1987 Taishan International Mountaineering Festival is an important measure of Tai 'an's reform and opening up. Mountaineering Festival is usually held in early September. The mountaineering festival has developed from a mass sports activity to a large-scale comprehensive activity integrating politics, economy, culture and sports, and has gone through three stages of development. 1987 from the first session to the fifth session in 199 1 year, the first four sessions were Taishan international mountaineering activities, and 199 1 year was officially named Taishan International Mountaineering Festival, which clearly stated that "taking mountains as the theme, using topics and styles to set up a stage, and singing operas in economy and trade."
The second stage is from the sixth session of 1992 to the twelfth session of 1998. At this stage, cultural and sports activities, while economic and trade activities are prominent. Not only did he hold his own economic and trade exhibitions, but he also held many national, provincial and domestic regional economic, trade and social and political conferences in Tai 'an. From 13 1999 to now, it is the third stage. At this stage, we should highlight the theme of tourism development, emphasize the carrier role of mountaineering festival, improve the visibility of Mount Tai and Tai 'an, promote tourism, develop tourism, open wider to the outside world and attract investment.
The main activities of the mountaineering festival include opening ceremony, sports competition, economic and trade activities and cultural activities.
In addition to the athletes' admission ceremony, the opening ceremony mainly included the large-scale group gymnastics performances of previous sessions, the imitation of feudal emperors' meditation on Mount Tai, and the folk art performances of Mount Tai. Two football invitational tournaments were held in the 1 1 and the 12. In recent years, domestic literary and art groups have been mainly invited to hold cultural performances.
Sports competitions are mainly mountaineering competitions, which are held on the second day of the opening ceremony. From 65438 to 0996, the mountaineering competition was listed as a formal national fitness competition by the former State Sports Commission. The athletes who took part in this competition are from abroad, from outside the city and from inside the city. There were 300 to 400 athletes at first, and then it increased year by year. 1999 was a national success, and 3/kloc-0 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, as well as Taiwan Province, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao all sent athletes to participate in the competition. Taishan Shengliyuan Group, Anhui Gu Jing Winery, Shandong Confucius Banquet Winery, Tai 'an Siwei Pharmaceutical Group, Shandong Qingqi Group, Shandong Lurun Group, Shandong Inspur Group and other enterprises have successively won the mountaineering competition champion. 199 1 During the 5th Mountaineering Festival, China Cycling Association organized and held the Mount Tai bike climbing competition, which was the first time in China. Since 199 1, Taishan cycling race has been held for four times, of which the first three were won by Guangzhou Wuyang Bicycle Group and the fourth was won by Henan Anyang Three Gun Bicycle Group.
1994 and 1995 also hosted a 10,000-person marathon and national and international hot air balloon competitions, and Shandong Confucius Banquet Winery was the champion of both events. During the period of 1994, Wushu Challenge Competition, Silk Road Cup and Admiralty Cup were held. 1996 and 1997 also held a national activity for paralytic patients to climb Mount Tai, which was named by Siwei Group.
There are many kinds of economic and trade activities such as commodity fairs, order fairs, social and political meetings held in Tai 'an, the whole country and the whole province. The fair held in Tai 'an City showed the development level and construction achievements of industry and agriculture in Tai 'an City. The content and form of Taishan Temple Fair originated from Taishan Temple Fair in history. The masses loved it and took an active part, which added to the festive atmosphere. During the mountaineering festival, large-scale order fairs such as the whole province sugar and wine order fair and Huayuan agricultural machinery products order fair were also held. Cross-strait economic and trade cooperation seminars and economic and trade fairs for Chinese and foreign enterprises have further expanded their opening to the outside world and promoted the work of attracting investment. Every year during the mountaineering festival, there are more than 10,000 Chinese and foreign businessmen coming to Tai 'an, including nearly 1,000 foreign businessmen.
