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Keelung Mayor Lin Youchang: inheriting 163 years of Chicken Cage Zhongyuan Festival is about to begin.

Published: 2024-11-21 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/21, The Chicken Cage Zhongyuan Festival, which has been passed on for 163 years, is a festival activity with a long history and cultural significance in Keelung. Mayor Lin Youchang presided over a press conference on the 15th to thank the rotating patriarchal clan association surnamed he Lanhan and stressed that it would be combined.

Keelung Mayor Lin Youchang: inheriting 163 years of Chicken Cage Zhongyuan Festival is about to begin.

The Chicken Cage Zhongyuan Festival, which has been passed on for 163 years, is a festival activity with a long history and cultural significance in Keelung. Mayor Lin Youchang presided over a press conference on the 15th to thank the he Lanhan clan association, who is on rotation. It is stressed that the chicken cage Zhongyuan festival will be handled with the combination of tradition and modern times, and friends at home and abroad are welcome to visit Keelung this month.

At the press conference on the 15th, the Keelung Street Dance Group took the lead in showing the fighting significance of the Zhongyuan sacrificial art competition in the form of fighting dance. The main Puhe Lanhan clan Association also specially invited members Lan Minhuang, he Shuping and Han Shiyu (representative of Mr. Han Liangxiang) to act as surname representatives and appeared as three Immortals at the press conference. Mayor Lin Youchang led the distinguished guests to announce the start of the Zhongyuan festival with a focus ceremony of "Ding you competing with Zhongyuan Art gathering". Welcome to Keelung.

Mayor Lin Youchang said that the biggest difference between Ding you's chicken cage and the Yuan Festival in previous years is that the clan association will be the main body of the return, with VIP seats but no viewing platform. He will personally accompany the patriarchal leaders of various clan associations to participate in the parade, which is in line with historical traditions. This year's activities and performances will not only continue in the past, but also guarantee that they will be more exciting.

The Keelung Municipal Bureau of Culture said that a major feature of the 2017 Dingyou Chicken Cage Zhongyuan Festival performance is the cultural interpretation of the Chicken Cage Zhongyuan Festival through the opening dance drama on the day of the water lantern parade on July 14 of the lunar calendar (September 4 of the lunar calendar). In particular, teacher ─ Zhang Yijun, the first dancer from Taiwan to join the Sun Theater Company, was invited to lead the choreographer to integrate the Keelung local performance team to participate in the performance.

During the Zhongyuan Festival, the Keelung Municipal Bureau of Culture also specially planned to roam the Keelung Grand Lottery. People can exchange a lottery ticket as long as they spend more than 300 yuan during the Zhongyuan Festival. The biggest prize is the Star Cruise Naha double Walk, and there are good health awards such as accommodation coupons and companion gifts provided by local businessmen in Keelung. Many members of the public are welcome to participate.

Lin Youchang, mayor of ▲ Keelung: inheriting 163 years of chicken cage, the Yuan Festival is about to begin.

 
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