Suppose I were from Shuihu City

Don't look at The Water Margin, and always want to build the Water Margin City, which is more magical than Mo Yan's novel.

Don't look at the Water Margin

I believe that most people think that the people of the riot are very popular, far away from the rivers and lakes, close to the city, always fantasizing about being a leisurely chivalrous guest, "when it is time to shoot, the wind and fire will break into Kyushu."

At that time, "Water Margin" was popular, and the "good Han song" was popular throughout the country, which inevitably inspired the young people who were not afraid of tigers at the beginning to be born with calves, and gave birth to a farce of doing a good job of Han addiction. In fact, it is not easy for people to watch "Water Margin", and for hundreds of years, many rulers have not allowed the people of Li to read "Water Margin", which was once listed as a banned book.

The well-known "hero" Li Kui either picked up two plate axes and slashed all the way over, regardless of what is a good person or a bad person; even if Wu Song learned that he was deceived by Zhang Dujian, he went back to avenge the snow and hatred, and killed all the way, regardless of men, women and children, leaving no living mouth.

Less do not look at the Water Margin, more dialectical view of the "martial to violate the prohibition" of the jianghu chivalry, implying the "too late" growth education, of course, also includes the national character of "for the Way of Heaven", the so-called literati look at the Water Margin to learn its grammar, men read the Water Margin to shu its indignation, teenagers look at the Water Margin to learn its personality.

So, how does the old man look at the Water Margin?

The old pre-built Shuihu City

The story about the Water Margin became news, and in a celebrity who may not be called old, there was a sudden upsurge, and the culture wanted to revive through tourism, but it was reading the cultural retro scripture.

"Lu Southwest Shuihu tourism resources are seriously wasted, lack of unified planning and management, it is recommended to establish Shuihu City ..." Liu Jichen, president of the National Provincial Shandong Chamber of Commerce, just dropped his voice, and the venue was fried.

There was a faint commotion outside the venue, and the "retro" was feared: the first mayor of Huangshan City in the past responded positively to "reinstating Huizhou" and "it is time to change it back"; more than 60% of netizens voted online to support the restoration of Chang'an in Xi'an; Cangshan County in Shandong was renamed Lanling County, and Puxi City in Hubei Province was renamed Chibi City...

It is said that Chairman Liu, in Henan, Shandong and even the whole country are legendary figures, or doctors, or professors, or department officials, for more than ten years, with the retro culture of the stage, tourism economy singing routine, not only to help Henan attract more than 200 billion yuan, but also to help attract more than 100 billion yuan in Shandong, and in 2013 planned 100 Lu businessmen into Cao County, signed a contract of 10 billion yuan on the same day, mobilized member enterprises to return to Shandong venture capital investment of more than 20 billion yuan.

Nowadays, focusing on this area of Shuihu cultural resources diluted by historical reasons, Liangshan is assigned to Jining, Yuncheng Juye is assigned to Heze, Dongping is assigned to Tai'an, and Yanggu is assigned to Liaocheng, fighting for each other, competing with each other, and it is unbearable to see... Chairman Liu pondered how to level the ground and take advantage of the situation.

In addition to lamenting the wrist, Chairman Liu said that he proposed the establishment of Shuihu City, integrate the counties and cities associated with Shuihu, unify planning and management, and give full play to the benefits of the Shuihu cultural brand. No denying it, this is indeed a brain-opening proposal, and even can be comforted to Shi Nai'an's old mr. Zhuan Yang to accept the title of honorary mayor of Shuihu City.

But you may wish to think carefully, Shandong to set up Shuihu City? So will other places be far from setting up Mikoku City and Westward Journey City? It can be said that taking a literary masterpiece as a place name, we can't imagine but we can also imagine that when a person introduces himself, he calls "I am a Water Margin person" or "I am from water margin".

If so, it is neither a substitute for Skywalker nor a cultural revival.

Revival is not retro

How should culture be revived? It is by no means an activity, it is not to write brush words, memorize ancient poems, it is not a retro architectural commercial street, it is not to change the name of the city... Cultural elements cannot be taken as cultural revivals, because this is a complete retro, or even a gimmick.

Culture is inseparable from cultural elements, but relying on cultural elements is by no means a cultural revival, even if the emperors and even cultural celebrities have admired the "Orchid Pavilion Collection Sequence" infinitely, we should not only see the elegant collection, which is a vivid reproduction of the way of life of the ancient scholars, poets, painters, and cultural people gathered in the renovated Orchid Pavilion, the meandering of the water, the poetry of poetry, the flashing moment of spring, the resulting excellent art, the classic interpretation of immortality throughout the ages.

At the moment of striving to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we should first of all recite the scriptures with a correct heart, a correct view, a correct speech, a correct deed, and a correct path, and restore the system of ancient Shangwen, the atmosphere of reverence for literature, and the spirit of cultural innovation, instead of frying the things of the ancients cold rice and then re-frying, and applying the name of literature and art to cultural and economic construction, resulting in a mediocre scenery of cultural retrospection.

Ask where the canal is as clear as promised, for there is a source of living water. We really don't need a county called Journey to the West, nor a city called Shuihu, nor a province called the Three Kingdoms... This is not a cultural revival at all, but a cultural retrospective, which will only suffocate the spirit of innovation, and will never become a fertile ground for cultivating the nourishment of the spirit of innovation. What is most needed at present is that as a nation with a long history of Confucian ethics, is it necessary to reflect on where our motivation for innovation lies?