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Thursday, November 09 2023 - 20:59
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Hakka from all over the world gather in Longnan to experience the charm of "the capital of walled villages and the city of mountains and waters"
LONGNAN, China, Nov. 9, 2023 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--

On November 7, the 32nd World Hakka Conference (hereinafter referred to as "the 
WHC") opened in Longnan City, which is considered as the "south gate of Jiangxi 
Province". With the theme of "Hakka from five continents and four seas share 
the same dialect and homesickness", about 2,500 guests from more than 200 Hakka 
communities (including overseas Hakka groups), representatives of Hakka people 
and well-known entrepreneurs gathered in Longnan to share the cultural feast.

The World Hakka Conference is one of the most influential Chinese events in the 
world. Since the first World Hakka Conference was held in 1971, this 
traditional event has gone through 52 years.

At this WHC, Jiangxi Longnan implemented a number of cultural activities and 
cultural projects with strong Hakka characteristics to a high standard, 
allowing Hakka people to come to seek roots, worship ancestors, travel, 
exchange and cooperate, and further promote Hakka spirit and Hakka culture.

In recent years, Longnan has focused on the goal of "double hundred and double 
thousand", striving for the goal of the top 100 national economic development 
zones, the top 100 national investment competitiveness, the per capita 
industrial tax of over 1,000 US dollars, and the first industrial revenue of 
the park of over 100 billion yuan. It has carried out many projects, paid great 
attention to investment promotion and promoted industrial development, 
maintaining the growth rate of Longnan's main economic indicators in Ganzhou's 
"first phalanx", according to the Information Office of Ganzhou Municipal 
People's Government.

At the opening ceremony party, scientific and technological means are used to 
display various art forms. Singing, dancing, folk customs, multimedia image 
interaction, Hakka music, Hakka intangible cultural heritage and other 
expression techniques were integrated into one to tell a glorious epic of Hakka 
people, bringing a shocking audio-visual cultural feast to the audience.

Source: Information Office of Ganzhou Municipal People's Government

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   Caption: The Opening Ceremony of the 32nd World Hakka Conference

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   Caption: Longnan World Hakka Folk Culture City has opened to visitors.