Deputy Director of the Organizing Committee of 2007 China Harmonious Urban and Rural Tourism Bortala Nadam Grassland Festival
(Zhang Chunlin)
(2 September 20071)
Dear leaders, comrades and friends in the press,
In this beautiful season of crisp autumn, fragrant fruits and happy harvest, our Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture has ushered in the annual Nadam Conference. Today, the press conference of "2007 China Harmonious Urban and Rural Tourism Boltaradaman Grassland Festival" was held here. Entrusted by Shi Shaolin, secretary of Bozhou Municipal Committee, and Qiao Jifu, deputy secretary of Bozhou Municipal Committee and governor, on behalf of Bozhou Municipal Committee and People's Government, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all of you! I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone for their concern and support for the Boltaranadam Grassland Festival!
In order to carry forward national traditional culture, promote foreign exchanges and cooperation, sing the theme of "National Fitness Accompanied by Olympics", and celebrate the 58th anniversary of the founding of New China and the victory of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Bozhou Municipal People's Government and the Tourism Bureau of the Autonomous Region decided to jointly hold the "2007 China Harmonious Urban and Rural Tour Boltaranadam Grassland Festival". Below, I will introduce the relevant situation of this Nadam Grassland Festival as follows.
I evolution of Boltaranadam grassland festival
"Nadam" means "entertainment" and "game" in Mongolian, and it is a traditional Mongolian cultural and recreational activity. It is a kind of entertainment for Mongolian people to get together and express their joy through traditional cultural and sports activities such as horse racing, wrestling and archery in the season of abundant water and grass, fat cattle and sheep and milk fragrance of thousands of miles every year. It has distinctive national characteristics and strong regional characteristics.
Bortala Prefecture is one of the main settlements of Mongolian people in Xinjiang. Since the founding of New China, under the brilliant light of the Party's ethnic policy, Nadam, a traditional grand event with a long history, has been continuously carried forward and endowed with new connotations, making it a grassland grand event to praise socialism and the Party's ethnic policy, carry forward the Mongolian long history, splendid culture and excellent traditions, and promote the economic development and great unity of all ethnic groups; It has become an annual statewide grand festival integrating folklore, culture, sports, economy, trade and tourism, which is celebrated by all ethnic groups. In 2000, the "Nadam" Grassland Festival in Bortala was identified as one of the three major tourism festivals in Xinjiang by the autonomous region.
Before 2002, the annual Boltaranadam Grassland Festival was held in July, beside the picturesque Lake Selimu. In order to protect the ecological environment of Sailimu Lake National Scenic Area and hold a grassland festival with larger scale, richer content and more participants, in 2002, the Autonomous Prefecture built the largest and fully functional racecourse in Xinjiang in Chengnan District of Bole City as the main venue of Nadam Grassland Festival. In 2006, Bozhou Comprehensive Gymnasium with large scale and first-class facilities was completed and became one of the sub-venues of Nadam Grassland Festival. Festivals are also held in the seasons of crisp autumn, fragrant fruits and vegetables and sea of silver and cotton. On the basis of some traditional projects, special entertainment activities such as Mongolian Jianger rap, Uygur Maixilaifu, Kazakh Aken playing and singing have been added, which has promoted the traditional culture of all ethnic groups. Today's Nadam Grassland Festival, as the cultural composition of modern society, not only retains the traditional charm, but also has the flavor of the times. Natural landscape and grassland culture complement each other, and ancient customs and modern civilization complement each other, which has become a traditional festival celebration for people of all ethnic groups in Bortala.
The Nadam Grassland Festival highlights a theme every year, such as the 2000 China Century Tour, the 200 1 China Sports and Fitness Tour, the 2002 China Folk Art Tour, the 2003 China Food Kingdom Tour and the 2004 China People's Life Tour. On the basis of successfully holding the "Nadam" Grassland Festival, in September 2006, our state successfully held the sixth traditional sports meeting of ethnic minorities in the autonomous region, further expanding the influence of the traditional activity of "Nadam" Grassland Festival. This year, according to the tourism theme determined by the National Tourism Administration and the propaganda slogan of "charming countryside, dynamic city and harmonious China", the Nadam Grassland Festival was named "Nadam Grassland Festival in China for Harmonious Urban and Rural Tour", aiming at coordinating urban and rural development and building a harmonious Bozhou with the Nadam Grassland Festival as a platform.
