The 5th SIP Jinji Lake Recitation Competition that was launched in SIP in mid-July has again aroused SIP residents’ zest for recitation. Many people recited poems, prose and other writings to powerfully and enthusiastically convey their meaning and spirit to the audiences. The first SIP Jinji Lake Recitation Competition, sponsored by the Publicity Department and the United Front Work Department of CPC SIP Working Committee, and organized by SIP Library of SIP Public Cultural Center, was held in 2019 to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the 25th anniversary of SIP. Since then, the recitation competition program has provided lots of recitation enthusiasts with opportunities to showcase their talents in recitation, piqued the public’s interest in the art of recitation, and promoted the spread of excellent literary works. “The competition has been growing in both its size and influence, and has become one of the most-anticipated events in SIP,” said an executive of SIP Library. Attracting the attention of about one million people each year A major competition program on theJinji Lake banksThe first session of SIP Jinji Lake Recitation Competitionattracted more than 1,200 works from individuals and teams, among whom arethose from communities, schools, enterprises and public institutions, andreceived the attention of more than 500,000 people. And each of the latersessions caught the attention of... [MORE] The "seeds" of recitation sprout across SIP Recitation becomes part of lifeThe SIP Jinji Lake Recitation Competition has spread itsseeds across SIP. Diverse recitation events have been seen over the past fewyears.A poetry recitation session was held by Yangcheng Lake lastautumn as part of the French Literature Reading Week of the first Suzhou JinjiLake China-France Culture and Art Week. A number of ex... [MORE] Interpreting the humanistic spirit of SIP Making voices ties between peoplehere“A thousand years ago, I was not yet formed / when I had alreadyrippled in this land nurtured by water. / A hundred years ago, people said thatI was like a maiden waiting to bloom, / standing in the east of the city of Suzhou./ And so, I had the name, Jinji Lake...”This is a poem written by He Jianming, a Suzhou-nativer... [MORE]