The "Let Loose in the Autumn Fields" International Poetry and Art Appreciation Meeting and the 10th World Friends Day Launching Ceremony successfully held.
The "Let Loose in the Autumn Fields" International Poetry and Art Appreciation Meeting and the 10th World Friends Day Launching Ceremony successfully held.
On the afternoon of September 9, 2025, on the occasion of World Friendship Day, the weather was pleasant and the breeze was. In the creative birthplace of World Friendship Day, the Friendship Tribe in Fushun, Liaoning Province, the "Enjoy the Autumn Wilderness" International and Art Appreciation Meeting and the launch ceremony of the 10th World Friendship Day were successfully held. The event, with the theme of "Celebrating Love,ising Kinship, and Admiring Friendship", gathered friends at the "Moon Resting Academy" to celebrate the arrival of the 10th World Friendship Day poetry.
During the event, Du Yuxiang, the Secretary-General of the Liaoning New Poetry Society, delivered a speech. He interpreted the art of poetry different perspectives of history, geography, and humanities, and expressed his congratulations on the arrival of the 10th World Friends Day!
Dear guests, the President of the World Friends Day Working Committee of the Chinese Business Culture Research Society, and the founder of the Worldship Festival, Zhang Jingtao, delivered a speech, extending a warm welcome and heartfelt gratitude to all friends in attendance! He also briefly explained the original intention and purpose establishing the World Friends Day, as well as the decision to hold the tenth edition of the festival in Nepal. He cordially invited friends from both domestic and abroad, if time, to participate in the various activities of the tenth World Friends Day, jointly promoting the development of human friendship and world peace.
He said, "In Nepal, there two revered peaks: one is the natural peak Mount Everest, and the other is the peak of the Buddhist holy site Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha Sakyuni!" This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Nepal. To promote Sino-Nepalese friendship and facilitate peopleto-people exchanges and friendship, the World Friends Day will hold a series of activities: the "Enjoy the Autumn Wilderness" International Poetry and Art Appreciation Meeting, "My Poetry, I Recite · Celebrity Appreciation" Third Golden Qingteng International Short Poetry Competition, the "Heart to Buddha" Lumbini Buddha'splace Pilgrimage Journey, the "Mobile Poetry and Art" · China-Nepal International Cultural and Art Exchange Activities, the "Eternal Poetry" Sixth Golden Qteng International Poetry Award Ceremony, the "Health Without Boundaries" Tenth World Friends Day Medical and Health International Summit (Nepal) Forum, the "Expl Nepal" Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of China-Nepal Diplomatic Relations Large-scale Cultural Travel Exchange Activities, and the "Focus on Senior Immune Health International Aid Action. The celebration of the tenth World Friends Day will be held in Nepal on November 9, 2025, with the theme of "The Road Friendship". At that time, friends from all over the world will gather in Kathmandu, a city with profound cultural heritage, to pray for human friendship and peace！
After watching the video promotion of the 10th World Friends Day (Nepal) and the opening chorus of "Missing" by Xinping Choir, the program of the International Poetry Art Appreciation Meeting officially began:
Li Li's poem "Happiness" was movingly interpreted by the two readers Li Xin and Liu Fengjie; "To the Oak Tree" by Shu Ting was even more yearning for love in Han Lixin's recitation; "Toast for Love" created by Zhang Zhongguo was recited with passion by Liu Yan and Zhao Qingqin; "Against the River Cam" and "You Are the April of the World" by Xu Zhimo and Lin Huiyin were resounded in the combined recitation of Wang Xinping and Zhang Zhongguo, love stories rippled in people's hearts; "My Name Is: Soldier" by Li Songtao, recited by the host Wang Fang with emotional expression, could not help but evoke the sentiment of the noble comrade-in-arms; "I Like to Start" by Wang Guozhen, recited by Jiao Lijuan, made people feel particularly affinity; "Friends - Eternal Stars", a powerful work about friendship by Zhang Zhongguo, was recited by Li Xin, Zhao Qingqin, Liu Yan, and Liu Fengjie, which brought "friends" into people's hearts.
Poetry is an artistic conception, and recitation is the magnifying glass that renders this conception! During the tasting process, the international magic master from the, Yu Guangxi, performed wonderful magic tricks for the friends present. His interaction with the friends on the spot not only allowed everyone to feel the magical charm of magic, but made the atmosphere of the event more lively.
When the great reciter Fang Mingzhen took the stage, a rendition of "The Story of Yueyang Tower" was and reborn once again in his soul-stirring and magnetic voice; followed by Lu You and Tang Wan's "Ai Tou Feng", which was to perfection by Wang Xinping and Zhang Zhongguo, two reciters dressed in ancient costume; as time and history alternated, Wang Fang recited "de to Friends", a poem by Li Li that embodies friendship and patriotism, and with this deep and affectionate poetic spirit, the launch ceremony of the 10 World Friends Day officially began, and the guests and friends stepped forward to the front stage, holding colorful ribbons, and together they set off on the journey of the 10 World Friends Day! The colorful ribbons symbolize the people of the five continents, weaving a colorful life with friendship! It symbolizes the light of life shining brightly and enduring under the nourishment of friendship! Everyone raised their colorful ribbons together, paying tribute to peace! To friendship! To life!
The Xinping Choir stepped forward the front stage, and everyone sang "The Friendship Song" together, and the event was successfully concluded in a deeply passionate atmosphere.
