Traditional Culture Immersion Trip to Zhu village the Qiqiao Town
time: 2017-06-02

May 31, 2017

Traditional Culture Immersion Trip to Zhu village the Qiqiao Town

On the morning of May 25, as the dragon boat festival approaching, more than 50 teachers and students of SJC of SCUT took cultural immersion field trip to Zhu village, the famous historical and cultural village in Province Guangdong, to feel the charm of Lingnan folk and appreciate the profound Chinese traditional culture.

visit the Zhu village

The handcrafts of the Zhu village primary school

Known as the Chinese historic Qiqiao village, the Zhu village, located in Tianhe District, has more than 800 years of history. Its famous for the Qiqiao festival which is considered as the Chinese Valentine's day. Under the headship of Pan Jianming, the vice chairman of Provincial Folk Culture Research Association and the Folk Artists Association, teachers and students of SJC firstly visited the Zhu village primary school with the characteristic of Qiqiao handcrafts education. Introduced by five pupils, the featured Qiqiao folks and fascinating Qiqiao handmade works became a feast for the participants' eyes. Everyone present was deeply touched and moved.

Dragon boat racing

The uniquewater-logging club (aquatic shrine) in Guangdong region, built in the Hongwu period of Ming dynasty , had once been the North Emperor temple for Huangpu military academy training and examining base,then the magnificent Pan family's ancestral hall ...... Through the whole trip, teachers and students visited the historicspots, and appreciated the specialty traditional folk. In the North Emperor temple, they are fortunate to see the well-preserved antique dragon boat leading with more than 400 years of history, which made the following activities more exciting, especially see the dragon boat racing. Drums coming, teachers and students shouted the characteristic songs that Mr. Pan had taught before to cheer the dragon boat racer up. Every participant got in the jollification and brill of the dragon boat racing in advance.

A group photo of all visitors

As President Xi once said, fine traditional culture is the spiritual lifeblood of the Chinese nation, which is the most profound cultural soft power. The College Party secretary Ouyang Bin also encourages the further traditional culture immersion tour during the other Chinese traditional festivals, such as the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Chung Yeung Festival (the festival for the elderly). The field trip to Zhu village is the first stop of the immersion field tour.