From October 1st to 8th, 2025, with the last note of the rap concert falling, the eight-day "Silk Road Adventure · Autumn Illusion" National Day-themed series of activities at Sanya Silk Road Happy World came to a successful conclusion. This eight-day cultural feast has pioneered a brand-new model of "integration of culture and tourism, empowerment by technology, and industrial linkage", successfully creating a shining cultural and tourism business card in the process of building the Hainan Free Trade Port.
October 1st: Exclusive Memories for National Day: Youthful Energy Ignites Patriotic Sentiment
At the "Youth's Heart Towards the Party · New Wave of Red Songs" event, young singers performed "The Red Detachment of Women" with their exquisite opera skills, while local musicians sang "The Harvest Song" in pure Li language. The audience waved the national flag to the rhythm, offering their heartfelt blessings for the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in a youthful way.
October 2 | South China Sea Waves Rock Tsunami
"South China Sea Wave Rock Carnival" appeared. Passionate guitar melody, strong drums and the sound of the waves are intertwined, and the shouts on the stage ignite the enthusiasm of the audience, releasing the restlessness and freedom of youth to the fullest, and staged a rock feast full of strength and passion.
October 3rd: Mountain and Sea Electronic Music · Tides Surging Across the Horizon
Cool lights and stunning electronic sound effects swept across the scene. The trendy beats and the mountain and sea scenery complemented each other, as if placing every audience member at the center of the trend storm, experiencing the vitality and creativity of the younger generation in the dynamic rhythm.
October 4th: The Bad Guys Tour · New Flame of Wuxia
With sentiment taking the lead, the "Painted World: The Delinquent" music tour tenderly kicks off. The familiar anime melody rang out, instantly awakening the audience's youthful memories. The notes strung together the passion and emotion in the story, evoking a strong emotional resonance throughout the venue and allowing the classic IP to shine with new luster in the music.
October 6th: Gan Gong Bird Art Festival · Creativity Igniting the Flames
The "WILLOW WOOD Camping Art Festival" ingeniously blends natural ecology with artistic experiences, creating a unique ecological art space for visitors in the comfort of camping and the romance of art. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, the Venice Mask Area has specially launched the "Jade Rabbit Mask Painting" event, allowing visitors to participate in the mask dance under the moonlight of the Mid-Autumn Festival. This innovative combination of traditional culture and international elements showcases the contemporary charm of traditional festivals.
October 7th: New Voices of Free Trade · The First Sound of Rap
Focusing on local forces, local rappers tell the stories of their hometowns with vivid lyrics, showcase the development vitality of the free trade zone with unique flows, and combine local culture with trendy music, allowing the audience to witness the rise and charm of local rap forces.
October 8th: A rappers' carnival at the rap concert
The series of events reached its climax and conclusion. Many powerful rappers took turns to perform on stage, igniting the entire venue with their sharp lyrics and ever-changing rhythms. The audience below cheered and interacted in time with the beats. In a thrilling rap carnival, the entire series of events came to a perfect close.
Three innovative highlights lead the new wave of cultural tourism
1. Cultural Breakthrough · Rebirth of Intangible Cultural Heritage
The "Dunhuang Flying Apsaras Meet Hainan Li Brocade" theme area has become the most popular cultural check-in spot during this year's National Day. The Silk Road Tianyin girl group made a remarkable special debut for the National Day here. Through 8K ultra-high-definition projection technology, they made a stunning appearance in digital form in the "When Chang 'an Meets Sanya" digital experience zone. Their original singles such as "Silk Road East" and "Birthday Song" perfectly blend Silk Road cultural elements with modern music, presenting a unique artistic gift to the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
2. Craftsmanship Integration · Civilized Dialogue
The intangible cultural heritage rattan weaving workshop is also highly favored. Under the guidance of inheritors, tourists make rattan weaving works by hand. The adjacent Venice Mask area has launched a "Jade Rabbit Mask Painting" Mid-Autumn Festival special. Through the innovative combination of traditional skills and international elements, intangible cultural heritage is rejuvenated in contemporary life and cultural confidence is built in the mutual learning of civilizations.
3. Food Plot · Immersive Time Travel
The Maritime Silk Road Market has innovatively launched an interactive experience called "Taste Exploration" : Tourists can visit stalls in various countries with a special food handbook and taste special delicacies such as Spanish ham and Thai mango rice. During the special Mid-Autumn Festival event, the market area was decorated with Silk Road ornaments, creating a strong festive atmosphere. By using food as a medium and the Silk Road as a thread, immersive scenes are created to offer "cultural experiences that can be tasted", vividly recreating the dialogue of civilizations across time and space on the tip of the tongue, and pioneering a new form of cultural and tourism consumption.
Innovative practices have received wide acclaim and set a new benchmark for cultural tourism in the free trade port
This series of activities is set against the dual backdrop of the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative and the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port. Data shows that 68% of tourists are aged 18 to 35, confirming that youth-oriented expression is the core for cultural tourism to break through the circle. Innovative forms such as electronic music mixed red songs and domestic animation IP Tours have enabled traditional culture to gain new-generation fans. Immersive technological experiences become the key to traffic - 8K projection, AR treasure hunting and other technological investments. Sanya Silk Road Happy World has quietly completed the elevation of its cultural and tourism value: it is no longer merely a scenic spot, but has become a venue for cultural confidence, a testing ground for technological aesthetics, and a vibrant container for a youthful China - this might precisely be the future model of the cultural and tourism industry in the free trade port. | 