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THE First Hangzhou Qiantang River International Cultural Festival will be held from June to November in Jianggan District. It will have 17 activities including a photography contest, surfing competition, poetry festival and a cultural forum.
The festival organizers will invite five leading figures to be their cultural ambassadors. They are Olympic swimmer Sun Yang, literary critic Chen Zhenglian, president of Xizi Group Wang Shuifu, foreign teacher in China Academy of Art David Dumont and popular local opera performer Wen Renkang. They will promote the festival in their respective fields.
As the mother river of Hangzhou and Zhejiang Province, Qiantang River has always been considered the cradle of silk, tea and porcelain cultures as seen from the unearthed antiques that were lined along the watercourse.
Meanwhile, some of the centuries-old cultural heritages were included in the national and the UNESCO intangible heritage lists like the antique weaving techniques and Jianggan- style paper cutting. In modern times, the city’s development has shifted from West Lake to Qiantang River. Besides a thriving economy, the government hopes to strengthen its soft power through the festival.
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