Carry on the past and open up to the present - Phoenix Beauty Pageant Report (8)

Carry on the past and open up to the present - Phoenix Beauty Pageant Report (8) Zhang Zhaohong An overseas Chinese community event can be held for decades, which shows that it is a meaningful event...

An overseas Chinese community event can be held for decades, which shows that it is a meaningful event. The Phoenix Chinese community holds such an event year after year to celebrate the National Day of the United States. To hold this event, there must be a platform, and this platform is the Phoenix Overseas Chinese Federation. On this platform, the overseas Chinese ancestors used the celebration of the National Day of the United States to appeal that we Chinese also live in this society and should not be discriminated against. The Chinese use activities to show their unity, use platforms to promote Chinese culture, and use beauty pageants to engage the next generation. They also use this platform to win funding from the federal government for the construction of Kangning and Kangle Buildings and other rights. The platform of the Overseas Chinese Federation needs to be established. For decades, more than ten groups affiliated to the Overseas Chinese Federation have been relying on their own strength. Each group contributes money and efforts every year, and works together to organize one event after another. It not only does public welfare and activates the overseas Chinese community, but also achieves results. There are many overseas Chinese leaders and backbones who support this platform, and even more are volunteers. Their names have not been left in history, but without them nothing would have been accomplished. Let us applaud them again. In recent years, National Day commemorative albums have been issued for National Day and beauty pageants. This year’s commemorative album is full of pictures and texts, and the articles are published in Chinese and English. As a reminder of the past and future of the overseas Chinese community, since last year, we have opened a column of "Annual Chronicles of the Overseas Chinese Federation". The annual photos and community activities of various groups have also left a snapshot of history. In terms of articles, this issue focuses on Regarding the history of overseas Chinese, there are "A Hundred Years of Overseas Chinese Businessmen" and "Phoenix City had Chinatown"; character introductions include "Senior Overseas Chinese Leader Yu Wenjin" and "Talented Miss Yu Ailian"; in terms of education, there is "Cultivation of Young Talents" to cultivate good successors for the overseas Chinese community in the future. Since the establishment of the Overseas Chinese Federation, this year, for the first time, the Chairman of the Overseas Chinese Federation led a delegation to pay a visit to the Luo Provincial Chinese Association and led the beauty contestants to visit and study at Phoenix TV. The Overseas Chinese Federation arranges beauties to participate in various charity activities, so that they can not only have external beauty, but also enhance inner beauty. These contents are also wonderfully reported in the commemorative book. It is worth mentioning that a new theater was chosen for this year’s beauty pageant. Its location, environment and stage are ideal. The content of the beauty pageant also has new ideas, trying to use an art form that combines Chinese and Western cultures. In addition to training the beauties with professional dance teachers and dedicated venues, we also invite experienced dancers. Rich experts are responsible for the stage and dance design, and the entire beauty pageant process is connected with four themes: "Mulan, the charming mermaid, the magical princess, and the beautiful Cinderella". We strive to use beauty, singing and dancing, lights, sounds, and illusions to create an animation, romantic and dreamy atmosphere, so that the audience can have a new audio-visual enjoyment. In fact, most of the organizations that can organize beauty pageants in the United States are supported by consortiums or sponsored by groups with commercial purposes. For decades, the Phoenix Overseas Chinese Federation has relied on the strength of our own Chinese overseas community. This is unique among the Chinese communities in the United States. This event has become the traditional mission of the Phoenix Overseas Chinese Federation and has become a local culture that we are proud of. This year's National Day and beauty pageant are more entertaining than in previous years. One of the biggest highlights is the romantic and dreamy design of the stage and dance. Everyone is welcome to buy tickets and watch. Please note that the performance venue has been changed to a new one this year. The specific information is as follows: