Per editor: Dong Xingsheng
Han Ziyong, who was born in Xinjiang and whose ancestral home is Henan, has a special emotion for the Yellow River, and he admits that although he has never lived by the Yellow River, every time he passes by the Yellow River and sees the Yellow River, he is very excited and has mixed feelings. It's a cultural connection, a god of intercourse.
"The Yellow River is our mother river, flowing through the soul of the Chinese nation, when we understand Chinese civilization, look back on the past, and look forward to the future, we can't avoid this big river." As a Chinese, the Yellow River should be understood regardless of whether it grows in the Yellow River Basin or not. ”
On December 10, 2021, at the lecture hall of the third lecture of "Literature and Art Tsinghua" jointly sponsored by the Institute of Culture and Economy of Tsinghua University and the National Cultural Quality Education Base of Tsinghua University, Han Ziyong, president of the China Academy of Arts and Crafts and director of the China Arts and Crafts Museum, elaborated on the status, role and significance of the Yellow River culture in Chinese civilization with the title of "Yellow River: A Great Epic of the Chinese Nation". Xue Lei, vice president of the Institute of Culture and Economics of Tsinghua University, presided over and made an opening speech.
Vice President Xue Lei presided over the opening
The Yellow River, a mother river that has shaped the appearance of Chinese civilization
"Literature and Art Tsinghua" intends to invite well-known scholars and artists at home and abroad to give academic reports or special lectures to teachers and students of the whole university to deepen the recognition and understanding of traditional culture, better build the Chinese spirit, Chinese values, and Chinese strength, and thus enhance the soft power of culture.
The first two issues of "Literature and Art Tsinghua" invited Wang Xudong, director of the Palace Museum, to talk about the historical changes of the Forbidden City in the past hundred years, and Wu Weishan, director of the National Art Museum of China, to talk about the changes and development of sculpture culture.
The reporter of the "Daily Economic News" listened to the third lecture of "Literature and Art Tsinghua" and had an in-depth exchange with President Han Ziyong on the cultural dissemination of the new era. Han Ziyong told reporters that if traditional culture wants to obtain contemporary value and significance, it is inseparable from creative transformation and innovative development, and young people are the new force.
Dean Han Ziyong delivered a keynote speech
Natural geography is the foundation of human historical activities, and ancient civilizations are all great river civilizations, and all have a big river flowing in the heart. The fertile soil of the Yellow River Basin gave birth to the early Chinese civilization, shaped and provided a unique large-scale field suitable for the agricultural revolution, and provided unique conditions for the agricultural revolution.
The ancients often said "terroir", "feng shui", "heaven and earth Xuanhuang" - the loess of the Loess Plateau is formed by the wind, the Yellow River flows through the Loess Plateau to become a mud river, the large scale of the Yellow River, the large potential energy of the three-level ground level, the "mud and water", flooding and diversion, so that it has the most outstanding plain shaping ability in the world, for the Chinese nation, "the Yellow River is undoubtedly a piece of our feng shui treasure land". The Yellow River is not only a big river of agricultural civilization, but also a big river of nomadic civilization, she laid a wide hotbed for agricultural civilization, while walking through the deep and wide nomadic areas, pulling up a pair of children of farming and nomadism, the natural structure of Chinese culture "pluralistic integration" system. Huanghe is also "parental and sexual", "The Yellow River not only gives birth to and cares for us like its mother, but also teaches, tests and tempers us like its father."
"The good is like water, the water is good for all things without dispute" "Know its male, keep its female, for the world", "cure" from the water from the fetus, from the control of water. The rule of China is from the control of water to the rule of the country, from the material nature and image of water, to see the "Book of Hetuluo", to see "Easy", to see "Yin and Yang", to see "the movement of the Returning Path", to see the group, harmony, openness and inclusiveness, unity and unity, self-improvement, to see the "beauty of weak morality", the world is just, the world is united, the sense of community... In Han Ziyong's view, it is the Yellow River that has shaped the appearance of Chinese civilization in many ways.
