Rooted in the fertile soil of life, literature and art serve the people

The cultural movement is related to the national fortune, and the cultural context is connected with the national context.

Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has attached great importance to the cause of literature and art, and has made a series of important expositions around doing a good job in literary and artistic work in the new era, which has pointed out the direction of progress for the prosperity and development of socialist literature and art in the new era. In November 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the Tenth National Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Ninth National Congress of the China Writers Association and delivered an important speech, calling on the vast number of literary and art workers to strive to build a literary and artistic peak in the era of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and sounding a new clarion call for the literary and art circles. Under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the vast number of literary and art workers have gone deep into life and taken root in the people, regarded the improvement of quality as the lifeline of literary and artistic works, written the great era with heart and soul, and constantly launched the fine works of acura party, acura motherland, acura people, and acura heroes, and wrote a new epic of the Chinese nation. Adhering to the people-centered creative orientation, going to life and among the masses, and creating outstanding works that are popular with the masses of the people have become a common practice among the vast number of literary and art workers.

Draw the source of living water from creation among the masses of the people

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "There are a hundred or a thousand methods of literary and artistic creation, but the most fundamental, most critical and most reliable way is to take root in the people and take root in life." "To draw the source of living water from the masses of the people, to the vast land of the grassroots to carry out practice, since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, literary and art workers have served the grassroots with literature and art, and it has become normal to go deep into life and take root in the people." From Sansha City, the southernmost part of the motherland, to Daliangshan, Sichuan, from the construction site of Xiong'an New Area to the water source of the central line of the Southwest Yunnan Water Diversion Project in Hubei Province, in the north and south of the motherland, literary and art workers have extensively carried out condolence performances, literary and artistic support, counseling and training, exhibitions, and "pairing, culture" and other volunteer services for the grass-roots masses. Ji Yanwei, director of the Literary and Art Volunteer Service Center of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, said that literary and art workers should pay more extensive and in-depth attention to the inner world of the masses of the people, experience their warmth and coldness, feel their love and hate, and write their struggle to create a new life. Li Ge, chairman of the China Photographers Association, said that only by going deep into life, taking root in the people, and integrating personal artistic creation with social development and people's lives from the heart can we create better and more high-level works. Huang Bo, vice chairman of the China Filmmakers Association and actor, said that actors should really dig deep and refine carefully, understand those credible, cute and respectable images in life and the times, and truly fit together with them in order to play every bright role.

Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles has organized outstanding literary and art workers to actively participate in volunteer service activities such as "going to the people", "sending joy to the grass-roots level", "literature and art into ten thousand homes, healthy you and me", forming more than 350 literary and art volunteer service teams, going deep into more than 400 prefectures, cities, districts and counties, and training more than 200,000 grassroots literary and art backbones; recruiting and dispatching more than 600 literary and art volunteers to 832 state-level poverty-stricken counties to provide art guidance and aesthetic education for more than 2 million primary and secondary school students. For four consecutive years, the China Writers Association has carried out professional ethics education and training and literary and social service practice activities in Jinggangshan, Shaoshan, Linyi and Jiaxing. At the same time, the "Literature Illuminates Life" national public welfare lecture hall was continued to be held, and a "Red Literary Light Cavalry" detachment was formed. Wang Yong, vice chairman of the China Dramatists Association and president of the National Peking Opera Theater, said that literary and art workers should redouble their efforts, adhere to the people-centered creative orientation, and praise the party, the motherland, the people, and the heroes.

