stir up the flavor of overseas Chinese" is the theme of the party.
Jiangmen Overseas Chinese Media Center) The outdoor temperature hit a record low, and the villagers gathered at the scene with laughter and music. On the evening of January 27th, the 2024 Spring Festival of "Xiangang Claypot Rice Night" was held in Kaiping City, Xiangang Claypot Rice Theater Overseas Chinese Culture and Overseas Chinese Heart Museum, Huang Xiaobiao, Vice Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Zhi Gong Party and Deputy Director of the Provincial ** Counselor's Office, Hu Nianfang, Vice Chairman of the Jiangmen CPPCC, Yu Zhonghua, Secretary of the Kaiping Municipal Party Committee, Zhang Ningrui, General Manager of the "China Overseas Chinese Network" of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, Chen Jintong, Librarian of the Guangdong Provincial People's ** Cultural and Historical Research Museum, Vice President of the Folk Art Institute of the Cultural and Historical Research Museum, and Executive Dean of the Guangdong Lingnan Cultural Heritage Research Institute, Li Guanlin, President of the Provincial Tertiary Industry Research Association, and Liang Jianhong, Chairman of the Hong Kong Kaiping Youth Association, attended the event. More than 700 villagers at home and abroad braved the severe cold to rush back to their hometowns to participate in this grand event, and the hometown in the venue was warm and touching. ”
Xiangang is famous for its overseas Chinese feelings. According to Liu Fei, secretary of the Party Committee of Xiangang Town, Xiangang is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese and has the reputation of a charming overseas Chinese town. At the end of 2020, the registered population of the town was 18,738 people, and there were more than 30,000 overseas Chinese, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots living abroad. In 2007, Seoseok Tower, along with the village of Jinjiang-ri, was successfully declared a World Heritage Site. This time, the special delicacy "claypot rice" was used to attract and unite the villagers at home and abroad. "Xiangang Claypot Rice Theater and Overseas Chinese Culture and Overseas Chinese Heart Museum" is an important measure for Xiangang Town to revitalize Xiangang Overseas Chinese Market, focus on the development of cultural tourism industry, and implement the policy of strengthening the town and enriching the people. The Overseas Chinese Culture and Overseas Chinese Heart Museum was upgraded from the original abandoned Xiangang Theater in Xiangang Town. The whole theater can accommodate more than 300 people at the same time. The theater also exhibits high-quality specialties such as the county-level administrative district brand "Kaiping Youpin" and the town-level administrative district brand "Xiangang Youpin", as well as Xiangang special products and old objects that reflect the culture of overseas Chinese. Here, citizens and tourists can eat claypot rice, watch overseas Chinese performances, and taste the taste of overseas Chinese. In addition, with the theater as the center, Xiangang Town will build the theater and its surroundings into a collection of overseas Chinese old streets, overseas Chinese watchtowers, overseas Chinese food, overseas Chinese performing arts, overseas Chinese heart museum, overseas Chinese culture, and overseas Chinese life.
In addition to overseas Chinese market, Xiangang town watchtower resources are also very rich, there are 173 watchtowers within the jurisdiction, accounting for one-tenth of the total number of township watchtowers in Kaiping City. Among them, the "first floor of Kaiping" Ruishi Building, the Kaiping version of the "Leaning Tower of Pisa" Chunyi Leaning Building, the "Robot Tower" backbone building, and the "Big Hat Building" large and medium building are very distinctive. The Jinjiangli Scenic Area, where Ruishilou is located, is one of the four declaration points of the world cultural heritage "Kaiping Diaolou and Village". Also with the theme of "Overseas Chinese Heart", there is also the backbone building Qiaoxin Square. The square has built seven overseas Chinese museums with different themes, such as "Diaolou Story Overseas Chinese Heart Museum", "Overseas Chinese Heart Museum in South America", "Intangible Cultural Heritage Story Overseas Chinese Heart Museum" and "Home and Country Story Overseas Chinese Heart Museum", which tells the story of Diaolou culture, overseas Chinese history and overseas Chinese feelings, touching stories of overseas Chinese and local culture and food culture, etc., and is a museum with rich content.
After the careful construction of Xiangang people, Xiangang, a "charming overseas Chinese town", has now changed its old appearance and regained its youthful vitality, and has become a well-known tourist destination with overseas Chinese cultural characteristics. Mr. Zhen Chi'an, a Hong Kong villager from Kaiping and chairman of Shuoquan Garden Co., Ltd., who came from Zhongshan to participate in the 2024 Spring Festival event of "Xiangang Claypot Rice Night", said with emotion: "Xiangang overseas Chinese hometown is full of overseas Chinese flavor, overseas Chinese markets, overseas Chinese villages, overseas Chinese houses, overseas Chinese magazines, overseas Chinese culture, and overseas Chinese memories, every time I come, I am deeply impressed. (Jiangmen Overseas Chinese Media Center: Huang Baijun, Zhou Qingwei Photo Report).
An overseas Chinese cultural dance performed at the Xiangang Claypot Rice Theater.