Second, the main content of "2007 China Harmonious Urban and Rural Tour Bortala Grassland Festival"
The main contents of "2007 China Bortala Nadam Grassland Festival for Harmonious Urban and Rural Tourism" include four parts:
First, hold a large opening ceremony and organize rich cultural activities. There will be *** 18 military parade and large-scale cultural performances at the opening ceremony of the conference, with more than 1000 cast members; During the festival, there will be four special performances of folk culture, such as opera performance, Jiangge singing, Akon playing and singing, and Maixilaifu, as well as cultural performances at the closing ceremony. At the same time, the acrobatic troupe of the autonomous region will be invited to perform in counties and cities, Alashankou Port and the Fifth Agricultural Division.
The second is to hold a number of traditional sports competitions. This sports competition consists of two categories: competition and performance. The competition includes speed horse racing, horse racing, camel racing, wrestling, tug-of-war, archery, etc. 1 1 50 events. There are two performances: chasing girls and national aerobics. Sports competition * * * has more than 500 athletes from two counties and one city in Bozhou, Alashankou Port and the team of the Fifth Agricultural Division.
Third, vigorously carry out special tourism promotion activities with the theme of "watching Nadam and traveling harmoniously in Bozhou". During the festival, tourism teams inside and outside the region will be actively organized to participate in the Nadam Grassland Festival and Bozhou Tour. The series of activities of "Ten Thousand People Traveling to Bozhou, Urumqi" jointly organized with Urumqi Tourism Bureau will reach its climax during the festival. Through the market-oriented operation of the government, the commendation meeting of the 2007 Bozhou Telecom Cup "Agriculture (Animal Husbandry) Le Jia Food Competition" and the Autonomous Prefecture Tourist Souvenir Design Competition and exhibition activities were held.
The fourth is to hold a forum on economic and trade activities. Taking the festival as an opportunity, our state will hold Bozhou economic and trade investment negotiation and project promotion meeting to promote Bozhou's geographical and resource advantages to domestic and foreign merchants and tourists, show Bozhou's good investment environment, promote opening up, strengthen economic and trade exchanges, and comprehensively enhance the influence of Bortala's "Nadam" grassland festival.
Third, the main features of the "2007 China Urban-Rural Harmony Tour Bortala Nadam Grassland Festival":
The guiding ideology is clear. Adhere to the people-oriented principle and strive to build a harmonious society. Take the cultural festival as an opportunity to build a cultural stage, sing economic and trade operas, widely publicize the resource advantages and geographical advantages of our state, and attract domestic and foreign merchants to invest and travel in Bozhou; With colorful folk art activities such as culture, sports and folk customs, we will show the great situation of social stability, economic development and people's living and working in peace and contentment in Bozhou under the brilliant illumination of the party's ethnic policy, and stimulate the enthusiasm of people of all ethnic groups in Quanzhou to create a harmonious Bozhou.
Well organized. In order to ensure the complete success of this Nadam Grassland Festival, the Autonomous Prefecture established the organizing committee of 2007 China Nadam Grassland Festival for Harmonious Urban and Rural Tourism in Bortala, with Comrade Qiao Jifu as the director. The Organizing Committee consists of four preparatory groups (special group for singing opera by Jiang Er, special group for Akon's performance, special group for Maixilaifu and special group for opera performance) and working groups 1 1 on secretarial, cultural and sports activities, publicity, economic and trade investment promotion, tourism, security, sanitation and beautification. The whole organization has a clear division of labor.
The general principle is strict. In accordance with the principle of "warm celebration, unity and harmony, frugality and pragmatism, safety and order", we will implement government-led and commercial festivals, carry forward national traditional culture, develop folk art, enhance national unity and promote foreign exchanges. The funding source of this Nadam Grassland Festival is a combination of financial subsidies and social fund-raising, actively mobilizing all sectors of society to participate in the festival, and conducting commercial operations on advertising booths, tourism and cultural activities in competition venues based on the principle of "whoever invests will benefit".