"The reason why Chinese civilization has not been interrupted and has a long atmosphere is precisely because the Yellow River provides a large-scale diversified exchange field for the formation of Chinese civilization, linking the Yangtze River culture, Lingnan, Bashu, Hexi Corridor, connecting the desert south, the desert north, the north of the desert north, and the east Hu, the west Hu, the western region, and the Qinghai-Tibet... The Yellow River, the Great Wall, and the Silk Silk Road are a parallel, overlapping, and intertwined golden thread of civilization with the Yellow River as the axis, she doubles the amount, you come and go, repeats many times, repeats the line and repeats the line, constantly exchanges energy, grows itself, and forms a unique, similar to the 'mortise structure' of the heavenly evolution structure, so that she always has room for maneuver, has a long and endless vitality and stoic tenacity, and has the vitality of eternal youth and phoenix nirvana. In modern times, the Communist Party of China has given new connotations to the yellow river culture, and Yan'an, the holy land of the Chinese revolution, is in the arms of the Huanghe River, and northern Shaanxi has become a highland of spirit, ideals and beliefs. Han Ziyong said.
The creation of the "Yellow River National Cultural Park" has raised the Yellow River culture to a new height. "The construction of the national cultural park is a very important strategic fulcrum in the process of cultural power, and it is a strategic project with the nature of four beams and eight pillars, and we must constantly sort out and excavate our cultural genes and cultural advantages from it."
Generation Z is a driving force behind the innovative development of culture
In the Spring Festival of 2021, the Henan Spring Festival Gala dance program "Tang Palace Night Banquet" became famous in one battle, and under the humorous and relaxed expression is a cultural connotation rich in ancient rhyme, which is deeply loved by young audiences.
Zhao Shaohua, former vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, chairman of the first academic advisory committee of the Institute of Culture and Economics of Tsinghua University, and executive president of the China Policy Science Research Association, presented a commemorative medal of "Keynote Speaker of the Culture and Art Lecture Hall of Tsinghua University" to President Han
Then the "Dragon Boat Wonderful Tour", "Qixi Fantastic Tour", "Mid-Autumn Wonderful Tour" repeatedly exploded out of the circle, douban scores all exceeded 8.5 points, Henan Satellite TV seems to have suddenly seized the key to open the heart of young people.
With the rise of the "Generation Z" group, more and more industries are trying to move closer to young people, and traditional culture is also sought after by many young people after changing into "new clothes".
"Excellent traditional culture is rejuvenated in the new life, which is undoubtedly a kind of creative transformation and innovation development." Han Ziyong said with a smile that not only programs such as Henan Satellite TV, but also many film and television works and network works have borrowed from excellent traditional culture and are more "arresting". "Our long history and splendid civilization will continue to produce new values and meanings in the new era, and the life of the times and excellent traditional culture are our source of inspiration."
In fact, "Generation Z" is not only the recipient of cultural transmission, but also the creator of cultural inheritance.
An example is that after the "Tang Palace Night Banquet" came out of the circle, the memes of The Tang Palace Sister were widely disseminated on the Internet, and their makeup and clothing were also bought and learned by young people. If Henan Satellite TV ignited the first fire of passing on culture to young people, then the promotion of young people has made these cultural elements more widely disseminated in the secondary creation.
Behind the increasingly common Hanfu on the streets, songs with traditional elements, and film and television works based on ancient legends, behind the national hot tide is the unique new gameplay of "Generation Z", which is also the cultural self-confidence they show.
Han Ziyong said that if excellent traditional culture wants to obtain contemporary value and significance, it is inseparable from creative transformation and innovative development. Young people are the new force for creative transformation and innovative development. "They have a new aesthetic, they have a discourse, and when they tell the stories of our past, they give new brilliance to traditional culture."
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