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A screenshot features travelogues on Day of the Dead from travel guide website qyer.com. [Photo/qyer.com] |
"After visiting so many carnivals and festivals around the world, I would call the Day of the Dead the most fun of them," raved travel blogger JOJO Dainiyoushijie in his 2017 travelogue on Mafengwo, a Beijing-based travel platform.
The blogger's vivid, photo-heavy recount of his Day of the Dead experiences in Mexico City garnered nearly 130,000 hits and thousands of comments. Many expressed an interest in visiting Mexico to experience this unique tradition that's so much different from China's traditions about death.
The Coco effect has also inspired some Chinese travel agencies to organize trips to the Latin American country around the Day of the Dead holiday. For instance, 6renyou, a Beijing-based travel agency, arranges a 12-day trip to Mexico every year around the holiday.
In 2008, UNESCO recognized the significance of the Day of the Dead by adding this Mexican tradition to its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
To catch the film screenings at the CHAO Art Center, registration is required through the center's official WeChat account.
Screening times: Oct 31 (16:40-17:30); Nov 1 (11:00-11:50; 13:30-14:30)
If you go: free entry; Oct 31-Nov 1; CHAO 1F Plaza, No. 4 Workers' Stadium East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing. 北京市朝阳区工人体育场东路4号CHAO 艺术中心
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Poster for the Mexican Cultural Experience weekend held from Oct 30-Nov 1 at the CHAO Art Center in Beijing [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
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The 15th Chinese Film Festival in Bangkok and the 2020 China-Thailand Film Exchange Week opens at the China Cultural Center in Bangkok on Oct 25, 2020. [Photo provided to Chinaculture.org] |
On Oct 25, the opening ceremony of the 15th Chinese Film Festival in Bangkok and the 2020 China-Thailand Film Exchange Week was held at the China Cultural Center in Bangkok. The event was hosted by the China Cultural Center in Bangkok and received strong support from the Chinese Embassy in Thailand and the Thai Ministry of Culture.
The COVID-19 pandemic doesn't impede the enthusiasm for cultural exchange between China and Thailand. This film festival uses live broadcast to present the opening ceremony and host the "China-Thailand Film Exchange and Cooperation Online Seminar". During the film festival, audiences can use the online platform of the China Cultural Center in Bangkok to watch films online, which greatly increases the global reach of the festival.
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Gu Hongxing, director of the China Cultural Center in Bangkok and China Tourism Office in Bangkok, speaks at the opening ceremony. [Photo provided to Chinaculture.org] |
Gu Hongxing, director of Bangkok's China Cultural Center and China Tourism Office, said film can not only introduce one's national culture, but also reflect unique social landscapes. Film has become an important part of cultural exchange between countries and enhance mutual understanding among people around the world.
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Yang Xin, Chargé d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, speaks at the opening ceremony. [Photo provided to Chinaculture.org] |
Yang Xin, Chargé d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, said since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Thailand 45 years ago, the mutual trust between the two countries has continued to deepen, economic and trade cooperation has expanded, cultural exchanges have become closer, and all-around cooperation has achieved fruitful results. Both China and Thailand have a vast film market. As a traditional project of cultural exchanges between China and Thailand, the Bangkok Chinese Film Festival has laid a solid foundation for film cooperation between the two countries for 15 years and will add new drive to the promotion of cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and Thailand.
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Itthiphol Kunplome, Thailand's minister of culture, speaks at the opening ceremony. [Photo provided to Chinaculture.org] |
Thailand's Minister of Culture Itthiphol Kunplome said in his speech the governments and people of Thailand and China have been in constant exchange. Cooperation in various fields has developed steadily, and the film festival is another important event to further promote cultural exchanges between the two countries. The people of the two countries can promote their understanding of the cultures of both sides through films, and promote friendly relations and cooperation in other perspectives.
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