Author: Lu Yun, PhD student in modern and contemporary Chinese literature at Guangxi Normal University
China Youth Daily, China Youth Network reporter only Hengwen
At the end of 2021, the news from the online literary circles boosted people's hearts: in the list of members of the Tenth National Committee of the China Writers Association announced on December 16, there were 16 online writers, twice the ninth; on December 26, the Guizhou Provincial Internet Writers Association was established, so far, 20 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government have established online writers associations; on the same day, the Gansu Provincial Internet Writers Association held a league branch establishment and election conference, and established a league organization in the provincial network writers association, which is the first.
Previously, the "2021 Portrait of Online Literature Writers" released by the Reading Group showed that more than 20 million people across the country are engaged in online literary creation, and Chongqing, located in the west, is the city with the largest number of online literature authors in the country. Dozens of well-known national network writers such as Yi Qianwei, Qing qing, squid who loves diving, Xiao He 2, Quiet Night Sending Thoughts, Heavenly Silkworm Potatoes, Night God Wings, I Am Pure, Liu Jinlong, Hai Yan, Orleans Grilled Sturgeon Fort, Xiaoqiao Old Tree, moon oblique shadow Qing and so on are from the western region. Although western network literature lags relatively behind the eastern and southern provinces and regions, it is an organic part of China's online literature and is of great significance for redrawing the literary map of the new western region. The establishment of the Western Provincial Network Writers Association is conducive to changing the current situation in which most online writers are fighting alone, and is convenient for provinces and autonomous regions to strengthen exchanges, exchange information, and share resources, and jointly build western literature.
Having good content is the focus of western network literature
In recent years, the online literature guidance and service management level of the China Writers Association and provincial writers associations have been comprehensively improved. In the second half of 2021, before the establishment of the Guizhou Internet Writers Association, the Network Writers Branch of the Yunnan Writers Association was established, and the Network Writers Association was also established in Jiangxi, the old revolutionary area, and anhui, the red hot land. The establishment of these online writers associations not only further enhances the sense of belonging of online writers, but also shows that Chinese online literature is gradually becoming a branch of mainstream literature from a marginal existence, which has greatly encouraged many online literature practitioners.
In 2021, on the occasion of the centenary of the founding of the Party, online literary writers created a large number of works reflecting the cpc's leadership of the people to build a new China, realize the Chinese dream, and integrate personal dreams into the great cause of national rejuvenation. The establishment of the Network Writers Association in Jiangxi and Anhui has enhanced the cohesion of local Internet writers, which is conducive to the Internet writers born and raised in Sichuan to draw on local materials, continue the red spirit, inherit the revolutionary will, and write Chinese stories.
The establishment of the Yunnan and Guizhou Internet Writers Association will surely enable the network writers in these two multi-ethnic provinces to enhance their sense of responsibility and national community, and enhance the influence of western network literature with more good content, good works, and good stories.
Having good works is the heavy responsibility of the provincial network writers association
The work of a literary association is ultimately measured by the work. In the past, the development of western network literature was limited due to regional, economic and other reasons. In recent years, under the attention, support and cultivation of the Network Literature Center of the China Writers Association, many western network literature writers have improved the pattern and level of creation through various training activities, made full use of the advantages of network literature in dissemination, integrated traditional culture with network literature, complemented each other's advantages, found their own creative paths, and broadened the road for the development of western literature. Qing Yi (real name Duan Cundong) and Yi Qianzhong (real name Cheng Yunfeng) are excellent representatives of western network literature writers.
Qing (President of Guizhou Internet Writers Association)
Qing, president of the Guizhou Internet Writers Association, has been engaged in online literature creation for 21 years and is good at historical themes, and his representative works include "Tuning the Early Tang Dynasty", "The Best Ming Jun", "The First Family of the Tang Dynasty" and so on. In the process of telling historical stories, Qing's works jump out of the narrow concept of nationality, integrate the alternate historical flow with the farming stream, and through the story of the protagonist crossing to ancient times and changing history with wisdom, a large number of vivid images of ancient sages are created, showing the beautiful vision of national unity and harmonious coexistence of multiple ethnic groups.
Talking about the creation of historical themes, Qing said: "My literary enlightenment comes from the villain books depicting Chinese culture and historical stories and the historical fables passed down by word of mouth, the homeland feelings of the ancient sages and their understanding of the times and their insight into the laws of history with extraordinary wisdom. But traditional historical narratives are not very interesting, so I try to interpret history with light brushstrokes, so that readers can understand the more vivid side of famous historical figures through more understandable works. "Online literature offers him a good opportunity to speak of history in his own way.
