International Poem Festival to Kick Off in SW China’s Chongqing

By Yuling Chen, iChongqing News

Chongqing- The 3rd China Baidicheng (White Emperor City) International Poem Festival will be held in Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality on September 27, according to the municipal information office. The Fengjie County-based poetry event invites international friends to be part of it and promotes cultural and people-to-people exchanges.

One festival host will be from the Chongqing Municipal Commission of Culture and Tourism and the other from Fengjie County. This poetry festival will take forms of singing poems, appreciating poems, etc. Moreover, 3,500 primary and middle school students will be selected to form a group poetry performance, promoting the classics and inheriting culture.

Apart from the poetry festival, a landscape photography exhibition and forum, and an international food festival will also be held from September 27th to October 6th.  The guests of the festival will be invited to go to the Kuizhou Museum, the Baidicheng Scenic Area, the top of the Three Gorges, the Jiudian Longfeng Scenic Area.  Friends from all walks of life are welcome to experience the unique charm of the Chinese poetry city of Fengjie County.

About Beidicheng (White Emperor City)

Baidicheng, meaning literally “White Emperor City” is an ancient temple complex on the shore of the Yangtze River often filmed and admired by countless tourists. Once, the famous Chinese poet Li Bai climbed to the top of the mountain. As he walked along, he gazed at the surrounding mountains. Their beautiful peaks turned with the river, forming hidden folds that receded in the distance. It was under this beautiful scenery that he left us with one of his masterworks. Under its sharp cliffs, there are mysterious white clouds all year round, and people say here that a Goddess of ancient China was seen on this mountain. This might be a legend, but in fact, another poet of mythic status, Du Fu, came here and left his mark.

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