Where was the first Chu Culture Festival held?

The first Chu Culture Festival was held in Jingzhou, Hubei.

The first Chu Culture Festival is themed "Inheritance and Innovation, Chu Yun Jingzhou", and is co-sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, the Hubei Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. There are four main activities including the opening ceremony, Chu business event and major investment project signing ceremony, Chu culture inheritance and development forum and the fifth Chu culture international academic seminar, and Chinese film big data ceremony.

The first Chu Culture Festival fully explored historical and humanistic stories, carefully designed five major sub-activities such as the Chu History Exhibition, Chu Art Grand View, and Chu Land Tour, and released the "Millennium Ancient City" exploration tour, " The three Chu cultural quality tourism routes, the "Chu Yun Ji Nan" root-seeking tour and the "Chu-style intangible cultural heritage" tracing tour, allow more domestic and foreign tourists to have a more three-dimensional experience when visiting scenic spots such as Jingzhou Museum and Chu King's Chariot and Horse Array. , immersively appreciate the profound connotation of Chu culture and the charm of the times.

Jingzhou’s history and culture

Jingzhou is the birthplace of Chu culture. Since the Chu State established its capital in Ji Nancheng in 689 BC, 20 generations of Chu kings have established their capitals here. In 411, Chu culture was created that internally reflected the culture of the Central Plains in the Yellow River Basin and externally rivaled the ancient Greek and Athenian culture of the same period. Chu culture's achievements in eight aspects, such as bronze smelting, lacquerware production, silk embroidery, jade carving, Taoism, Zhuang Sao literature, calligraphy and painting, music and dance, are most fully demonstrated in Jingzhou.

Jingzhou has excavated nearly 50,000 square meters of Chu cultural sites and nearly 7,000 Chu tombs. The Jingzhou Museum has nearly 200,000 cultural relics unearthed from archaeological excavations. Jingzhou will implement "ten major projects" including cultural relic protection and technological innovation, research and interpretation of Jingchu culture, inheritance and development of Jingchu major sites, protection and utilization of Jingzhou ancient city, and integration of the entire industry chain to create a demonstration area for the protection and inheritance of Jingchu culture.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Jingzhou