Springs gush all year round at the Zhangqiu Mingshui Ancient City, in Zhangqiu district of Jinan in Shandong province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Highlighting poetry as a medium connecting various art forms, the festival also encompasses painting, music, theater, and cinema, whose content embodies poeticness, said Weng Yunpeng, curator of the festival.

"We hope to build Qingzhao Poetry and Arts Festival into a rich, multifaceted event which engage and resonate with various groups of audiences," he said.

Therefore, a host of public-facing activities, including poetry theaters, poetry and folk music concerts, poetry film screenings, art exhibitions and a poetry market, will be held during the event.