Cultural activities are colorful. We invited famous singers to hold cultural evenings, as well as local cultural performances, yangko performances, calligraphy and painting exhibitions, bonsai exhibitions and so on. , mainly to enrich the cultural life of the masses and enliven the festive atmosphere. 194 The cultural tour of Mount Tai was included in the' 94 China Cultural Relics and Monuments Tourism Year series sponsored by the National Tourism Administration and the Cultural Relics Bureau. Based on the events that happened on Mount Tai in the past 5,000 years, it restores the historical features of "Three Miles, One Flagpole, Five Miles and One Archway" along the way, sets up several arrays, sets up flags and builds squares, reproduces the scenery and customs of Mount Tai described in ancient myths, historical classics and classical masterpieces, and makes Mount Tai a scenic and interesting tourist attraction all the way. Taishan International Stone Exhibition, Ningyang Cricket Friendly Tournament and other activities have become the reserved items of Mountaineering Festival, enriching the contents of Mountaineering Festival and Taishan Tourism, and promoting the development of the tertiary industry.
Taishan International Mountaineering Festival has been strongly supported by superior leaders and departments from beginning to end. The number of organizers has grown from the All-China Sports Federation, chinese mountaineering association and Tai 'an Municipal Government to ten, namely: All-China Sports Federation, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, China Association for Science and Technology, Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, China Radio International, chinese mountaineering association, Shandong Sports Bureau, Shandong TV Station and Tai 'an Municipal People's Government. Yang Dezhi, Gu Mu, Duan Junyi, Li Desheng, Ngapoi Ngawangjigme, Yang Chengwu, Fei Xiaotong, Zhou Tienong, Wang Guangying and Wang Wenyuan attended the opening ceremony of the mountaineering festival. Leaders of relevant ministries and commissions and liaison offices in Shandong Province visited previous mountaineering festivals in person to give guidance and help to mountaineering festivals.
Mountaineering Festival has promoted the development of Taian's economic and social undertakings. The first is to promote Mount Tai and Tai 'an. The mountaineering festival has developed from a simple sports activity to a comprehensive activity integrating sports, culture, tourism, economy and trade, and has gradually developed into a joint activity of the municipal government and nine units, and its influence at home and abroad has been continuously improved. During the Mountaineering Festival, journalists from dozens of news organizations such as Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily and CCTV focused on the activities related to the Mountaineering Festival, effectively publicizing Mount Tai and Tai 'an, and enhancing their popularity. The second is to promote the extensive development of mass sports activities in the city. Mountaineering Festival will develop the traditional fitness activity of climbing Mount Tai into a formal competition, which greatly improves the enthusiasm of the masses for mountaineering and fitness. From 65438 to 0996, Mount Tai was listed as an official national fitness program by the State Sports Commission, which improved the specifications of mountaineering competitions and promoted national fitness. The third is to further promote Taishan culture. During the mountaineering festival, some Taishan folk art, folk customs and Taishan folk tourism projects with rich historical and cultural connotations have formed a certain scale of tourism projects, enriching the cultural landscape and tourism content of Taishan. Fourth, opening up to the outside world has been expanded and economic development has been promoted. Taking the Mountaineering Festival as an opportunity, various departments at all levels won many national and provincial conferences and economic and trade activities in Tai 'an, which promoted the development of the tertiary industry, mainly tourism. The activities such as attracting investment, economic and trade talks held during the mountaineering festival provide opportunities for better promotion of local products, introduction of economic and technological cooperation projects and funds, and introduction of talents. The fifth is to promote the construction and management of mountain cities. To welcome the Mountaineering Festival, the transformation of the mountain city has been supported and actively participated by all levels and departments of the city and the broad masses of the people, which has promoted the smooth development of urban construction and beautification and the comprehensive management of Mount Tai. Sixth, it has promoted the construction of spiritual civilization. The mountaineering festival is United and inspiring, showing the good spirit of the people in the city. It has aroused the enthusiasm of the broad masses of people to love Mount Tai, Tai 'an, hometown and hometown construction, improved the people's awareness of city and civilization, and promoted the rapid development of various social undertakings in the city.