Yi Qianzhong (President of The Internet Writers Branch of Yunnan Writers Association)
Yi Qianzhong, president of the Network Writers Branch of the Yunnan Writers Association, began to create online literature in 2009, good at writing ancient themes, good at telling the softest and warmest stories in women's hearts, and won the fourth "Mao Dun Newcomer Award Online Literature Award" in 2021, "Painting Spring Light" was selected into the 2020 China Internet Literature Influence List, and "Spring Mountain" was selected as the 2021 Good Novel of the Chinese Novel Society. The Thai edition of "Healing Hands Covering Incense" has been published, and "Qingqing Lai Eat" and "Spring Mountain" have sold electronic copyrights in Thai and Vietnamese respectively.
Yi Qianzhong has loved Chinese classical literature and foreign classics since childhood, and has cultivated the habit of loving observation and thinking in extensive reading. Her works weaken the intrigue, pay more attention to the expression of the texture of daily life and the depiction of daily utensils and daily life, as well as women's hesitation and swaying in emotions, confusion and persistence in career, focusing on the expression of women's personality independence and growth. In her works, the male and female protagonists are equal in love, support each other, achieve each other, complement and balance spiritually and personality, and convey an obvious modern view of love. In the view of Senju, the smooth and natural story of online novels is particularly important, and the highest realm of creation is to completely integrate the "career line" into the "love line", you have me, I have you, and it is natural.
In recent years, Gansu young network literature writers have created a number of influential online literary works in the country, such as the "Pursuit of Murder" series created by Liangcheng Virtual Words (real name Qu Qi), "Overnight People", etc., which integrate Gansu folklore and folk culture into the works and achieve good repercussions; 95 Zixi (real name Wang Luyao) is both an Internet writer and a people's firefighter, and the long novel she created is "A Kiss Is Not Determined" It has been adapted into a film and television drama.
Only by writing the ideal good work in your mind can it resonate with readers and be widely recognized. Yunnan internet writer July Xinfan (real name Li Yunfan) also won the 2020 Online Literature Influence List with the historical theme of "Han Que" and was nominated for the 4th Mao Dun Newcomer Award and Internet Literature Award. Sunny and July New Fan are all choices they make on the basis of their own cultural accumulation and aesthetic taste, combined with the actual needs of readers.
Of course, the establishment of the Western Provincial Network Writers Association has also put forward higher requirements for the responsible persons of the association. As the person in charge of the "bellwether" network writers association, it is not only necessary to come up with high-quality works as an example, but also to do more service and unity work in guiding and supporting, recognizing and loving talents, training and teaching, so that online literary writers can embrace together like pomegranates and jointly create a colorful sky of western network literature and art.
Having good stories is a natural advantage for writers in ethnic minority areas
Online literature has the advantage of dissemination compared with traditional literature, and national literature can obtain new growth points through online literature. The Dong writer Nan Wuyuan Li Kefo's description of the Miaojiang folk customs and customs, and the Yao network writer Hai Qingna Swan's sense of identification with Traditional Chinese Culture and History all carry their rational cognition of national culture as ethnic minority writers.
Liu Daxian, an expert in ethnic minority literature, believes that ethnic literature, as a kind of national cultural soft power, is one of the sources of motivation for reviving The culture of the Chinese nation, but it does not mean that ethnic minority writers should obtain their own symbolic capital by strengthening their particularity, but should conform to the reality of cultural integration. From the actual situation, the current influential ethnic minority network writers are trying to jump out of the limitations of national identity, embrace reality with a broader vision, excavate the universality in particularity, and express universal human emotions. Ethnic minority online writers have the willingness to participate in the construction of collective memory, and try to retelle history in their own literary way, which is very valuable for the construction of multicultural and human destiny communities.
The unique geographical environment, folk customs and national psychological accumulation have brought natural advantages to the western network writers to tell Chinese stories, and the integration of diverse cultures has also added impetus to the "going to sea" of western network literature. Online literature was born in the context of globalization, and its dissemination on the Internet is cross-border, which means that it is a global literature. Yunnan is one of the key provinces of the "Belt and Road" initiative, and its positioning is a radiation center for South Asia and Southeast Asia, with policy advantages in cultural export. Yi Qianwei's works are also popular in Southeast Asia.
The fact that online literature "goes to sea" shows that in the exchange and interaction of global cultures, works that deliberately cater to the eyes of foreign readers are often thankless, but online literary works that express local culture and are rich in nationality are more likely to be recognized by foreign readers. Excellent works focusing on cultural inheritance, such as "Tiandao Library", which tells the story of respecting the teacher and the heavy way, "Painting Spring Light" made of Yi Qianwei written porcelain, and "The Stars Weave My Intention", which shows the intangible cultural heritage silk weaving technique of the bone painter, have all aroused the great enthusiasm of young readers at home and abroad to pay attention to traditional Chinese culture.
Some scholars believe that at a time when countries around the world are competing for cultural discourse power, China's national story should be told by Chinese themselves in order to avoid the distortion of "being told". Western network writers should always remember "people-centered" and "look at the world and to mankind", tell their own national stories in a global context, and present a three-dimensional China.
Source: China Youth Daily client