8th China Poetry Festival Opens October 12 in Taizhou, Zhejiang

Key points

• The 8th China Poetry Festival will be held from October 12 to 23 in Taizhou, Zhejiang, under the theme "Poetry Surging from Mountains and Seas, Poetic China".
• It is co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the China Writers Association and the Zhejiang provincial government.
• The opening ceremony is on October 12 at the Tiantai County Cultural Center Grand Theatre; the closing is on October 23 at the Taizhou Prefecture City cultural tourism area in Linhai.
• Main programs include opening and closing ceremonies and performances, a poetry seminar, poetry collection and creation activities, and public poetry events.
• Supporting activities include theatre and art exhibitions and poetry-themed tourism integration, "Poetic Taizhou" and Tang-Song style tourism performances.
• The festival builds on the eastern Zhejiang Tang Poetry Road scenic corridor, poetry-route experience centers and stations, developing projects such as the Taizhou cultural experience hall, Tiantai Mountain digital poetry venue, Jinshan poetry corridor and Yuhuan poetry island.