Cyprus's "Intangible Cultural Heritage Celebrates Spring Festival" concludes with a summary of how millennia-old civilization has resonated across the Mediterranean, illuminating cultural confidence with craftsmanship.

 As the Cypriot night sky was illuminated by Chinese red lanterns, as the light and shadow of intangible cultural heritage paper-cutting danced on the stone walls of the ancient city of Paphos, and as the skillful hands of intangible cultural heritage inheritors wove the fabric of civilization together with the Mediterranean breeze, we witnessed a cultural feast that transcended mountains and seas—the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Celebrates Spring Festival" gala. As the chief planner, I felt a deep sense of awe and emotion, paying tribute to every participant and sharing with the world this legendary tale of intangible cultural heritage resonating with modernity. 

I. Intangible Cultural Heritage as the Soul: Millennia-old Crafts Ignite Dialogue Among Civilizations
This grand event, themed "Intangible Cultural Heritage Celebrates Spring," specially invited 12 national-level intangible cultural heritage inheritors from across the ocean to transform the two evening galas and two-day temple fair into a "walking museum of intangible cultural heritage." From the nimble fingers of Beijing embroidery to the myriad forms of Weixian paper-cutting; from the Five Animal Frolics resonating in the Mediterranean to the impromptu dialogue between Sichuan opera face-changing and the people of Cyprus, intangible cultural heritage is no longer a historical symbol in a display window, but a vibrant global language.

At the temple fair, intangible cultural heritage skills served as a cultural bond: local children happily held up their homemade dough figurines and sugar paintings, three generations of overseas Chinese families learned to sew Beijing embroidery sachets together, and even European tourists drove two hours just to experience the charm of traditional Chinese culture! A Cypriot cultural scholar remarked, "These skills allow us to touch the warmth of Chinese civilization; they belong to all mankind." 
II. Breaking Boundaries and Going Global: The Voice of China Resonates on the World Stage** 
This grand event marked several "firsts" in the history of Chinese activities in Cyprus: 
Reach: It attracted reports from 97 international and domestic media outlets, including The Cyprus and Xinhua News Agency, with related topics garnering over 200 million views globally; 
Official recognition: The Chinese Embassy in Cyprus gave it high praise, and clips of the event were featured on the front page of CCTV's "News Broadcast";

III. Towards the Future: Ensuring the Enduring Legacy of Civilization

When CCTV cameras focused on Cypriot children holding dough figurines of "joyful lion dance" at a temple fair, and when the evening news broadcast the grand occasion of "Cypriots marveling at the Sichuan opera face-changing performance," we knew that this was not just a victory for a gala, but a blossoming of the vitality of Chinese civilization. 

I conclude with three tributes: 

**Salute to the 12 inheritors**—You have used your skillful hands to support the weight of five thousand years of civilization; 

**Salute to the 50 staff members**—Your dedication in a foreign land has shown the world the vision of overseas Chinese. 

**Salute to every participant**—The light in your eyes illuminates the future journey of cultural confidence. 

Today, we use intangible cultural heritage as our vessel to carry civilization on its voyage; tomorrow, those who did not keep their promise will finally understand: refusing to embrace this China is true cultural arrogance.