Walking with the times, the enthusiasm and responsibility of literary creation highlight Shanghai's cultural magnetic field

In the new era, how to use literature to sound the clarion call of the times, and leave an affectionate and wonderful record for the miracles, entrepreneurial heroes, and innovative stories that have occurred in the hot land of reform and opening up? In the past five years, The Literary Circle in Shanghai has delivered fruitful answers, and many works have won many national publishing and literary awards, and the market response and industry reputation are good.

The highlight moment of "being on the list" again and again is the vivid footnote of the wonderful Shanghai story and the Chinese story "brushing the screen" - Shanghai planned the version of "Revolutionary", "Diary of Doctor Cha Aiding E", "Zhong Nanshan: Cangshan on the Top" was selected as the "Excellent Realistic Theme Literature Publishing Project" of the Propaganda Department in 2020; "Battle shanghai" won the 2019 Central Propaganda Department's Spiritual Civilization Construction "Five One Project" Special Award, the 2018 "China Good Book", and "Tinder" was included in the 2020 Theme Publishing Key Publications of the Central Propaganda Department. The 2020 "Good Book of China" and the 5th China Publishing Government Award in 2021; the novella "Blockade" by writer Xiao Bai and the literary critic Chen Sihe's "Several Issues Concerning the Study of Chinese Literary History in the 20th Century" won the 7th Lu Xun Literature Award in 2018; Xiao Ping's "Muyang School Record" and Zhang Qiusheng's "Little Slap Fairy Tale Poems : Dinosaur Mother Incubating Eggs" won the 10th and 11th National Outstanding Children's Literature Awards in 2017 and 2021 respectively.

Behind the masterpieces with height, temperature and heat, the enthusiasm and responsibility of writers are gathered, and the cultural magnetic field of Shanghai is also highlighted - literary magazines and publishing platforms converge into a brand matrix, attracting outstanding writers from all over the country to take root and blossom in Shanghai with the launch mechanism, and the radiation and leadership are further enhanced. With the vigorous momentum of thick accumulation and thin hair, it injects fresh cultural momentum into the people's city and shows the spiritual outlook of Shanghai's literary circles forging ahead with the times.

Deeply rooted in the thick soil of Shanghai culture, it records the new era, praises heroes, and praises the city's literary flowers bloom

In recent years, focusing on major nodes such as the 90th anniversary of the founding of the army, the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up, the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Shanghai, and the centenary of the founding of the party, the Shanghai literary circles have excavated Shanghai's rich red culture, Shanghai culture and Jiangnan cultural heritage from multiple dimensions, and polished fine products and hot products.

From the Chinese creation myth epic to the "Birthplace of the Party" theme publishing project, from the "Red Footprint", "Red Starting Point" to the "Shanghai Report" and other series of projects, a number of major theme creations have been released in the birthplace of the Party and have become the basis for other types of artistic creation. Whether it is Cheng Xiaoying's "White Paper and Red Letters" writing that the CCP launched a left-wing cultural movement in Shanghai, or Wang Xiaoying's novel "Monument" outlining the vivid image of the veteran soldiers of the New Fourth Army and their descendants serving the motherland with a pure heart, they all return to the historical scene in a literary way, and the upward and touching power urges people to forge ahead.

"When the transformation and awakening of the ancestors, firmness and fearlessness, and the current youth 'resonate on the same frequency', young students can deeply realize that the tide of history is so closely related to personal destiny." Liu Tong, author of "Fighting Shanghai" and "Tinder", an expert in party history, said that it is a heavy responsibility to write the wisdom of communists and the deeds of revolutionary martyrs into the hearts of more post-80s and post-90s generations, and to pass on the revolutionary spirit from generation to generation!

Tracing the history and literary traditions of the city, striving to absorb the creative inspiration and resources given by Shanghai, close to the daily life of the city and the fate of ordinary people, and creating works worthy of this era and the people, it has become the consensus of many writers in Shanghai. Wang Anyi, chairman of the Shanghai Writers Association, wrote about the vicissitudes of Shanghai for more than half a century, inspired by her visits to old mansions in the city center in the mid-1980s, intermittently observing and sketching the reflection between the hearts of craftsmen and the fate of the old mansions. Ye Xin's long "Five Sisters" refracts China's 70 years of earth-shaking with the stories of five contemporaries. In addition, a number of works such as "A Knife, a Thousand Words", "Pudong Epic", "First Time", "Heart Residence", "Blockade", "Pain", "Compassion", "Looking Back" and so on convey literary charm with different artistic techniques.

In the past five years, the Shanghai Writers Association has set up a number of realistic theme creation bases, launched the "360-degree Look at Shanghai" style collection plan, and penetrated into the front-line scenes of Shanghai streets, enterprises, institutions and communities, and writers arrived at the forefront of the times with literary brushstrokes. Among them, the "Shanghai Report", which is composed of 40 short reportages created by 35 Shanghai writers, records the process of Shanghai's reform and opening up in a panoramic manner, so that the footsteps of struggle resonate with the tide of the times.

Strengthen the launch mechanism and build a brand matrix, and the Shanghai literary magnetic field promotes the continuous "out of the circle" and "out of the sea" of famous masterpieces

How to create more cultural "blockbusters" that interpret the story of Shanghai, spread the excitement of Shanghai, and engrave the imprint of Shanghai? The publishing industry in shanghai literary circles strengthens the first release mechanism, creates a brand matrix, comprehensively serves the growth of Shanghai's literary creation, polishes the golden signboard of Shanghai as an original publishing town, leaves more outstanding contemporary literary works in Shanghai, and boosts the influence of good works "out of the circle" and "out of the sea".

For example, under the sudden epidemic, literature has not been absent, and has tried its best to be "high-quality present". From "Zhong Nanshan: Cangshan on the Top" to "Dr. Zhang Wenhong", they were all published by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House after being published in the shanghai local literary magazine "Harvest", and triggered wide repercussions throughout the country. As the first place of heavy literary works and the "first choice" of the first works of many well-known writers, "Harvest" also shows the responsibility and sensitivity of "on the spot". In the view of Yongxin, the main programmer of "Harvest", in the face of major themes and important figures who are concerned about the fate of the country and the nation, literature cannot be absent, especially the rapid response and artistic presentation of long-form documentary literary creation, which embodies the responsibility and mission of the established magazine. The chinese power of the benevolence of the healers and the unity of purpose in the "epidemic" of the war, the writer needs to capture the record at the first time, and vividly write people alive and stand up. Therefore, from the active composition, rapid linkage, to excellence and polishing the publication, the creator and the producer tirelessly communicate, revise, and check again and again, just to have a higher quality artistic presentation.

The "radius of dissemination" of the Shanghai story is still expanding - the long documentary literature "The Revolutionary", which tells the deeds of the revolutionary martyrs in shanghai and the struggle of the former servants and successors, has been exported in Russian, and has negotiated the export of English, French, Japanese, Spanish and Arabic copyrights. The foreign language version of "Breaking New Ground - Chinese Creation Myth" has entered the mainstream distribution channels overseas, and the two stories in the book, "Chaos Opening" and "Nuwa Created Man", have also been included in Polish sixth-grade language textbooks...

With the launch of the first Shanghai Literature and Art Translation Award, the Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award has been held continuously, the Shanghai International Poetry Festival and the Shanghai Writing Program have continued to be carried out, and the overseas radiation of Shanghai's literary magnetic field has become increasingly strong. Poetry is integrated into all corners of the city, and various literary activities such as writers' lectures, reading sharing, and poetry recitations have become the daily cultural life options of Shanghai citizens. Xu Yang

Source: Wen Wei Po