About this programme
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a Chinese traditional Festival, which carries the rich sentiments of the Chinese people for family reunion, harmony and a better life. In its historical evolution of thousands of years, the Festival has always been the home of emotional heal of the Chinese people. From ‘As the bright moon shines over the sea, we share the moment no matter how far we are from each other’ to ‘May we all be blessed with longevity, though far apart, we still share the beauty of the moon together’, the Festival has been accumulating the profound and romantic cultural foundation of the Chinese nation and shaped the unique spiritual symbols of the Chinese nation and the common aspiration of the Chinese people through the inherited cultural activities such as eating moon cakes and enjoying the moon.
To celebrate the Festival in a special way amid the pandemic, China Cultural Centre in Sydney and Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Culture, Broadcast-TV and Tourism will present 2022 Mid-Autumn Festival: A Moon moment to Remember – Meeting Chengdu Online Feature Programme on websites and social media platforms on 1st September 2022. With various medias including photos, short videos, online concert and virtual exhibition, the programme highlights beautiful garden city landscape, tasty Sichuan-style delicacies, sonorous and subtle Sichuan opera music and openness and inclusiveness of vibrant Chengdu, inviting the Australian people and overseas Chinese in Australia to enjoy the festival together to know more about the historic inheritance of the Festival and the cultural values of family reunion, gratitude to the nature, social harmony and care about the family and country.
About Chengdu
Chengdu is city suitable not only for business, living and travelling but also a beautiful garden city where people and city are in harmony. The magnificent landscape and the exquisite city garden complement each other and the traditional culture and fashion trend are perfectly blended here, like a long picture scroll that runs through ancient and modern times. In this programme, the audience could appreciate the charm of Chengdu through virtual exhibition of Chengdu cultural and tourist attractions; experience the Sichuan-style elegance through Sichuan traditional opera music, taste the local delicacies following the footsteps of the well-known Chinese-American chef Zhen Wenda and watch the rapid urban development through five wonderful documentaries…
Let’s travel through time and space together and meet on the ‘cloud’ to experience the unique traditional art, taste the savory and numbing spicy food, enjoy the leisure of life in Chengdu and appreciate the profound Chinese cultural traditions.
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Chengdu is the park city at the foot of the snow mountain, a famous historical and cultural city, and a vibrant fashion metropolis.
It is one of the cradles of Chinese civilization, where the Baodun culture came into being 4,500 years ago. As a prosperous region since ancient times, it was the “Oriental Paris” in the eyes of a French traveler Coustellemont. Nowadays traditional culture and fashionable trends merge here perfectly. Whether Sichuan opera or pop music festivals, all tickets are like gold dust. Wuhou Memorial Temple, Kuanzhai Alley, Tai Koo Li are bustling all day. Young people in Hanfu and fashion brands appreciate each other. Grandeur of natural scenery and delicacy of urban parks bring out the best in each other here. The long-lasting attraction originates from its traditional culture, artistic vitality, beautiful scenery, fashion elements, leisurely lifestyle, etc. People look forward to traveling here and even settling down.
Chengdu is like an unforgettable picture scroll running through the ancient and modern times, and people are travelers in it. All this can be truly presented by photographic works. Hence some experienced local photographers are invited to depict their life experience, observation and inspiration in Chengdu over the years, involving beautiful scenery throughout the park city, leisurely Chengdu lifestyle, and its inclusive and vibrant future.
