# Xinhua Silk Road: Sino-foreign cultural exchanges highlighted in lecture held in E China city of Longkou

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- Published: 2026-08-19T15:54:00+07:00
- Author: PR Newswire

BEIJING, Aug. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — In Longkou, a seaside city of Shandong Province
in east China, a crowd of local researchers, teachers and pupils recently thronged
a lecture hall of Wansongpu College to recall the time-honored cultural exchanges
alongside the routes of the ancient Maritime Silk Road.

Gathering at the third session of "Wansongpu Lecture Hall", they immersed themselves
in the vivid storytelling of its keynote speaker, Zhu Yafei, a distinguished professor
from Shandong Normal University.

Starting from the eastward sailing stories of Xu Fu, a famous explorer from the 
Qin Dynasty (221 B.C.-207 B.C.), Zhu leveraged this session of the "Wansongpu Lecture
Hall" lecturing series to probe into the history of cultural exchanges between Longkou
and its sister-cities abroad.

Although many of the lecture listeners were originally unfamiliar with Xu Fu’s stories,
they were impressed by the intercultural communication brought by the voyages of
Xu Fu during the lecture.

As Zhu said, cultural communication along with Xu Fu’s eastward sailings adds historical
significance to the routes of the ancient Maritime Silk Road and is a topic of common
concern for the world.

As a locality where Xu Fu culture thrives, Longkou has proactively promoted related
international communication for over three decades and received 6,000-plus visits
by scholars and experts from home and abroad.

With the support of China Association for International Exchange of Xu Fu, the Chinese
city held four large international academic symposiums and ten Xu Fu hometown cultural
festivals to deepen the cultural bond between Longkou and related foreign cities.

Longkou also adopted other innovative communication tools to promote Xu Fu culture,
including the release of a cultural IP named "Legend of Xu Fu" and a comic series
at the start of this year.

By telling the stories of Xu Fu, the comic series spreads wisdom, courage and the
idea of peace. It also showcases Longkou’s diverse intangible cultural heritages
such as paper-cutting, rope-woven crafts and gourd pyrography, through the lens 
of Xu Fu’s voyages.

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