10,000-Year-Old Chinese Rice Heritage Goes on Show in Harare
Harare – October 15, 2026 -- Visitors in Zimbabwe's capital can now see evidence of some of the world's earliest rice cultivation, along with hands-on tea, pottery and puzzle activities, at an exhibition on China's Shangshan culture that opened on October 12.
Titled "DAWN-LIT RICE SOURCE GLOWING MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS," the show is part of Jinhua's 2026 "Into Africa" cultural tourism initiative. It uses rice and pottery as central themes to foster cultural dialogue between China and Africa. The Jinhua Municipal People's Government hosts the event, and the Jinhua Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism organized it.
Zimbabwe's Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Tsitsi Gezi, and Tang Xiaoping, Minister-Counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe, attended the opening ceremony.