On September 26th, the 2018 China·Linyi Dongyi Cultural Festival was held under the theme of “Phoenix dancing, extraordinary appearance”, which is sponsored by Shandong Academy of Social Sciences and Linyi Municipal Government. The participants watched the 2018 China·Linyi Dongyi Cultural Festival propaganda film. Tang Zhouyan, vice chairman of the Shandong Provincial CPPCC, secretary of the Party Committee of SASS, Meng Qingbin, mayor and deputy secretary of the Linyi Municipal Committee jointly launched the starting ball, which marked the official opening of the 2018 China·Linyi Dongyi Cultural Festival!

Tang Zhouyan, vice chairman of the Shandong Provincial CPPCC and secretary of the Party Committee of SASS, pointed out in his speech that Dongyi culture is an early civilization with Shandong as the core area and radiating the surrounding areas. It is an important representative cultural form of ancient Chinese civilization. It is also an important source of Qilu culture. It has an important influence on the emergence of Confucianism culture. It is also one of the important sources of Chinese culture. After 8,000 years of inheritance and transformation, Dongyi culture left behind a rich and precious material and cultural heritage and intangible cultural heritage. At the same time, it has always served as an important source and main thread of the Chinese national culture to support the spiritual homeland of the Chinese nation, profoundly affected the Chinese people's worldview, outlook on life and cultural values. We need to further understand the historical changes of Dongyi culture and understand the important contribution of Dongyi culture to the development of Chinese culture.

Tang Zhouyan pointed out that Linyi is a densely distributed area of Dongyi cultural site and the core area of Dongyi culture. The municipal government of Linyi City has always attached great importance to the research, development and utilization of Dongyi culture, and established the first domestic museum with the theme of Dongyi culture. This year's Dongyi Cultural Festival, with the theme of “Phoenix dancing, extraordinary appearance”, deeply excavates and promotes Dongyi culture, promotes the combination of Yimeng spirit, red genes and Dongyi culture, enhances and enriches the people’s cultural life, create the brand of ‘'Dongyi Culture research Highland". These colorful activities have greatly promoted the research, propaganda, development and utilization of Dongyi culture, and made the ancient Dongyi culture play a unique role in the construction of Linyi's civilizations. The holding of the Linyi Dongyi Cultural Festival is of great practical significance for promoting the popularization of Dongyi's historical and cultural knowledge, exploring the development of the early Chinese civilization, and further inheriting and promoting the Chinese cultural spirit and core values. 

Meng Qingbin, mayor and deputy secretary of the Linyi Municipal Party Committee, pointed out in his speech that Linyi is a national revolutionary old district, has the largest population and the largest area in Shandong Province, and is a cultural city with a long history. In recent years, the municipal party committee and the municipal government have attached great importance to the development and utilization of Dongyi culture. With the goal of creating “Dongyi Culture research Highland", Linyi constructed landmark buildings such as Huangshan Dongyi Culture Park and the first Dongyi Culture Museum. The Dongyi Culture Forum has been held for many years, which further highlights the richness of history and culture, promotes the inheritance of traditional culture, and adds the unique charm of Linyi City. He pointed out that the holding of the Dongyi Cultural Festival will further explore and integrate the cultural resources of Dongyi, inherit the cultural genes of the Chinese nation, and promote the great development and prosperity of the culture. In the next step, Linyi City will rely on the Dongyi Cultural Festival and other platforms to focus on cultivating a number of cultural enterprises, cultivating a number of cultural industries, building a number of cultural brands, and accelerating the construction of a strong economic and cultural city. He hoped that the experts and scholars attending the conference would give valuable advice to Linyi City's work, especially cultural work, and also welcome people to carry out cultural exchanges, invest in the industry, seek scientific development and create a better future.

Dongyi culture is an ancient culture created by the Dongyi ancestors of China , which has an independent system, unique style, no discontinuity, and long-lasting cultural influence. It is an important source of Chinese civilization. It has made outstanding contributions in the process of historical development and cultural creation of the Chinese nation. It has an important historical status. The Dongyi Cultural Festival will further inherit, protect and promote the Dongyi culture and the Yimeng spirit through various forms of activities, and enhance people's understanding of the cultural connotations of Dongyi culture and Yimeng spirit, demonstrate the important role of Dongyi culture in the formation of Chinese civilization.