The Sixth China International Torch Festival of Yi yesterday the opening day, nearly 30 million tourists, the amount of 17.58 billion yuan in contracted projects
Nearly 30 million visitors and local people to carry the torch procession, sway in the ocean of fire, passion, enjoy carnival. August 4, the sixth China International Torch Festival of Yi grand opening night of Liangshan prefecture Xichang, was 1 million burning torch into a sea of joy.
Provincial Standing Committee, Propaganda Minister Huang announced the beginning of the sixth China International Torch Festival of Yi opened. Wang Guoliang, deputy director of the State Council's Poverty Alleviation Office, Vice Governor Zhang for Kazakhstan, the provincial CPPCC vice chairman Xie Hong attended the opening ceremony.
Torch Festival of Yi people in China were included in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage announced, is China's top ten folk festivals and Sichuan top ten section, has been listed by UNESCO as "World Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2010 approved the project."
Torch Festival to promote this heritage and the theme of Yi culture, launched a make fire ceremony, "the impression Daliangshan" Virtual Performance, "Liangshan colorful" parade, torch nights, the traditional beauty contest Yi, Yi costumes performances, folk art section to the ancient Yi language and the "fire culture" as the theme of academic study, "Liangshan memory" of the intangible cultural heritage items (crafts) performances, and "Bull fighting sheep, archery, Shenu, wrestling," a series of high national special program.
In recent years, changes in Liangshan, blown away by domestic and foreign tourists. According to statistics, the first half of Liangshan achieve GDP 33.84 billion yuan, up 19.5%, 3.8 percentage points year on year growth rate ranks second in the province; local general budget income 3.26 billion yuan, up 34.5%, total volume ranks second in the province. First half of the nearly 10 million tourists trips, the number of tourists and tourism revenue increased by more than 20%, tourism is becoming a pillar industry in Liangshan.
As night fell, to "pray for the fire," "make fire," "Ignition," "praise the fire," "Carnival," composed of five plates lighting ceremony, torch carnival opened the prelude. In the darkness, one million torches merged into one article reminded the streets in the city of Xichang flow. People from all sides, around piles of bonfire fun jump "up to body dance," Exciting rushed to the night sky of fireworks. In Butuo, in Pugh, the Repo ... ... the Liangshan became a sea of joy!
According to Liangshan Holiday Office as at 16 o'clock on the August 4 of the statistics, the state's 29.4 thousand people that day tourists are expected to tourists during the Torch million people.
Day investment seminars organized by project signing ceremony, the Liangshan Prefecture launched 115 investment projects on the spot signed 52 projects with a total investment 17.58 billion yuan. Source: Sichuan Daily
