Recently, the news that Elon Musk thumbed up pictures of a Tesla Cybertruck (Cyber SUV) in Jinjiang Wulin traditional village tour show went viral on social networking sites. The juxtaposition of the traditional Chinese architectural wonders of Wulin with cutting-edge modern concepts like the Cybertruck is buzzworthy, drawing attention from diverse fields.
"Modern technology + classical elegance" are the comments from Tesla Asia on Twitter about the pictures of the Cybertruck touring Quanzhou on March 1. Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk also liked the tweet.
Of the four photos posted by Tesla Asia, three framed both the Cybertruck and Wulin together. Red-brick houses, clean stone pavement, the Chinese dragon...Cybertruck's sense of technology and the traditional Chinese elements posed a strong visual impact.
"OMG! This goes very well with China." "I want to go to Quanzhou. It looks so beautiful!"... On Twitter, overseas netizens were wowed by the unique beauty of the Cybertruck's tour in Quanzhou.
Cybertruck is an electric pickup manufactured by Tesla. This model, hailed as the "car of the future", is equipped with the most advanced technology in the EV industry, with its design and innovation subverting the market's cognition of pickup truck models.
On January 28 this year, this model began its domestic tour, with Quanzhou being one of the touring cities. On February 28, the Cybertruck was photographed in Wulin.
"When selecting the shooting location, we wanted to find scenes representative of Quanzhou. Wulin's traditional architecture is very distinctive, so we decided on Wulin as the shooting spot with Tesla," said photographer Wang Dianlv. In Wulin, among the foreign-style houses and ancient dwellings, the Cybertruck appeared like a "beast" car that drove out of an ancient Minnan castle, giving off a unique sci-fi vibe.
"This tour is also a cross-boundary integration and 'two-way efforts' between Tesla and the cultural tourism of Quanzhou and Jinjiang," said Tian Ming, General Manager of Wulin Qingpu Operation Company. In recent years, as the country has deepened the integration of culture, sports, and tourism, Quanzhou and Jinjiang have leveraged their advantages of being hometowns of overseas Chinese and World Heritage sites to launch a series of activities, such as folk parades, Minnan New Year, marathons, and concerts, creating a city that "locals cherish and outsiders yearn for".
In this context, the traditional village of Wulin has attracted many celebrities and variety shows for shooting and location scouting."In recent years, Wulin has deeply cultivated the Maritime Silk Road cultural and tourism resources, made frequent appearances on CCTV, and polished the 'Nyonya Culture Experience Village' brand, gradually spreading its name on both domestic and international stages. This is also why Tesla favors us," said Tian Ming. Now, Wulin is not only known as "Wulin of Minnan" and "Wulin of China" but is also becoming "Wulin of the World."