2025 East Asian Cultural Capital ·Huzhou China Activity Year officially commences today. Huzhou warmly invites friends from all over the world to join this encounter with the "most Jiangnan" spring days, interpreting the integration and dance of ecological civilization and traditional culture with a cultural feast, showcasing the city's picturesque landscapes, millennia-old cultural heritage, and the secrets to its development in all aspects.
     At the beginning of this year, in the 2024 idiom search index released by Xinhua News Agency, "Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains" ranked the first, reflecting a new lifestyle aesthetic in which the whole nation practices green concepts.
      In Anji County, Yu Village, which won the title of "UN Habitat Award" and "World's Best Tourism Village", there are 5G networks, supermarkets, restaurants, cafes, pubs, etc. Young people from all over the world choose to move their workspaces into the embrace of nature, and the number of new Yu Village residents has long surpassed that of the original villagers, with over 1,200 newcomers. In Wusi Village, Deqing, a village cafe named "Gelien" has recently been hailed on social media as the "Little Switzerland of Jiangnan", attracting visitors from across the Yangtze River Delta and even drawing in numerous international tourists eager to experience its charm.
     When the millennia-old cultural heritage meets ecological civilization, it undoubtedly opens up a new journey of cultural exchange and mutual learning with foreign countries. This year, Huzhou has also organized a series of exciting activities, including the "Tea and the World" 2025 Global Dissemination Launch Ceremony of Chinese Tea Culture, "International Friends Taste Huzhou", the "Exploring the Origins of Jiangnan Culture" Huzhou Tour for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Youth, and the 2nd Wu Changshuo International Exchange Forum.
     The East Asian Cultural Capital has brought new opportunities to Huzhou. "We look forward to working hand in hand with cities of East Asia Cultural Capital, sharing the cultural tourism feast, promoting cultural exchange and mutual learning, and attracting more overseas tourists to experience the Eastern wisdom of the integration of tradition and modernity, "stated the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism.