"Planting grass", which has many meanings, is a fashionable Internet word, but here, used to describe the promotion of international cultural exchanges and the real planting of high-quality pasture grass in the wasteland of China, this grass grower is a special Chinese exchange ambassador, named Aden.
Aden, a French Chinese Confucian scholar in his sixties, is a medium-sized man with good facial features, a Chinese character-shaped face, a full heavenly court, wearing a pair of glasses, and full of heroism. Dark and thick hair combed into a middle part, fluffy and natural, gentle and elegant speech. Usually wear a suit, decent and generous. Talk and do things, typical French gentleman do pie. When casual, he likes to wear white or gray light casual clothes, personable, dashing and smart. Walking, whistling with the wind, his soft hair flowing backwards, looking like a vibrant young adult, full of charm.
First, plant grass and introduce excellent French literature and culture to China.
Nowadays, when you open the chinese textbook of the first grade of junior high school in China, you will read the short story "Sunday at Flaubert's House" by the famous French writer Maupassant in the textbook, which is one of the foreign literary works that students often love, and the translator of this text is Aden, the recipient of the Order of the Highest Honor of France, the writer, the translator, and the ambassador of franco-Chinese exchanges.
Aden (pen name), formerly known as Li Hanhua, was born into an intellectual family in Hebei. Primary and secondary schools are spent in Baoding City, Hebei Province, with intelligence and sensitivity, and excellent perseverance. After resuming the college entrance examination in 1977, he was admitted to the Department of Western Languages of Peking University with excellent results. During his time at the school, he was very active and became a member of the "May Fourth Literary Society" that had just been restored on the shore of The Unnamed Lake of Peking University, and his poetry and song came to prominence. After graduation, he was assigned to work in the Foreign Liaison Office of the Chinese Writers Association. During this period, he read a large number of domestic and foreign literary works, cultivated a strong literary interest, and accumulated literary appreciation and aesthetic ability under the broad vision of world literature. Later, he went to France for further study. Due to his excellent academic performance, he successfully graduated with a doctorate at the University of France XII. He was diligent, insisted on getting up early every day, and in addition to reading a lot, he persistently translated a large number of French literary works, and he translated Sartre's "Year of Reason", known as the first person in China to translate Sartre's works. Since then, Aden has published a translation almost every year, including the poet Baudelaire's "The Melancholy of Paris" and one of the bestsellers in the history of French literature, "Paul and Vigne". In October 1985, he was awarded the Young Translator Award and the "French Government Translator Award" by the French government. His later translation of Maupassant's Sunday at Flaubert's House was included in the Chinese junior high school textbook in 2000 and became a must-read article for Chinese junior high school students.
Second, planting grass, the original novel "Sorghum Red" sensationalized France, won many awards, and became one of the best-selling books in France for ten consecutive years.
Chinese who won France's highest literary prize? Aden was one of the earlier ones!
In addition to translation, Aden also wrote literature with great success, and was hailed as the greatest Chinese writer ever written in French in France. In 1987, the first French novel "Sorghum Red" was published, which caused a sensation in France, becoming one of the best-selling books in France for ten consecutive years and was listed as a must-read outside the classroom of French primary schools. Former French President Jacques Chirac wrote to Aden after reading the book, saying that I was immersed in this fascinating book that embodies modern historical facts, is pertinent and weighty. "Sorghum Red" has won the French Katz Literary Prize, the French Pirlitz Prize, the Asian Novel Award, the Royal Academy of Letters of Belgium, etc., and has been shortlisted for the final round of the Goncourt Literary Prize, and has been translated into more than a dozen languages. French President Emmanuel Macron, who is still in junior high school, has also read "Sorghum Is Red" and has said that he "likes Aden's third book." Aden became one of the few Chinese writers to become a household name in France.
In 1988, the French government awarded him the Order of the Knights of The European Knights of Kentambert. He later wrote five works, including "Descendants of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States" and "Water and Fire", and won many French literary awards.
Miracles can only be created by those who are prepared. Globalization has led to waves of migration that have fostered intricate linguistic and cultural exchanges, and in response to this trend, a range of new forms and new genres have emerged in multiculturalism. Aden was one of the pioneers of this new cultural situation, and his literary achievements attracted the attention of French readers, Chinese readers and the world academic community. As a writer of Chinese descent, writing in French has created a miracle of being recognized by French-speaking countries and recognized by the world.
Third, plant grass, use the lens to promote the Chinese communication
In addition to his literary creation, Aden is also a well-known film and television director and producer, especially for the promotion of cultural exchange activities through film and television works. As early as 1985, Aden collaborated with François Hessenbach, one of the three famous French directors, to shoot the documentary "Year of the Chinese Tiger", which won the "Gold Award" at the 1986 American Documentary Festival. From 1997 to 2000, Aden filmed a large-scale environmental protection documentary "Global Green Walk", of which the first "French Chapter" and the subsequent "Switzerland Chapter" won the "Spring Swallow Cup" issued by the Beijing Municipal Government in 1999 and the "Excellent Documentary Award" issued in 2000, becoming the first person to introduce environmental protection technologies such as French smog control to China.
With the reform and opening up, the Chinese people urgently need to understand the culture and customs of foreign countries. The Western world also needs to understand the real China. From 2004 to 2005, Aden planned and edited tv series such as "Paris Feeling" and "Dating France", which introduced the history, culture, customs and life information of France and Europe to Chinese audiences through the lens. In 2005, during the first Sino-French Year of Culture, Aden planned important events such as the opening ceremony of the Chinese New Year, the Yar Concert, which was also a sensation. In addition, as early as 1995, as the chief editor and director of the program, he also planned and filmed the 52-episode TV series "Liu Xiaoqing Open Quotation Marks", which was broadcast on Hong Kong Satellite TV Chinese Every Sunday Evening Prime Time, and had a great reputation at home and abroad. During this time, Aden's emotional life is also quite legendary. When Aden filmed "Liu Xiaoqing Opens the Question Mark", he met Liu Xiaoqing, and the two met and hated late, and they got to know each other because of the interview. But this relationship is like a flash in the pan, beautiful and fragrant. Unfortunately, the two broke up peacefully in 1996.
To make every cultural exchange meaningful and of practical value, Aden has organized various activities in China and France many times, including exhibitions, concerts, conferences, seminars, art festivals and other cultural activities. In addition, Aden is also committed to introducing and introducing advanced French technology to China. During the period from 1995 to 2005, a large number of documentaries, film and television works were filmed and broadcast on domestic television. For example, "Global Green Line", "France Open Quotation Marks" and many other series of films introducing France's advanced technology, environmental protection and life have opened a window for Chinese people to understand France in an all-round way.
As a result, the title of Aden as the ambassador of Sino-French cultural exchanges has not gone away. For such a title, Aden said: "Cultural exchange ambassador is actually a title given by society, does not represent the relationship with the government or association, the key is to see what a person has done, do more, may be given such a title in society." In Aden's view, the meaning of cultural exchange is multifaceted, in addition to literature, film and television, art, architecture, urban development all belong to the cultural category. After decades of deep cultural exchanges between China and France, Aden has gained wide social recognition and is naturally called "Ambassador of Cultural Exchange". Aden also used the eyes of a writer and a cultural scholar to examine the water and soil of the East, and put forward the concept of environmental protection that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people - "love nature, love the life of all living things, love the kind of environment in which human beings originally grew."
Fourth, planting grass, from cultural exchanges to people-to-people diplomacy, remarkable achievements, won the Highest Legion of Honor of France Knights
Became a French citizen, but the background of Aden's Chinese growth has shaped a solid self, a fiery Chinese heart, and has not changed because of the change of nationality.
Aden is committed to promoting political, economic, trade, cultural and other exchanges between China and France, and has made outstanding contributions to France-China exchanges. In 1993, Aden exchanged the Association for the Promotion of The Paris Scheme. Aden is the president. The honorary presidents are Mr. Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former Prime Minister of France, and Mr. Patrick De Vijean, former Vice-Prime Minister of France, former General Secretary of the Ruling Party of France, current Governor of France's 92 provinces and member of the National Assembly, who was received by President Xi Jinping during his visit to China in 2008.
Doing more and doing more things that are conducive to exchanges between China and France is Aden's goal. Relying on its influence and appeal in the fields of politics, commerce, literature, film and television, Aden has been actively committed to promoting and promoting a series of French and Chinese commercial brands since the 1990s, and has established friendly and cooperative relations with Many Local Chinese Cities and French Cities, which has played a huge role in promoting the commercial development and cultural exchanges between China and France. From 1996 to 2016, ADEN contributed to the landing and promotion of more than ten French brands in China, including internationally renowned brands such as L'Oréal, Danone, EDF, Peugeot, Alstom, Yves Lixue and Accorhotels. It has vigorously promoted commercial cooperation between China and France. It has promoted the restoration of friendly provincial-state relations between China's Hebei Province and the French province of Haute-De-Seine, the establishment of friendly regional relations between Beijing's Chaoyang District and the French La Défense District; and the promotion of political exchanges such as the visit of French Senate Speaker Monori to China. In 2015, under the impetus of Aden, it promoted the meeting between Liu Qiangdong, CEO of JD Group, and French Prime Minister Valls, and planned to organize JD Group to open the "French Pavilion" in France, which is not only the "New Silk Road" between China and France, but also a bridge and link for cultural exchanges between China and the world economy.
To eliminate poverty and overcome poverty, the Chinese government has placed itself in a prominent position in governing the country. In the more than 40 years of reform and opening up, more than 700 million people in China have been lifted out of poverty, contributing more than 70% to world poverty reduction. In order to cooperate with the poverty alleviation in border and poor areas of the old and young, in 2016, Aden planned and organized the "Mountain Park Province • Colorful Guizhou Style" China Guizhou Global Promotion (France) Tourism Promotion Conference, which played a positive role in helping Guizhou go international, enhance its influence and popularity, and promote the comprehensive development of the cultural tourism industry in Guizhou Province. From 2016 to 2017, Aden also organized a number of international cultural exchange activities such as the first stop of "China through the Eyes of International Artists", the second stop of Guangxi Longzhou, the third stop of Hubei Yunxi, the series of activities of Zunyi Sidu Chishui Victory Anniversary, the first Sidu Chishui International Military Film Week, etc., which effectively cooperated with the process of poverty alleviation in border and poor areas of the old and young, and effectively promoted the creation of local city brands in China and the improvement of international influence.
In 1988, the French government officially awarded Aden the Order of The Knights of The Order of Kentampier in Europe. In 2009, the French president issued a decree awarding the Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Légion of the Highest Honor in Aden, becoming the first Chinese to receive this honor after Chiang Kai-shek, Ba Jin, Zao Wou-Ki and Jin Yong. In October 2010, Aden was awarded the "French Legion of Honor" by Patrick DeWijjon, Minister of the French Economic and Industrial Revitalization Programme, in recognition of its outstanding achievements in many years of political, economic, cultural and social exchange activities between China and France, as well as its outstanding contribution to the promotion of Sino-French relations. Previously, Chinese who have been awarded the medal include Tung Chee-hwa, Ba Jin, I.M. Pei, Jin Yong, Chen Zhu, Li Ka-shing, He Luli, Wei Yu, etc.
V. Planting Grass, "International Art Joint Creation Touring Exhibition" to promote the "Olympics" of international art exchanges
Aden, is an easy person to get along with, kind to people, polite. Great learning, but not nerds, but sharp-eyed and insightful. What to do, what to become, what to invest in, what to achieve. But unlike the businessman, who only values profits, he values social benefits more. Because of a chance, Aden bought a castle in France five years ago, which is also the "Swan Castle" where the famous French writer Proust once lived, which can be described as the cradle of Proust's writers. Such coincidences also inspired Aden to think of starting from the perspective of creativity and launching a new model of cultural exchange for the next generation in the form of international children's art collaboration. Aden emphasized: "The purpose of launching the 'Little Maupassant Cup International Art Joint Creation Tour' is to use art as a medium to build a bridge for international exchanges in children's aesthetic education, and we are not only concerned with children, but also children's creativity and imagination, which is the wealth in future cultural exchanges." ”
The joint innovation touring exhibition invites internationally renowned artists to co-create with children from all over the world. To this end, Aden gave the competition a new name, "Artlympique", also known as the "Olympics of Art". Aden pointed out: "If the Frenchman Coubertin is known as the father of the modern Olympics, he hopes to increase the exchange of various peoples in the world through various sports competitions, then our international art joint tour exhibition is to promote the international exchange spirit of the 'Art Olympics' through the form of artistic expression." ”
Normandy is also home to the famous novelist Maupassant, and is also the inspiration of many artists such as Monet, Jain Boudin and Dubur. The joint venture tour is named after the "Little Maupassant Cup" because the Little Maupassant brand originated from the Normandy 1905 Seaside Ranch Milk introduced by Aden to China. In Aden's view, the Normandy brand from France represents the Spirit of the French people that "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains" - local dairy cows are raised with natural pasture, and dairy producers adhere to environmental protection and quality assurance, reflecting the green consciousness of respecting nature.
