Phoenix – A media group from Chengdu’s sister cities visited Phoenix (photo)

Phoenix – A media group from Chengdu’s sister cities visited Phoenix (photo) Alberta Times On April 16th, Liu Jing, Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Chengdu Municipal People's Government...

On April 16th, Liu Jingrong, Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Chengdu Municipal People's Government, led a delegation of 8 people from the Chengdu Media Group, Chengdu TV Station, Commercial Daily and other media to visit the sister city of Phoenix. This visit is to prepare for the Chengdu 20 World Sister Cities event in May. They will introduce the characteristics of Phoenix among sister cities around the world, and promote Phoenix to the citizens of Chengdu and other cities around the world.

The media group's three-day schedule in Phoenix was very full. Sister City Chairman Liu Ruzhang accompanied them almost the whole time, striving to allow the media group to grasp the characteristics of Phoenix in a short period of time. Contact with sister city government departments, a visit to Intel, a local pillar and high-paying company in Phoenix, and a visit to a botanical garden with regional characteristics are the main contents of this delegation. Both Phoenix City and Chengdu have very special regional cultures. Chengdu is located in the southwest of China and has many ethnic minorities, so its multi-ethnic style is very attractive to tourists. Yet Arizona, or more specifically Phoenix, also has a very wealthy Native American feel. The media group came to the Heard Museum. I saw tens of thousands of collections that reflected the local aboriginal people: utensils for food and housing in daily life, houses, grains, statues for worshiping gods, wedding dresses and dowries, etc. The most impressive thing is that the patterns on these daily necessities are all related to water. The silky raindrops and zigzag lightnings in the painting are all symbols of begging for rain. This also shows the importance of water in the hearts of residents in desert areas like Phoenix. What’s more interesting is that the Indian people also have solar terms such as the winter solstice and summer solstice in the Chinese lunar calendar, and different solar terms have different gods to bless them.