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The peacock dances to welcome the prosperous age, and the holy water sings with joy.On April 12, the 2023 China-Myanmar Frontier People's Festival and Mangshi Area Water Splashing Carnival series activities with the theme of "Drinking the Paukphaw from the River Together" opened in Mangshi, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture.

China and Myanmar share weal and woe, and the Pauk-Phaw friendship has remained the same for thousands of years.67 years ago, Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai and Myanmar Prime Minister U Ba Swee jointly attended the first China-Myanmar border people's gathering held in Dehong Mangshi, which wrote a new chapter of China-Myanmar friendship and created a precedent in the history of China's relations with neighboring countries. Become a successful model in the history of international relations.

This event is guided by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, hosted by the Yunnan Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the People's Government of Dehong Prefecture, and supported by the Consulate General of Myanmar in Kunming. It is the first Water Splashing Festival held in Dehong Prefecture since 2020. Implement the important achievements of Wang Ning, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee's recent visit to Myanmar, and promote practical cooperation, cultural exchanges, and economic development between China and Myanmar and Yunnan and Myanmar.

Yuan Mindao, Vice President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Wei Gang, Governor of the People's Government of Dehong Prefecture, and U Da Aung, Consul General of Myanmar in Kunming, attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches.Jiang Shan, secretary of the Dehong State Party Committee, announced the opening of the event.Officials from the Myanmar-China Friendship Association, Myanmar Banking Association, Muse District, Menggu Town District, and many Burmese border residents were invited to Mangshi to celebrate with more than 30,000 local people on the scene, and more than 100,000 people from both sides along the Ruili-Muse border The frontier people held celebrations at the same time.

Yuan Mindao expressed warm congratulations on the success of the event.He said that the Yunnan-Myanmar border people gathered together to revisit the Pauk-Phaw friendship and continue the cause of friendship, which demonstrated the diversity and beauty of the Chinese and Myanmar civilizations. The frontier vibe is significant.

Wei Gang said that Dehong and Myanmar are connected by mountains and rivers and have a close relationship of people and culture. It is a major channel for China-Myanmar economic and trade cooperation and a major stage for the integration and mutual learning of civilizations.Dehong will adhere to a high level of openness, and strive to create a new model of hard connectivity, soft connectivity, and heart-to-heart connectivity for the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", and create new glory for China-Myanmar open cooperation.

U Da Aung said that China and Myanmar are connected by mountains and rivers, and through long-term friendly and cooperative exchanges, they have jointly maintained and deepened the traditional friendship.It is hoped that the two countries will enhance mutual trust and cooperate hand in hand, so that while achieving greater development, people on the border of the two countries will get more benefits.

In the afternoon of that day, Mangshi Square became a sea of ​​jubilation, and the opening ceremony of the Water Splashing Carnival was held here.People on the China-Myanmar border gathered in festive costumes, played elephant foot drums, beat golden gongs, danced "Ga with the Light", and splashed auspicious water, laughing and laughing uninterrupted.

That night, a special concert was held for the China-Myanmar Frontier People's Grand Gala.Chinese and Myanmar artists performed together, combining traditional music, dance, songs and other forms of expression of the two countries, showing the moving scene of the border people on both sides being as close as one family and Paukphaw.The songs performed by Chinese actors "see the cooking smoke again", "light rain in March" and "hello!"Ming Lapa" and the songs "Rain at the Songkran Festival" and "Shadow on Mandalay Mountain" performed by Myanmar actors jointly tell the story of the origin of China and Myanmar, which are connected by mountains and rivers, villages and villages, cultures, and people. Bo affectionately.Chinese, English, and Burmese recited the "Daguanlou Long Couplet", and the inheritors of intangible cultural heritage displayed paper-cutting, calligraphy, fruit carving and other works, bringing different experiences to the audience.Accompanied by "Auld Lang Syne" sung by Chinese and Myanmar singers, the concert ended successfully.

During the event, Yunnan and Myanmar signed 16 framework agreements, involving economic and trade cooperation, cross-border investment and other projects.The Provincial Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, in accordance with the important work deployment of the central government's Daxing research, based on summarizing the experience of launching the "Small and Beautiful" project in the border area in 2022, conducted in-depth research, and combined with the actual development of the China-Myanmar border, donated educational books and environmental protection materials to Myanmar again. Nine "small and beautiful" livelihood projects, including protection, rural development, and women's empowerment, were highly praised by the Myanmar side.

At the event, Wang Yu, the full-time vice president of the Provincial Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, said that the stable and stable relations between China and Myanmar cannot be separated from the "people-to-people bond". , continue to enhance the "Paukphaw" friendship between the two peoples, and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation.In the last part of the event, Wang Yu handed over the list of "small and beautiful" projects to U Daon, and announced that the Provincial Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and Lincang City will co-host the 2024 China-Myanmar Border People's Congress.