Emhlanganweni wesi-2 we-Tianfu Symposium of World Cultural Capitals, UChengdu, China izikhulu zajoyinwa ongoti bamasiko omhlaba beWorld Cities Culture Forum ukuhlola ukuthuthukiswa kwamasiko kanye namathuba asemadolobheni omnotho omusha.
Phakathi kwazo kwakukhona izihloko nochwepheshe abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba, iphaneli eyodwa yezingxoxo yaphenya indima yesiko ekukhuliseni ubunjalo bedolobha. U-Paul Owens, uMqondisi we-World Cities Culture Forum, ubuze ababambiqhaza ukuthi “Aphumelela kangakanani amadolobha ukulinganisa isiko langempela lendawo njengoba ekhula abe amadolobha omhlaba?”.
Ephendula umbuzo wakhe, UJohn Howkins, uSihlalo weBelt and Road World Cities Culture Centre, wadonsela ukunaka endimeni yobuchwepheshe kanye nomnotho omusha ekuchazeni idumela lesikhathi esizayo nokudala imikhakha yamasiko emisha ngokuphelele kule nqubo. U-Howkins ubecabanga ngezinhlelo ezintsha ezethulwe emhlanganweni ekuseni. IPhini likaSihlalo we-Chinese Writers Association, Jidi Majia, wamemezela ukuthi "Ukuhlakanipha kwabantu kuzodala inkhulumomphendvulwano evulekile futhi ezinzile - lokhu kuzoba ukuhlakanipha kwabantu abahlukene kanye namazwe ahlukene, impucuko emikhulu ihlanganisa futhi ifunde komunye nomunye".
Izikhulu zedolobha laseChengdu zethule lolu hlelo Iphrojekthi ye-Tianfu Smart Media City, isinyathelo esisha esibeka isifiso sokuhlanganisa izinhlelo eziningi zemidiya ehlakaniphile, okuhlanganisa izinkundla zobuchwepheshe ezifana ne-5G nobuchwepheshe obusha bezomnotho obufana ne-AI, ukuze kwakhiwe igama elisha emhlabeni jikelele.
Abahlanganyeli bajabulele isethulo kusuka ku-Shan Jixiang, umqondisi we i-Palace Museum kanye nenkanyezi yedokhumentari yakamuva ehlola impumelelo yesigodlo. UShan uchaze ukuthi bekuyinhloso yemnyuziyamu kanjani ukuvula isiko, ilethe izinto zobuciko zamasiko esidlangalaleni ukuze ubuke futhi wabelane ngakho okufihliwe izindaba ze Idolobha elingavunyelwe.
Abebehambele ingqungquthela bezwe Robert Govers, uchwepheshe wezindawo zamazwe ngamazwe, owakhuluma ngokubaluleka kwamadolobha asebenzisa indlela ecatshangelwayo ekulolongeni isithunzi sedolobha. Abahlanganyeli abaningi benanela amazwi nemizwa ka Jidi Majia lapho ethi "amakhodi amadolobha angaqondakali ahlala edolobheni ngalinye elikhulu lomhlaba", mhlawumbe okwenza incazelo yempumelelo, njengenkondlo enhle, ihlale ivala kodwa kancane ingabanjwa. Imbongi kwacaca ngokubaluleka kanye nomlingiswa of Chengdu, ebhekisela kulo njengedolobha lapho ukukhanya nezinkondlo kuvela khona.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Responding to his question, John Howkins, Chair of the Belt and Road World Cities Culture Centre, drew attention to the role of technology and the new economy in defining future reputations and creating entirely new culture sectors in the process.
- City officials from Chengdu launched the Tianfu Smart Media City project, a new initiative which sets out an ambition to integrate multiple smart media initiatives, including technology platforms such as 5G and new economy technologies such as AI, to build a new reputation on the global stage.
- Shan outlined how the mission of the museum has been to open out culture, bringing more of the cultural artifacts for the public to view and share in the hidden stories of the Forbidden City.
