Foreign envoys amazed by China's water-releasing ceremony

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Foreign envoys amazed by China's water-releasing ceremony

STORY: Foreign envoys amazed by China's water-releasing ceremony DATELINE: April 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:22 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Dujiangyan water-releasing ceremony 2. STANDUP (English): YUAN QIUYUE, Xinhua correspondent 3. various of Dujiangyan water-releasing ceremony 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOHN BUSUTTIL, Maltese Ambassador to China 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CARLOS LARREA, Ecuadorian Ambassador to China 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): GRZEGORZ MORAWSKI, Polish Consul General in Chengdu 7. aerial view of Duajiangyan STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): YUAN QIUYUE, Xinhua correspondent "This is Yuan from Xinhua News Agency. We are on the water-releasing ceremony. This is a huge celebration of local people's ancestors as well as engineering innovations at Dujiangyan in southwest China's Sichuan Province with diplomatic envoys from 17 different countries." The water-releasing ceremony was held on Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as Qingming Festival, to commemorate the origin

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