attachment: scenic spots in Zhangzhou
1. Overview of Huadu in southeast Zhangzhou
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National 4A-level tourist area, provincial agricultural tourism demonstration site. Located in the golden section of Zhangzhou Baili Flower Corridor, Zhangpu Makou, next to National Highway 324, is the location of previous "Cross-Strait (Zhangzhou, Fujian) Flower Expositions" and the core area of Zhangzhou National Agricultural Science and Technology Park in Fujian, with a total area of 7,8 mu. There are 2,7 mu of flower Expo Park, 1,5 mu of flower production base, 1,5 mu of comprehensive service area, 5 mu of flower science and technology park, and 18, square meters of main exhibition hall. At present, there are more than 2, kinds of flower seedlings, and more than 1 million kinds of flower seedlings are cultivated every year. It is a modern agricultural grand view garden integrating flower production, sales, display, export, tourism, farmhouse leisure and holiday, conference training, fitness and entertainment. Flowers are surrounded by mountains and rivers, and green grass is like bacteria. Palm Garden, Jinxiu Zhangzhou Garden, Minnan Guaguoyuan, Psammophyte Garden, Rongjing Garden, Shaded Plant Museum, Baihua Gallery, Flower Supermarket, Orchid Cultivation Base, Farmhouse Ecological Park, Earth Art Exhibition Area, Nanxi Tea Culture Street, and Memorial Forest Tree Planting Area complement each other. Traveling here can not only see the precious flowers and plants in southern Fujian, Taiwan Province and abroad, but also experience the customs in southern Fujian and Taiwan Province and learn about modern agricultural production technology. You can also do archery, swimming, hydrotherapy, fishing, playing tennis, outdoor development training (zip line, rock climbing, horizontal bar in the air, crossing a wooden bridge) and a series of fitness exercises.
The annual Flower Expo also promotes the rapid development of Zhangzhou's social and economic undertakings, giving the city a brand-new look, and has made positive contributions to promoting Zhangzhou to become a dazzling and shining pearl of the ecological industrial and trade port city on the west side of the Taiwan Strait, so it is also known as "the first flower city in Fujian" and "the southeast flower city".
the world-famous puppet show in Zhangzhou
The puppet art in Zhangzhou, southern Fujian is an excellent local culture and art worthy of the pride of Zhangzhou people and even Minnan people. Zhangzhou puppet performance art represents the highest level of this art in China and even in the world. As a representative of national excellent art, Zhangzhou puppet performance art enjoys the highest honor at home and abroad and is famous all over the world.
Zhangzhou Puppet Troupe is a world-class puppet art performance group. As a cultural emissary of the people of China, he has been abroad for dozens of times since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and has been to Romania, Poland, Russia, Yugoslavia, Czech Republic, Hungary, France, Britain, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Portugal, the United States, Canada, Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Argentina, Israel and other countries as well as Taiwan Province, Hong Kong and Macao to participate in puppet festivals. He has performed in Beijing for more than ten times and won many national awards. In 21, the TV puppet show "The Story in the Forest" won the eighth National "Five One Project Award"; In 2, Young Yue Fei won the ninth "Wenhua Award" in China. In 1992, the folk story drama "The Legend of Dog Legs" won the national puppet shadow play show with excellent repertoire, performance, screenwriter and director. In 196, the traditional famous drama Daming Fu won the gold medal of the second International Puppet Festival in Bucharest. In 24, at the Prague International Puppet Art Festival in Czech Republic, Facebook and Puppet and Daming Mansion won the "Best Performance Crystal Cup Award". More than 1 films and TV puppet shows filmed by the troupe are distributed at home and abroad. The 1-episode TV puppet show Ying Jie of Qin and Han has been successfully filmed in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, and will be released at home and abroad soon. For decades, CCTV has broadcast and introduced Zhangzhou puppet performance art for many times, and there are countless reports on Zhangzhou puppet art in newspapers and media.
At the same time, the puppet carving art in Zhangzhou is also an outstanding representative of Minnan culture and art.. Puppet heads in Zhangzhou are precious gifts of provinces and cities in foreign affairs activities. Known as the "national treasure", Xu Zhuchu's puppet carving art is also praised by experts all over the world. Today, his works have been exhibited in dozens of countries and regions in Europe, America and Asia. His studio has received officials and tourists from more than 4 countries. Many politicians, celebrities and artists in our country wrote inscriptions to praise him. In May this year, he was employed by China Academy of Art, becoming one of the first 3 "folk art creation researchers" of China Academy of Art, and the only folk artist selected in Fujian Province this time. At the beginning of 26, Xu Zhuchu Puppet Sculpture was recommended as "the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list"-"Puppet Head Sculpture in Xu Zhuchu, Zhangzhou" (published by the People's Republic of China and the State Council on May 2th, 26).
