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The 2026 Ningtai Compatriots' Mid-Autumn Festival Social Event, with the theme of "Full Moon Mid-Autumn Festival, Love for Cross-Strait", aims to promote cross-strait exchanges. The event was held in Ningde City, Fujian Province, and included cultural performances, interactive games and handicraft experiences.
China News Service, Ningde, Fujian Province, September 22 (Reporters Lu Qiaoqin and Ye Mao) The 2026 Ningde and Taiwan Compatriots’ Mid-Autumn Festival Social Event with the theme of “Full Moon Mid-Autumn Festival and Love for Cross-Strait” was held in Ningde City, Fujian Province on the evening of the 22nd. Compatriots from Ning (Germany) and Taiwan (Taiwan) performed on the same stage to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Chen Baijing, a Taiwan compatriot who brought the guitar to the scene to play "Wild Lily Also Has Spring" said that she chose this song not only because it is very popular, but also because life in Ningde is as happy as spring.
On the evening of September 22, the 2026 Ningtai Compatriots Mid-Autumn Festival Social Event with the theme of "Full Moon Mid-Autumn Festival, Love for Cross-Strait" was held in Ningde City, Fujian Province. The picture shows the harmonica playing "Rain Runs the Rivers and Mountains". Photo by China News Service reporter Ye Mao
In 2018, Chen Baijing came to Fujian alone to pursue his rural cultural and creative dream. Nanyan Village, Tantou Town, Fu'an City, Ningde, is an ancient village where Chen Baijing settled in to carry out cooperation in Fujian and Taiwan township construction. It has now become a place for "Internet celebrities" to check in. "I have brought my mother from Taiwan to live in the mainland." Chen Baijing said that Ningde is his "second hometown". In recent years, he has spent most of his time in the village he helped build, celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival with the villagers.
During the event, the North Road Opera "The Essence of Martial Arts", the harmonica performance "Rain Runs the River and the Mountain", the street dance "Zero Dance", the female chorus "Strait Moonlight Ballad", the dance "Phoenix Crying in the Rising Sun" and other programs were performed in sequence, and were interspersed with interactive games such as "Moon Full Blessing" to send blessings and "Chang'e Flying to the Moon".
On the evening of September 22, the 2026 Ningtai Compatriots Mid-Autumn Festival Social Event with the theme of "Full Moon Mid-Autumn Festival, Love for Cross-Strait" was held in Ningde City, Fujian Province. The picture shows the Mid-Autumn Festival garden activities. Photo by China News Service reporter Ye Mao
"Let homesickness have a place to rest and family affection have a place to go." Taiwanese Guo Yingping took the stage to recite the poem "Taiwan Far Away, Taiwan Nearby". She said that some of the programs in this social event were written and performed by everyone, allowing the Taiwan compatriots present to truly feel the atmosphere of Mid-Autumn Festival reunion. She hopes that compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will move more frequently and get together more often, and welcomes more Taiwanese folks to come to the mainland to start businesses, settle down, and experience sightseeing.
Huang Shiwei, a Taiwanese compatriot who is deeply involved in the Antrodia camphorata industry in Xiapu County, has participated in the Mid-Autumn Festival social activities for compatriots from Ningtai and Taiwan for the second time. “It feels like home here and is very warm.” He said that Ningde is a suitable place for entrepreneurship and development. He is confident in developing in Fujian. In the future, he will actively promote Ningde to the Taiwan compatriots around him and invite more Taiwan compatriots to invest and start businesses.
During this event, there were also handcrafted experiences such as harvest harvest paintings, Mid-Autumn lanterns, and rubbing fans, and Mid-Autumn garden activities such as pot throwing and ring making were held on site. (over)

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