Promote the peak of literature in the new era

On December 14, 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the opening ceremony of the 11th National Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the 10th National Congress of the China Writers Association. Standing at the height of the times and history, and at the height of the general trend of the development of human civilization and the general trend of the development of Chinese culture, the general secretary fully affirmed the achievements and responsibilities of the literary and artistic circles and the literary circles, and profoundly expounded the historical status and important role of literature and art in the new journey of the new era. The speech is not only a summary of the experience of the party's leadership in literature and art over the past hundred years, but also a brand-new picture facing the world and the future, putting forward many new conclusions, new ideas, and new requirements, which is a brilliant guide to literature in the new era and a fundamental observance and action guide for doing a good job in the literary work of the new journey in the new era. The general secretary's speech has a height, depth, and temperature, which is permeated with his profound understanding of literature and art, and condenses the general secretary's profound thinking on the cause of literature and art, the laws of literature and art, and the path of literary and artistic development, which is very touching and very inspiring. The general secretary asked us to actively participate in the construction of a socialist cultural power with a strong spirit of historical initiative, and provide a strong value guidance, cultural cohesion and spiritual impetus for the realization of the second centenary goal and the Realization of the Chinese Dream of the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation, which has the role of inspiring the deaf and inspiring. General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech, taking the historical orientation of the new journey of the new era as the coordinates, places the literary cause in the great background of national rejuvenation, in the solemn journey of building a cultural power, and in the value recognition of meeting the people's spiritual and cultural needs, promoting the people's spiritual prosperity, and enhancing the people's spiritual strength, comprehensively interprets the connotation, direction, principles and mission of literature in the new era, and reflects the overall pattern and atmosphere. He stressed: "The new era needs literary and artistic masters, and it is also completely capable of creating literary and artistic masters!" The new era needs a literary and artistic peak, and it can also cast a literary and artistic peak!" To promote the peak of literature in the new era, this exhortation and requirement has both historical depth and broad vision, reflecting a high degree of historical consciousness, historical self-confidence and the historical initiative spirit of opening up the future.

To promote the peak of literature in the new era, it is necessary to focus on the new historical orientation of the new era and new journey. The new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics is a new historical orientation for the development of the mainland. The new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics is an era of carrying forward the past and opening up the future, and continuing to win the great victory of socialism with Chinese characteristics under new historical conditions; it is an era of decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way and then comprehensively building a socialist modern power; it is an era in which all the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation are working hard with one heart and one mind to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation; it is an era in which the people of all nationalities throughout the country are united in struggle, constantly creating a better life, and gradually realizing the common prosperity of all the people; and it is an era in which the mainland is constantly making greater contributions to mankind. The new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics is an era in which the Chinese people create a bright future in the new tests and challenges, and it is also an era in which the Chinese people work hard to create a better life. How to show this great era of flying wings? The new era is bound to be an era of great promise. We cannot physically enter the new era, and our thoughts are still stuck in the past. How to capture, reproduce, and deeply portray these new images of the new era is a challenge for today's writers. We must keep up with the pace of the times, feel the pulse of history and art from the pulse of the times, and open up to a rich social life. It is necessary to extract the essence from the changes in the world, the progress of China, and the call of the people, show the beauty of Chinese history, the beauty of mountains and rivers, and the beauty of culture, write the aspirations, creativity, and innovation achievements of the Chinese nation, and show the spiritual atmosphere of the new era in an all-round and panoramic manner. Correspondingly, Chinese literature has moved into a new world. Literature in the new era is literature that continues the bloodline of revolutionary literature and literature in the new period, and it is also a brand-new literature that embodies the practice of the new era and reflects the spirit of the new era. It is necessary to draw strength from the practice of the Chinese nation standing up and getting rich to becoming strong. This provides a guide for us to write the epic of the people that never ends. The earth-shaking changes in the motherland are unprecedented practices in human history, and they need to be matched by great works, and we must eagerly respond to the call of the times. The new era is a magnificent and great era, we must feel the pulse of history from the pulse of the times, we must observe the changes of the times with a broad mind and a broad vision, and understand the changing paths of people and people's hearts in the rings of the times, in order to write works with a new atmosphere. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The times have provided an unprecedented broad stage for the prosperity and development of literature and art on the mainland." The life of the great era is the "energy source" of literary creation in the new era. This is a huge "rich mine" of literary creation, which strongly calls us to mine. We must deeply feel that the new journey of the new era contains unlimited literary treasures. In this great new era, there are wonderful Chinese stories everywhere, which need to be written and recorded by the Spring and Autumn Pen to inspire the present, the world, and the future. "The new journey of the new era is the historical orientation of contemporary Chinese literature and art", contemporary writers should mark literary coordinates with historical orientation, identify stories and emotions belonging to this era, and strive to decipher the spiritual code belonging to this era. In the great process of history, we must use literature to express the new era. Therefore, the literature of the new era undertakes the important mission of recording the new era, writing the new era, and praising the new era. This requires us to keep up with the pace of the times and show the spiritual atmosphere of the new journey of the new era in a panoramic manner. To find the correct historical orientation is to firmly establish the great historical outlook and the great era outlook, to be at the historical intersection of the "two hundred years" struggle goal, to face unprecedented great prospects, to shoulder the great cause of the unprecedented ancients, we must comprehensively, accurately, and profoundly understand the new era, express the new era, from the historical orientation of the new era and new journey, find the "positioning" of literary undertakings, the "positioning" of individual creation, the "landing position" of writing, and the vivid practice of overwhelming the mountains and the sea. The magnificent landscape in full swing is transformed into a new epic of the new era. The great times are splendid, and the endless epic poems of the people are being presented in front of the eyes one after another. In this sense, we must paint a picture of the new era, shape the image of the new era, convey the values of the new era, and establish the ambition of creating epics of the new era. Magnificent history carries its direction and strength, and is unfolding the most grand and unique practice in human history with the will to move mountains and seas. The vast and majestic artistic world is unfolding towards us, and we will use our soul and hard work, ideals and enthusiasm, talents and sweat to refine the peaks of literature in the light and heat of the new era. On the great journey of the new era, we have ushered in a new stage in the development of Chinese literature, opened a new magnificent chapter in the history of Chinese literature, and the vast world of literature in the new era is unfolding in front of us in a mighty way.