In the old days, puppet shows were collectively called puppet shows. Puppet show in the palm is also called flower show and puppet show. Because the puppets used in the performance, except the lower half of the head, palm and feet, are all sewn with cloth, which looks like a bag, so it is called "bag puppet show". The performance of the puppet show is mainly operated by finger movements, so it is also called "the play in the palm".
The puppet show in the palm of your hand has a history of more than 1 years. The Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, a mural of "Getting Young" in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, shows a woman playing a puppet game with her fingers for the children around her, which is the earliest image of a bag puppet. Around the Tang Dynasty, people in Zhangzhou carved statues with camphor wood, which were mainly religious, mythical, historical and folk traditional images. They were widely used in Buddhist beliefs. If they were equipped with costumes and props and operated by hand, they could perform. It was a folk art that integrated sculpture, art, drama, literature, music, dance and other expressions, and experienced more than 1, years of evolution, forming a world-famous Zhangzhou bamboo puppet.
Zhangzhou Bamboo Puppet has been exhibited in more than 1 countries and regions in the world with its long history, special ancestral craftsmanship and rich and exquisite personality modeling. It is called "Oriental Art Treasures", "World-class Art", "Living Cultural Relics" and "A Unique Chinese Art", and it is a traditional culture and art with Zhangzhou characteristics. "The puppet's appearance is false and wins the truth, and the skill of carving is clever, and it shows people in various ways with the help of God's hands." In the dazzling array of Zhangzhou Bamboo Puppet Art Museum, the puppet carving technique has been pushed to the position of both form and spirit.
Zhangzhou Bamboo Puppet Art Museum also innovatively produces a large number of cheap souvenirs and gifts with traditional cultural connotations and characteristics, such as Guan Gong, champion, wife, emperor, queen, golden boy, jade girl, lion, door official, young monk and the Monkey King, which are deeply loved by tourists.
Zhangzhou (Xiangcheng), the hometown of lantern riddles in China
Zhangzhou City (xiangcheng district) is located in the south of Fujian Province, with Daiyun Mountain in the north and Taiwan Province Strait in the east. Its long-standing cultural accumulation has made it a beautiful place in Zhong Ling and nurtured countless heroes. Under the influence of the spring breeze of reform and opening up, the flower of Zhangzhou lantern riddle art is famous all over the world for its gorgeous charm.
As a unique folk art of the Chinese nation, lantern riddles have a long history and a broad mass base in xiangcheng district, Zhangzhou. In recent twenty years, the first national lantern riddle association was established, which broke the ice of cross-strait riddle art exchange for the first time, realized cross-strait two-way exchange, and created the first "lantern riddle art museum" in the history of Chinese riddles. The three firsts brought a fresh atmosphere to China riddle circles. Lantern riddle activities have been widely carried out, and the research on riddle art has been deepened. Many large-scale riddle fairs have been held, and many delegations have been organized to participate in various riddle competitions at home and abroad. A large number of well-known enigmas at home and abroad have been trained, and a considerable number of riddles have been created. It has played an important role in invigorating people's cultural life, promoting the construction of spiritual civilization, promoting the development of Chinese lantern riddle art and strengthening foreign cultural exchanges.
in 199, the Fujian provincial department of culture listed Zhangzhou lantern riddle association as the demonstration site of "Fangcao Plan" for Fujian's prosperous society and culture, and Zhangzhou lantern riddle museum as the demonstration site of cross-strait cultural corridors. In 1998, Zhangzhou riddles association was named "National Top Ten riddles Association" by the Chinese riddles academic committee, its journal "Roaring Tiger" was named "National Top Ten riddles Magazine", the first Chinese riddles art festival in Zhangzhou was named "National Top Ten riddles Club", and three riddlers in Zhangzhou were awarded the honorary titles of "National Top Ten Rookie", "National Top Ten Outstanding riddles Thesis Authors" and "National Top Ten riddles Workers". In December, 1999, Fujian Provincial Department of Culture named our district as "the hometown of riddles in Fujian Province", and in January, 2, the Chinese riddles academic committee of China Folk Writers Association officially named Zhangzhou Lantern Museum as "China Lantern Museum". In May 2, the Ministry of Culture of China named xiangcheng district, Zhangzhou as "the hometown of lantern riddles in China".
Zhangzhou is rich in natural resources and is known as "the city of flowers and fruits" and "the land of plenty". There are six famous fruits here: citrus, litchi, banana, longan, grapefruit and pineapple. "Three Famous Flowers": Narcissus, Camellia and Orchid; And shrimp, grouper, abalone, lobster, red pheasant, scallop, oyster, mud clam, squid and other seafood. The beautiful daffodils, Pien Tze Huang, the "national treasure medicine" and the "light of domestic products" are known as the "three treasures of Zhangzhou" and are famous overseas. Tourist handicrafts such as puppet carving, lacquer painting of precious shells and jade carving of Jiulongbi are deeply loved by Chinese and foreign tourists.