Ninth Beijing Hongqiao International Pearl Culture Festival Opens
The ninth Beijing Hongqiao International Pearl Culture Festival opened on the evening of 23 September at the Guantan Art Space in Hongqiao Market, Dongcheng District, under the theme "Moon over the Altar, Pearls Linking Five Continents," drawing several hundred Chinese and international guests and residents. Built around five core themes — international cultural exchange, industry study, cross-border trade, jewellery innovation and intangible-heritage transmission — the festival features one opening ceremony, 14 themed salons and 27 online-offline consumption-promotion events, alongside a multi-country traditional costume and painting exhibition featuring works from seven countries.
Impact and considerations
With cross-border trade and industry study among its core themes and a dense schedule of salons and consumption-promotion events, the festival offers business readers tracking Beijing's culture-commerce-tourism integration a concrete on-site venue for jewellery, cultural-creative sourcing and exhibition contacts.
Key points
- The ninth Beijing Hongqiao International Pearl Culture Festival was held on the evening of 23 September at the Guantan Art Space in Hongqiao Market, Dongcheng District.
- Under the theme "Moon over the Altar, Pearls Linking Five Continents," it drew several hundred Chinese and international guests and residents.
- The festival is built on five core themes: international cultural exchange, industry study, cross-border trade, jewellery innovation and intangible-heritage transmission.
- It includes one opening ceremony, 14 themed salons and 27 online-offline consumption-promotion events.
- A parallel "Symphony of Civilisations" exhibition of traditional costumes and paintings brings together works from seven countries: Albania, Vietnam, Panama, Benin, Moldova, Jordan and Turkey.
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- 中国旅游新闻网
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- First source publication
- 24 Sept 2026, 08:00
- Page published
- 24 Sept 2026, 18:49
- Last updated
- 24 Sept 2026, 08:00
- Original links
- China Tourism News：第九届北京红桥国际珍珠文化节启幕-中国旅游新闻网Document (opens in a new tab)Primary source · zh · Published 24 Sept 2026, 08:00