According to the Publicity Department of CPC Gutian County Committee, as part 
of the 11th Strait Forum, the Chen Jinggu Cultural Tourism Festival and the 
ceremony for naming the Gutian Linshui Palace as "the Cross-Strait Cultural 
Exchange Base" were held on June 13 at the Linshui Palace Ancestor Temple in 
Gutian County, Ningde City, Fujian province. More than 2,000 people including 
170 Taiwanese guests attended the event.

"Chen Jinggu, also known as 'Lady Linshui', is honored as the protector of 
women and children who 'saves the expectant mothers, protects the babies, and 
blesses the people'," said Zhong Changhua, CPC Gutian County Committee 
Secretary, at the opening ceremony. Today, more than 4,000 sub-branches of the 
Linshui Palace scatter all over the world. With a history of thousands of 
years, the Chen Jinggu folklore belief has grown to be an integral part of 
Fuzhou Culture, Fujian and Taiwan Culture and Maritime Silk Road Culture with 
its attractiveness and influence. It is now quite an influential cultural 
phenomenon in the Chinese communities around the world. 

In recent years, by taking advantage of the Chen Jinggu culture, Gutian County 
has drawn the attention of the Taiwanese companies and organizations to 
Gutian's industry landscape, introduced Taiwan's experiences in agriculture and 
cultural innovation, expanded the economic and trade cooperation with Taiwan, 
and built the brand "Thousands of Years Old Linshui in Healthy Gutian".

With the theme of "Thousands of Years Kinship with Linshui and One Cross-Strait 
Family", this cultural festival was held by the Chen Jinggu Cultural Exchange 
Association of the Gutian Linshui Palace Ancestor Temple and jointly organized 
by the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang Ningde City, Ningde 
Cultural Tourism Bureau, the Women's Federation of Ningde City, and Taiwan 
Shuntian Goddess Society under the guidance of Overseas Friendship Association 
of Ningde City, the Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao Affairs Office of the Ningde 
Government, and the Gutian County Government.

Source: The Publicity Department of CPC Gutian County Committee