New "weapons" for farmers
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- Published: Tuesday, 26 July 2011 10:08
On the morning of July 22, Ningbo Cultural Market Development Association was founded. On the same day, the Internet Bar Branch of the Association was founded. Tian Yuyuan, vice director of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Hua Changhui, vice chairman of Ningbo People's Political Consultative Conference attended the inaugural meeting and the first representative conference of the Association. At present, Ningbo has 9,000 cultural businesses, and it has formed a complete, rationally structured market system that comprises such businesses as show, entertainment, audio and video, movie, artistic works, internet, publication and cultural relics. At present, the city has over 20 cultural trade associations of various kind. Ningbo Cultural Market Development Association aims to integrate existing associations, promote and coordinate the exchanges of the associations, and promote the harmonious and scientific development of the cultural associations of the city.
On the morning of July 22, the 401 Tongtian Summer Carnival in Siming Mountain 2011 opened. The 401 Tongtian is a reserved military tunnel built in 1960s. The tunnel winds up the mountain for over 1 kilometers, and main tunnel is linked to over 50 headquarters and storage rooms on the two sides. In summer, the temperature is bellow 20℃, making the place perfect for summer resort. Activities during the carnival will include a water splashing festival, and movie evening and so on.
A long scroll of painting with calligraphy is paving the way for a couple of students from poor families. Recently, a poster on the townsmen website of Xiangshan, titled as "Seven talents' cooperated painting offered for sale to aid students of the hometown" has capture the attention of thousands of netizens, with click rate ranking high. A charity sales by the artistic circle of Xiangshan in under way. On July 17, logging on the townsmen website of Xiangshan, one can see a long scroll of painting, 4,800 mm long, 425mm wide, done by seven calligraphers, painters and poets. In the net sale, many netizens actively bid for the picture and expressed their feelings about the sale. One said: "This is an invaluable painting with love." Another said; "I've always wanted to do something for students of my hometown. Though I intended to realize the wish by bidding for the picture, the price has exceeded my ability to buy it. Now I'll try to realize it another way: whoever is the final bidder, I'll give him or her another painting of my own for free." According to the host of the website, this is a new mode to aid students from poor families. Later on, more charitable items will be offered for sale on the net, the money from which will be solely devoted to aiding students.