Many Chinese children's works are exhibited and promoted here, encouraging children to be as brave as Maupassant. Aden said that the "Little Maupassant Cup International Art Joint Creation Touring Exhibition" is open to Chinese teenagers and children, and the selection conditions are not complicated, that is, the sincerity and authenticity of the works. He stressed: "Whether it is artistic creation or cultural exchanges, or even commercial economic and trade exchanges, only authenticity and sincerity can impress others. "This activity comprehensively helps Chinese children's artistic cultivation, enhances children's artistic appreciation, aesthetic sentiments and cultivation, and establishes cultural self-confidence in the field of aesthetic education for Chinese children." Let children in China and other countries use their naïve and imaginative imaginations to co-create with international artists to open a cross-time, cross-regional, cross-cultural and cross-ethnic spiritual collision.
Today, Aden has a happy family, a beautiful wife and three children, settled in Beijing and Paris, France.
Sixth, plant grass, return to China, and plant high-quality pasture grass in China's wasteland
The Chinese port is more than 1.4 billion, and the arable land is only 1.8 billion mu. There are 6 billion mu of wasteland, of which 1.48 billion mu are saline-alkali land.
When Aden saw these problems, he felt that repaying his mother's motherland was his greatest responsibility in this life. How to reciprocate? He stood on the desert land and fell into thought. Why is there so much wasteland in China? Is there any way to make China's desert grow green grass? Is there any way to turn China's desert land into a pasture for cattle and sheep? So that beef, mutton and milk are constantly present at the table Chinese?
He collected samples of the soil of several wastelands and brought them to the laboratory of the French Agricultural Science Research Institute for analysis. At the same time, the species and growth environment of the green hillside grassland in France are also analyzed. Discover a huge mystery. For hundreds of years, the French have studied a method of mutual benefit and symbiosis between different pastures by providing each other with the nutrients they need, and then there are 7-9 kinds of wild grasses and wild vegetables that can be used to grow each other. From the environmental point of view, are hillsides, in the slopes of precipitation, China's slopes are barren, and the French hillsides grow lush organic grasses by planting 7-9 kinds of wild grasses and wild vegetables, these pastures, mutual complementarity, legumes with rhizobia to supplement nutrition for grasses, and grasses with roots to lock water, to the legume supplemental nutrition, so as to supplement nutrition, and the more these grasses are eaten by cattle and sheep, the more they take root, the more the root system locks in water, avoids soil erosion, and the more developed the root system, The better the pasture grows. This is a complementary ecological cycle, which is the key to changing the ecology of desertification!
Therefore, Aden launched a volunteer action, the slogan is "where there is wasteland, where is my homeland..." To turn China's 6 billion acres of wasteland into a green and complementary ecological large-cycle pasture, so that cattle and sheep can freely graze, produce milk and lamb. It can even build an ecological pasture with Advanced French standards to help change the status quo of China's agricultural development!
The advantage of planting grass in the desert wilderness is that the input is small and the efficiency is high. Less input: forage is perennial, forage is resistant to harsh climate, mechanized sowing, and one-time sowing can be used for a long time. High output: the annual income of goat milk and milk per mu can reach more than 10,000 yuan, and the annual income of beef and sheep per mu of land can reach more than 5,000 yuan. In addition, the creation of forest pastures in woodland can achieve dual economic income from forestry and animal husbandry.
Aden organized French ecological agriculture experts to come to China, using the most advanced technology in France, experimenting in China's desert, planting dozens of different families of pasture grasses such as legumes, sunflowers, and alfalfa, planting with each other, combining planting and breeding, and creating a circular agriculture that is both environmentally friendly and economically efficient, not only enabling local farmers to quickly get rid of poverty and become rich, but also to continue to develop tourism in the later stage. Truly implement the green development concept of "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains" proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping.
Where does the money come from? Inviting French experts to China to transform the desert needs financial support. Aden sold two of his high-end homes in Beijing and poured the money into a project to turn desert land into pasture. He led a team of French agricultural experts to successfully try to plant forage in the barren mountains of Xiong'an, Hebei, chengdu in Sichuan, and the saline-alkali land in Nantong, Jiangsu, so that farmers could see the benefits within two months and help local farmers get rid of poverty and become rich. More importantly, turning the wasteland into a "cornucopia" has opened up a modern agricultural revolution and a renewal of civilization on the land of China!
Rooted in the joy of the land of China, he came to the inspiration and excitedly created a poem entitled "Thank you for the wasteland", describing his embrace of the wasteland like a love affair, "suddenly / Overflowing with hormones / Like the poetry of this youthful era / Long in the heart stirred / Thank you for the wasteland / Really / You let me have youth again ..."
Yes, Aden, who is more than sixty years old, has rejuvenated, running on the desert of China, leading the scientific team to stage the miracle of desert turning into an oasis with diligent hands and wisdom...
(Wang Yongli)