Strive to create excellent works worthy of the times

Interpreting the touching stories of Communist Party members and reliving the glory days of the Communist Party of China, the National Centre for the Performing Arts rearranged the newly produced classic national opera "Daughter of the Party" was staged twice in 2021, allowing the audience to feel the faith and feelings of communists. Lei Jia, vice chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association and singer, starred in "The Daughter of the Party", once again presenting the artistic image of "Tian Yumei", a grassroots Communist Party member, on the stage. Lei Jia said: "Literary and artistic creation is constantly innovating and developing with a style that is more in line with the characteristics of the times, leading the social trend. Through the understanding and interpretation of the role, I strive to highlight the national spirit, highlight the national style, and show the national meaning in the inheritance and innovation. ”

Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, literary and art workers have worked hard to create outstanding works worthy of the times, carry forward the Chinese spirit, and unite China's strength. The China Federation of Literary and Art Circles organized the "Chinese Spirit, Chinese Dream" theme literary and artistic creation project, the "Image Witness 40 Years" photography exhibition, the "Song of Well-off" concert, the "My Motherland and Me" essay contest, the film seminar for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC, etc., and implemented the large-scale art creation project to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the major theme sculpture project of the Historical Exhibition Hall of the Communist Party of China. The China Federation of Literature and Literature focused on the decisive battle against poverty and the decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, held the Chinese Peasant Film Festival, the outstanding stage art repertoire exhibition, the "Field of Hope" photography exhibition, the "Avenue Kangzhuang" literary and art poverty alleviation evening, the new era quyi spark poverty alleviation project, the poverty alleviation calligraphy exhibition, and the poverty alleviation theme film exhibition, showing the spiritual outlook and vivid practice of the people of all ethnic groups overcoming difficulties and realizing the dream of a well-off under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, and promoting the implementation of the art creation project of the historical theme of Chinese civilization. The publishing project of the Chinese Folk Literature Department, the Chinese Folk Craft Inheritance and Dissemination Project, and the "Belt and Road" Chinese Folk Culture Exploration Project have effectively promoted the excellent traditional Chinese culture. Using various art forms such as quyi to create moral model character stories, carrying out 168 national tours, extensively mobilizing and encouraging literary and artistic workers across the country to create and launch a large number of outstanding anti-epidemic theme literary and artistic works, creating music and film and television works "Firmly Believe that Love Will Win", song "Great Love Cangsheng", film "No Spring Will Not Come", etc., forming a photography team to shoot portraits of more than 42,000 medical personnel who aided Hubei, successfully completing the important task of "creating statues for angels", playing a role in strengthening confidence, gathering people's hearts, warming people's hearts, etc., and forming a photography team to shoot portraits of more than 42,000 medical personnel who aided Hubei, and successfully completed the important task of "creating statues for angels", which played a role in strengthening confidence, gathering people's hearts, warming people's hearts, and warming people's hearts. The unique role of building concentricity. The "Poverty Alleviation Theme Reportage Creation Project" of the China Writers Association has launched more than 20 works, and more than 10 have signed contracts with overseas publishing houses. From 2017 to 2021, the China Writers Association supported a total of 410 key topics. The Mao Dun Literature Award, the Lu Xun Literature Award, the National Ethnic Minority Literature Creation Horse Award, and the National Outstanding Children's Literature Award have launched a number of literary works with symbolic significance and extensive social influence.

Jiang Kun, chairman of the China Qu Artists Association, said: Literary and art workers should take meeting the people's spiritual and cultural needs as the starting point and the foothold, integrate lofty values and beautiful emotions into their own works, create outstanding works that reflect the voice of the times, show the people's struggle, and cultivate noble sentiments, guide people to gather together toward noble morality, be pursuers and disseminators of truth, goodness, and beauty, and be practitioners of inheriting and developing literary and artistic undertakings, so that this flower that takes root in the fertile soil of life and grows up in the hearts of the people will bloom forever.

Form a long-term mechanism for in-depth life

"Literary and art workers must dive into their hearts, go to life, and go to the people, feel the majesty and breadth of the history of the Chinese nation, feel the tremendous changes that have turned the times upside down, and feel the people's positive and upward spiritual strength, so that they can cast the spirit of the times into their works and create works that conform to the aesthetics of the times." In the "Touring Lectures on Advocating Virtue and Shangyi and Being a Literary and Art Worker in the New Era with Faith, Feelings and Responsibility", Wu Weishan, vice chairman of the China Artists Association and director of the National Art Museum of China, combined his own artistic practice and conducted face-to-face exchanges with the audience. Since 2018, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles has organized the theme practice activity of "advocating virtue and art, working hard, and being a literary and art worker in the new era with faith, feelings and responsibility", and continues to deepen it.

Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Writers Association have continuously innovated, promoted the normalization of theme practice and the normalization of literary and artistic volunteer services, and provided institutional and institutional guarantees for the creation of literary and artistic workers. The China Federation of Literary and Art Circles has extensively carried out the educational practice of enhancing "foot, eye, brain, and pen power" in the literary and art circles, and continued to improve the normalization work mechanism of the theme practice of "going deep into life and taking root in the people". In terms of financial security, the China Literature and Art Fund has invested 922 million yuan in five years, supported more than 1,200 projects, and funded more than 800 literary and artistic works; implemented the theme creation project of "Acura New Era and Building the Chinese Dream Together" and the Youth Literary and Art Creation Support Plan, etc., and supported 330 projects; promoted the support plan for the creation of key realistic TV drama scripts, and funded more than 70 film and television works such as "Gu Wenchang, Secretary of the County Party Committee" and "My Father Jiao Yulu". In terms of evaluation mechanism, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles pays attention to strengthening the role of awards and reviews in the production and dissemination of literary and artistic masterpieces, and carries out the appraisal work of The Chinese Drama Award, the Film Hundred Flowers Golden Chicken Award, the Music Golden Bell Award, the Fine Arts Award, the Quyi Peony Award, the Dance Lotus Award, the Folk Art Mountain Flower Award, the Photography Golden Statue Award, the Calligraphy Lanting Award, the Acrobatic Golden Juju Award, the Television Golden Eagle Award and other awards, and a total of 235 award-winning works and 269 winners were awarded. At the same time, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles held forums and promotion meetings on strengthening and improving literary and art criticism in the new era, and strived to promote the high-quality development of literature and art. Serving the overall strategy and layout of the party and the state's diplomacy, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles has continuously deepened exchanges and cooperation with foreign art organizations, carried out 480 foreign cultural exchange projects, and held 244 theme exhibitions and performances, helping to enhance the soft power of national culture and international influence. Li Ning, vice chairman of the China Acrobats Association, said that as literary and art workers, we must not forget the original, absorb foreign countries, and face the future, fully display the unique charm and value of Chinese culture, enhance the influence and attractiveness of Chinese culture, and better build the Chinese spirit, Chinese values, and Chinese strength.

The China Writers Association continues to carry out the theme practice activity of "going deep into life and taking root in the people", actively exploring ideas and innovating methods, and providing a solid guarantee for writers to go deep into life through measures such as going deep into life at fixed points, hanging up their posts, and establishing creative bases. At the same time, the China Writers Association vigorously publicizes the typical writers who go deep into life, collects and publishes excellent works, and enhances the influence and radiation of writers' works in all walks of life and readers. In the past five years, China has supported a total of 462 works in the in-depth life projects, covering economic, cultural, social, ecological and other fields. Since 2017, the China Writers Association has established an experience exchange and contact system of "going deep into life and taking root in the people", and held a practical experience exchange and innovation work conference on the theme of "going deep into life and taking root in the people" once a year to carry out the exchange of experience in "going deep into life and taking root in the people" and creating and contacting experiences, and commending advanced individuals and collectives. Pan Lusheng, chairman of the China Folk Writers Association, said that literary and art workers have gone deep into life and worked solidly to serve the people with literature and art, which has enhanced the people's sense of gain. "Literary and art workers should grasp the people's yearning and pursuit of a better life, constantly inherit and strengthen the vitality of literature and art, sing about life, depict life, and give back to life."

People's Daily ( 01/12/2021)

Source: People's Daily