To further promote the Chinese traditional culture and deepen the cross-strait culture, the 7th Cross-Strait Spring Festival Folk Cultural Gala, hosted by China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development(CFFPD) and Hebei Provincial Department of Culture was held from January 30 to February 2, 2017 in Taichung Cultural Industry Quarter.
During the whole activity, the organizers gave the cultural performance of Wuqiao Acrobatics and Jingxing Lahua, showed the intangible cultural heritages of stone carved works and Kesi spining, exhibited the Hebei folk paintings and tourism pictures, which attracted great interests of the local audiences.
During the gala, the local people specially tasted the Hebei local flavors of Zhaozhouqiao roasted pear, Zhili spring pancake, Hebei style baked roll and hand-made vermicelli noodles, which greatly enriched the food exchanges cross the strait.
The Cross-Strait Spring Festival Folk Cultural Gala was first initiated by CFFPD in 2011 and then annually held in Taiwan during the Spring Festival holidays for the purpose of promoting Chinese traditional culture and cross-strait folk cultural exchanges. It has been a brand popular Spring Festival celebration for the local people.