The theme of the festival activities is prominent. This year's Nadam Grassland Festival is held in September. We regard this activity as one of the important activities to celebrate the National Day and welcome the victory of the 17th National Congress, and as one of the theme activities to sing "Fitness for All, Walk with the Olympics". People of all ethnic groups in Quanzhou stood on their posts with joy and participated in the Nadam Grassland Festival in different ways, celebrating the National Day with practical actions and welcoming the victory of The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Fully demonstrate the good spirit of the people of all ethnic groups in Bortala under the leadership of the Autonomous Prefecture Party Committee and the Autonomous Prefecture People's Government, concentrating on construction and wholeheartedly seeking development.
The activities are rich in content. On the basis of summarizing the previous Nadam Grassland Festival, this year's Nadam Grassland Festival has adjusted and increased the activities of the festival. There are not only large-scale fitness qigong performances, large-scale entrance performances, special cultural performances and acrobatic troupe tours in the autonomous region, but also traditional sports such as horse racing, camel racing, wrestling and archery, as well as performances such as chasing girls and national aerobics. There are not only cultural exchanges, economic and trade talks and project promotion meetings, but also special tourism promotion activities with the theme of "seeing Nadam and traveling in Bozhou harmoniously", as well as souvenir design competitions and exhibition activities. The purpose of holding these colorful activities is to fully demonstrate the nationality, tradition, inheritance, innovation and universality of Nadam Grassland Festival, to show Bortala's rich resource advantages, good location advantages, excellent entrepreneurial environment and broad development prospects, to show Bortala's excellent situation of national unity, military-civilian unity, economic development, social progress and people's living and working in peace and contentment, and to encourage people of all ethnic groups in the state to unswervingly follow the road of Socialism with Chinese characteristics.
IV. Main objectives of "2007 China Harmonious Urban and Rural Tourism Festival"
Highlight the characteristics and create excellent events. This year's Grassland Festival pays attention to social and economic benefits, implements government-led and commercialized festivals, promotes national traditional culture, develops folk art, promotes national unity, promotes foreign exchanges, and strives to create characteristics and create fine products.
People-oriented, create a harmonious event. This year's Grassland Festival activities adhere to the people-oriented principle, and the mass cultural and sports activities are rich in content and diverse in forms, and actively create conditions for people inside and outside the state to participate in and watch the grand event free of charge to meet the cultural needs of the broad masses.
Actively guide social participation and create a business event. The source of funds for this year's Grassland Festival is to combine financial subsidies with social mobilization, actively mobilize all sectors of society to participate in the festival, and strengthen the commercial operation in the fields of advertising, booths, tourism and cultural activities in line with the principle of "whoever invests will benefit", and strive to gradually realize full commercial operation.
Strengthen publicity and create a grand event to show Bozhou. This year's Grassland Festival invited more than 20 domestic and foreign media such as CCTV, Xinhua News Agency Xinjiang Branch, China News Agency, Economic Daily, Guangming Daily, Xinjiang Daily, Xinjiang TV Station, Xinjiang People's Broadcasting Station, tianshan net and Urumqi Evening News. Participate in reporting this great event, and strive to make Bozhou a prosperous, national unity, vibrant and progressive place through media reports.
Be rigorous and meticulous, and create safe and orderly activities. This year's Grassland Festival has made detailed arrangements from the aspects of activity organization, cultural performances, conference reception, accommodation, transportation, communication, medical care, sanitation, electric power, fire protection and security, etc., and has compiled a work plan and conducted many drills, striving to be meticulous in all aspects and ensuring that the festival activities are foolproof.
Leaders, comrades and friends, the preparations for this Nadam Grassland Festival are basically ready, and it will be grandly opened at the main venue-Bole Racecourse at 10:30 tomorrow morning. I sincerely hope that all the distinguished guests, friends from the press and tourism circles will share our carefully prepared cultural feast with the people of Bozhou. I wish you all a happy stay in Bozhou and all the best!
Thank you!