People's Daily Online, Xiamen, July 13th, dressed in Chinese clothes, crossed the Taiwan Strait and jointly launched a grand cultural exchange event between the two sides. On July 12, the 2022 Straits Youth Chinese Costume Festival, an important component of the 20th Straits Youth Forum, kicked off simultaneously on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
The 2022 Straits Youth Chinese Costume Festival is launched. Photo courtesy of the Jimei District Media Center
The 2022 Straits Youth Chinese Costume Festival is hosted by the All-China Youth Federation and hosted by the Fujian Provincial Youth Federation, the Xiamen Jimei District People's Government, and the Tainan Cultural Association. With the theme of "Clothing across the Taiwan Strait, Hua Shang is Youthful", the event centered around the Chinese Clothing Industry Forum and thematic T-stage show. The main venue was located in Jimei District, Xiamen, and branch venues were set up in Taipei, Changhua, and Tainan. During the period, more than 100 people including experts and scholars in the field of Chinese clothing, Chinese clothing designers, Chinese clothing cultural experts, young people working in the Chinese clothing industry, and Chinese clothing brand owners from both sides of the Taiwan Strait participated in the event to share their views, contribute wisdom, and jointly seek the development of Chinese clothing. A new chapter in the high-quality development of the industry, let’s enjoy the feast of gorgeous costumes.
On the afternoon of the 12th, the Straits Youth Chinese Clothing Industry Forum opened simultaneously in Jimei District, Xiamen and the Prince’s Temple (Zheng Chenggong Temple) in Yanping County, Tainan. The forum was held in a combination of online and offline formats. Four well-known fashion designers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait gave keynote speeches, sharing the "Hanfu phenomenon" that has emerged among young people in recent years and how to deal with the gap between traditional inheritance and modern innovation in fashion design. relationship, as well as promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of China’s excellent traditional culture. Subsequently, the Xiamen and Tainan branch venues also held a "Chinese clothing industry interview" online. Professors from university art schools, cross-strait Chinese clothing designers, founders of Chinese clothing brands, Chinese clothing network experts, Chinese clothing industry representatives, etc. all spoke and exchanged views. The development trend of the Chinese clothing industry and sharing of topics such as how young people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait can seize opportunities.
The scene of the Straits Youth Chinese Costume Festival. Photo courtesy of the Media Center of Jimei District
“The rise of the national trend has made Chinese clothing more glorious.” Duan Xianglin, deputy chairman of the Youth Committee of the Xiamen Taiwanese Business Association and teacher of the Department of Media Communication Design of Taiwan Shih Chih University During the interview, he said that when he was invited to participate in the Chinese Costume Festival and share the keynote, one point he wanted to convey was that in the fashion industry, young people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait have gained more confidence in their cultural identity, and this Chinese Costume Festival can further Deepen the integration of clothing design, industry, and associations on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and help more young designers of Chinese clothing to enter the world stage. We also hope that this Chinese clothing festival will allow people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to learn more about and inherit China's excellent traditional culture, and allow people to carry forward outstanding Chinese clothing. Traditional cultural clothing can take to the streets and enter daily life, showing the unique charm of Chinese culture.
That night, using the "2022 Straits Youth Chinese Costume Festival" as the medium, a cross-strait Chinese costume-themed T-stage display with the theme of "Feast returns to herons, gorgeous gatherings" was held, allowing guests to enjoy together Appreciate Chinese culture and share the friendship between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Cross-strait Chinese clothing themed catwalk exhibition. Photo courtesy of Jimei District Fusion Media Center
It is reported that the T-stage display is divided into three chapters: "The Feast", "The Heron's Soaring" and "The Dream of Returning", simultaneously displaying the historical heritage of Chinese clothing, youth The designer's creative inheritance and leading brand of Chinese clothing are integrated into the traditional Nanyin art, opera art, Chinese clothing design art of southern Fujian, and the elegant tea art, fragrance art, and flower art of the Tang and Song Dynasties, highlighting the cultural origins of the same origin on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Jimei in Xiamen The main venue and three branch venues in Taiwan were interspersed and marched together.
Among them, the main venue in Jimei District displays the works of young Chinese costume designers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, restoration works of costume culture from past dynasties, branded Chinese costumes, etc., aiming to allow the audience to experience the simplicity of the Qin and Han Dynasties and the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty up close. , the elegance of the Song Dynasty, the dignity of the Ming Dynasty, etc.; the activities at the Taiwan venue are aimed at promoting the culture and inheritance of Chinese clothing to the Taiwanese people and youth. Zheng Chenggong in TainanTemple, Lukang Old Street in Changhua, and the Red House in Ximen, Taipei.
Huafu T-stage exhibition at the main venue of Jimei. Photo courtesy of Jimei District Integrated Media Center
It is worth mentioning that the 2022 Straits Youth Chinese Costume Festival will be held in Jimei District. In addition to helping the district explore the practice of "Hanfu+" through "the government setting up the stage and enterprises singing the show", It also uses "Chinese clothing culture" as a medium to build a platform for youth groups on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to share culture, share friendship, and discuss development. While promoting the prosperity and development of cultural industries on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, it also promotes cross-Strait integrated development and enhances cross-Strait youth exchanges and common development. Win and so on.
“In addition to Chinese clothing, youth from both sides of the Taiwan Strait are also the protagonists of the Chinese Costume Festival. They exchange creativity, share wisdom, and cooperate to grow in the activities.” The person in charge of Jimei District said that the Straits Youth Chinese Costume Festival is a response to the cross-strait The new platform and new brand established by young people for cultural exchanges and emotional recognition will help Jimei better implement the three cross-strait integration articles of "Connection, Benefit and Love", and help Jimei become the first home for Taiwanese compatriots and Taiwanese enterprises. "The first stop", and increase the soft power of youth culture and stimulate the momentum of youth culture.
Interview with the Chinese clothing industry. Photo courtesy of Jimei District Integrated Media Center
It is understood that currently, Jimei District is taking the national youth development county pilot and the construction of the only cross-strait integrated development county integrated reform pilot area in Fujian Province as the starting point to make every effort to build Taiwan The first stop for Taiwanese companies to visit First Home is to deepen, detail and implement the three articles of "Connection, Benefit and Love". Since the beginning of this year, the district has issued the "Jimei District Construction YouthAction Plan for the Development of Friendly Urban Areas (2022-205)" and "Implementation Rules for the Jimei District Taiwan Youth Integration and Friendship Project" will increase efforts to attract Taiwanese youth to come to work and start businesses, so as to promote the construction of cross-strait integration county integrated service demonstration zones and help build youth Development of friendly urban areas.
Next, Jimei District will continue to promote "one spirit and three cultures", empower humanistic Jimei, youth Jimei, healthy Jimei, and ecological Jimei, and enhance win-win exchanges between cross-strait youth and promote cross-strait integrated development. In order to deliver higher quality Jimei answers. (Yu Nailiu Chen Yan)
