Luoyuan, Fujian Province launches the 19th National Unity and Progress Publicity Month theme activities

China News Service, Luoyuan, Fujian, September 23 (Gao Kunying, Liu Qiyi) On the 22nd, the 2026 "Fuyun Luoyuan, Start Together" Luoyuan County's 19th National Unity and Progress Publicity Month theme activity was launched in Tingyangban Village, Luoyuan County, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province.

On the 22nd, the theme activity of the 19th National Unity and Progress Publicity Month in Luoyuan County in 2026, "Fu Yuan Luoyuan, Start Together", was launched in Tingyangban Village, Start Town, Luoyuan County. Pictured is the performance scene. Photo by Liu Qiyi

The event is hosted by the Party Committee and Government of Qingdao Town in Luoyuan County and hosted by Tingyangban Village Committee. It has three major sections: opening ceremony and performance, rural revitalization start run, and national culture immersive experience. During the cultural performance, actors used dance to show the brotherhood and mutual help of various ethnic groups. Subsequently, the "Good Start" rural revitalization run started. Representatives of people from all ethnic groups in the starting town formed 7 running groups and ran along the inner ring line of the village to check in on the theme points of national unity and rural revitalization.

In the experience area, "One town hides one flavor, one hundred flavors start" displays local delicacies such as She nationality black rice, hydrangea native chicken soup; the ethnic culture experience area launches cultural and creative mooncake making, colorful rope weaving, herbal sachet DIY and other projects. Tourist Huang Ruoying said that after communicating with local villagers, she learned that the She people have a unique medical culture and would like to learn more about it in the future.

The picture shows the scene of the theme event of the 19th National Unity and Progress Publicity Month in Luoyuan County in 2026. Photo by Liu Qiyi

It is understood that Luoyuan County has 33 ethnic groups and a minority population of 22,729, including 22,108 She people, accounting for 8.2% of the county's total population. There are 34 ethnic minority villages in the county. Tingyang Ban Village was awarded the title of "Fuzhou City's Education Practice Base for the Awareness of Chinese National Community·Fuzi Home" in 2024.

In recent years, Luoyuan County has focused on building a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, promoting culture to enrich the people and uniting to rejuvenate the county. The local government relies on the "March 3rd" She Nationality Folk Culture Festival, the National Unity and Progress Publicity Month and other carriers to carry out cultural propaganda and ethnic exchanges, and promotes industry with culture, develops large-scale planting of She medicine, builds a characteristic agricultural system in Huokou She Nationality Township, promotes Shexiang Fumi, Daifengshan Camellia Oil and other agricultural products online, and implements cultural tourism projects such as She Academy Research in Zhupu Township and She Xiangli Resort.

Lei Wenfu, deputy director of the United Front Work Department of the Luoyuan County Committee of the Communist Party of China and director of the Luoyuan County Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau, said that we will use this publicity month event as an opportunity to innovate work carriers and enrich activity forms to promote all ethnic groups to live together, learn together, build together, share, and work together to enjoy each other, and use ethnic unity to gather synergy for development and empower the construction of harmonious rural areas. (over)