On December 10th, China Cultural Center in Seoul celebrated its 15th anniversary of inauguration amid a pleasant and festive atmosphere. Dozens of personages from China and South Korea, including Luo Shugang, Chinese minister of Culture and Tourism, Roh Tae-woo, former Republic of Korea (ROK) president and Moon Hee-sang, speaker of the ROK National Assembly, sent congratulatory messages to the event. Attendees consist of more than 100 guests from China and South Korea, including Qiu Guohong, Chinese ambassador to the ROK and Park Yang-woo, South Korean minister of Culture, Sports and Sightseeing.
Some traditional Chinese performances have been staged at the celebration. Chinese Calligrapher Ye Xin and a South Korean disabled painter jointly completed a piece of artwork called New Journey in the New Era at the scene to convey their sincere wishes to the China Cultural Center. Then the guests of both sides engaged in a ceremony of glutinous rice cake-cutting, the culmination of the celebration. Meanwhile, some video clips and photos selected from previous events comprise a wall to showcase its wonderful history. Besides, an exhibition for the 20th anniversary of Marco’s return to the motherland took place at the central exhibition hall.`
The guests expressed that both sides not only keep interactive ties in economy, diplomacy and safety, but also in culture. Cultural exchanges and cooperation will help remove disputes and achieve win-win development. Both sides are expected to keep friendly ties with each other so as to build a peaceful and prosperous East Asia based on cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and ROK.
The China Cultural Center was firstly built in Seoul, Asia, which demonstrated that the Chinese government attaches great importance to developing friendly ties of two countries. Over the past 15 years, the center has been playing an active role in promoting cultural exchanges and cooperation, enhancing mutual understanding between two peoples and cementing the foundation for China-South Korea friendship as a window to introduce China, a platform to promote exchanges between China and South Korea and a bridge to connect two peoples. In recent years, China and South Korea have seen increasingly deep exchanges and cooperation in culture and tourism with a good momentum of development.