Two days before the May Day holiday, many Taiwanese youth put their messages in the online activities of "Watching the Taiwan Strait" and "Traveling the Mainland with Movies" into action. While watching the wonderful "May Day" films and enjoying the audio-visual feast, they walked into the film's filming location and felt the time travel of reality and light and shadow, giving this year's "May Day" a new way of playing.

"Walk while watching!"

Taiwan Youth traveled with the "May Day"

As of 13:38 on May 2, the total box office (including pre-screening and pre-sale) of the new "May Day" film in 2025 (including pre-screening and pre-sale) exceeded 300 million yuan.

Many Taiwanese youth who had previously participated in the online event of "Follow the Movie Tour Mainland" told the "Taiwan Strait" that they had taken advantage of the hot May Day holiday to put "Follow the Movie Tour Mainland" into action and began a journey of watching and walking while walking.

Taiwanese youth Liao Jiaxing went to Chengdu, Sichuan after watching the movie "A Good Start" and found a cafe that appeared in the movie to immerse yourself in the travel of reality and light and shadow.

The Taiwanese youth "Maris" watched the inspirational movie "The Queen of Dumplings" adapted from real entrepreneurial stories in the cinema. She said that she was also a member of the entrepreneurship wave. "Those confusion, persistence and breakthroughs on the road to entrepreneurship are very empathetic." "Maris" noticed that the filming locations of this film are mainly in Qingdao, Shandong and Foshan, Guangdong, which has also become her next travel destination.

"I am already at the high-speed rail station now, and I am going to Qingdao, the Oriental Film Capital." Taiwanese youth Chen Yongqin's "May Day" plan is to go to Qingdao to blow the sea breeze, eat barbecue, and check in for the filming locations of many mainland movies. "It's very special and I'm a little excited to plant grass and choose a tourist destination because of the movie."

Not only that, many Taiwanese movie fans said that this year's "May Day" in mainland China has suspense films full of western style and comedy with road elements, "and there are many interesting film scenes waiting for us to explore and discover."

"Eat the Minnan version of the 'Anrui'!"

Taiwanese youth flock to "Chang'an"

On the eve of the May Day holiday, the new production of the mainland animated film "30,000 miles of Chang'an" was popular in Taiwan and was enthusiastically sought after by a large number of Taiwanese youth who love the excellent traditional Chinese culture.

Many Taiwanese youth decided to spend their vacation in Xi'an after watching the movie, turning their longing for "Chang'an" into reality. Taiwanese youth Huang Jieru is one of them. "I love the night in Xi'an the most, as if I dream of returning to the Tang Dynasty. In the dim lights, I feel like I see a poet singing to the moon." She said that every step here is culture, and every eye is a wonderful scenery.

Among the feedback received by the "Taiwan Sea", the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the Huaqing Palace, and the Tang Dynasty City never sleeping in the city are all popular check-in places for these Taiwanese youth. Some netizens also left a message to the "Taiwan Strait" saying, "Many friends around me have watched "The Thirty Thousand Miles of Chang'an" recently. I have also made a guide and I really want to go to Xi'an to see it!"

As Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said in a few days when answering questions from the Voice of the Taiwan Strait and the "Taiwan Strait" reporter, we welcome Taiwanese compatriots to come to the mainland to share the "May 1st" movie feast, unlocking N types of movie viewing experiences, not only entering the theater to enjoy the charm of light and shadow, but also going out of the theater to check in to the filming location or taste the food presented in the movie, so that the movie viewing experience is richer.

The light and shadow stories on the screen are no longer pure entertainment, but turn into cultural signposts across the straits, pointing to a beautiful journey to understand and understand the real continent.