"Portrait" for the great era of the new era is the glorious mission of literature in the new era. Writing well on the new journey of realizing the second century's dream, writing a new epic poem of the Magnificent and Exciting Chinese Nation, and portraits, biographies, and Mingde for the new era are the compulsory questions for all writers on the road to the new exam. To be the forerunner, forerunner, and pioneer of the new era atmosphere, this requires writers and artists to grasp the pulse of the times, listen to the voice of the times, have the courage to undertake the issues of the times, profoundly reflect the historical mission of our times, depict the spiritual map of our times, paint a portrait of the times, establish a biography for the times, and write a new epic poem for the new era, and strive to create works worthy of the new era. In the face of the new era, we must participate in the grand historical process in a literary way and paint a valuable and constructive picture. The "new" of the new era is "new" in the material life of the people, "new" in the spiritual outlook of the nation, and "new" in everyone's attitude towards thinking about the world, the perspective of understanding the world, and the way to change the world. The first is the new perspective. Reform and opening up have brought tremendous changes to our inner and outer worlds, and now we have fully possessed the ability and possibility of dialogue with the world, which requires us to change from "looking down" and "looking up" in the past to "looking up" at the world in the new era. Writers in the new era must have a big historical view and a big era view, in order to write works that match the big historical era, in order to reflect the essence of the times and shape typical and vivid new people and heroes of the times. The second is the novelty of the content. The great era provided endless material for literary and artistic creation. Literature and art are the clarion call of the times, which can best represent the style of an era and the atmosphere of an era. The vast number of literary and art workers should show a greater mind, display the history of our nation's struggle, use new epic poems to show the new trends of the times, and shoulder their own responsibilities for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Writers in the new era must earnestly listen to the strong voice of the masses of the people in their pursuit of a better life, listen to the call of the brand-new era, give the most enthusiastic praise to the great process of the people's creation of history, give the most affectionate praise to all the fighters who have struggled for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and all the heroes who have sacrificed and dedicated themselves to the people, enthusiastically describe the magnificent atmosphere of the new journey in the new era, and write the people's epic poems that are endless. The third is the novelty of meaning. Writers in the new era should fully understand the great significance of literature in the new era, pay attention to the great power of the great era, feel the surging passion, the magnificent epic, and the magnificent picture scroll, establish a vast goal like the sea of stars, open up the artistic creation to the great struggle of hundreds of millions of people, touch the pulse and rhythm of the new era with their hearts, write the main tone of the new era, write the temperature of the new era, let literature synchronize with the breath of the new era, and play with the pulse of the new era. For the spring of new era literature, they offer their own green branches and green leaves and purple and red.

To promote the peak of literature in the new era, it is necessary to give play to the spirit of historical initiative. From spiritual initiative, initiative of the times to initiative of history, the Chinese nation has won the strategic initiative step by step. The October Revolution brought us Marxism with the sound of a cannon, and the people of the Chinese ushered in the spiritual initiative. In the past 40 years of reform and opening up, we have gone from lagging behind the times to keeping up with the times and leading the times, and have realized the initiative of the times step by step. These realities provide us with enough creative nutrients. In the face of the second centenary goal and the new journey in the future, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed that we should achieve "historical initiative". "Historical initiative" is a key word mentioned at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee. Now, General Secretary Xi Jinping once again asks us to carry forward the spirit of historical initiative, that is, to ask us to "promote the industry with literature, cultivate the yuan with literature, establish the heart with literature, and cast the soul with literature", grasp the historical trend and the mainstream of the times with a general vision, and mark the spiritual height of the times with the creation of art. To grasp the historical initiative, it is necessary to keep firmly in mind the "great power of the country", strengthen the mission, walk in the same direction as the people, make a statement for the nation, and strive to climb the literary peak of the new era. To grasp the historical initiative, it is necessary to use the wind and thunder to stir up the vicissitudes of the great changes in the nation for a hundred years, to depict the spiritual atmosphere of the new era with vivid pen and ink, and to give play to the role of literature in nourishing the people's hearts and shaping the national spirit. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the "main theme" and "mainstream essence" of literature in the new era. Over the past one hundred years, Chinese literature has always closely embraced and written the theme of "national rejuvenation". Caring for the great cause of the nation and depicting the magnificent atmosphere is not only the tradition of Chinese literature for a hundred years, but also the requirement of history for literature in the new era. To be concerned about the great cause of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is to give play to the positive energy role of literature and art and profoundly and richly express the theme of the times and the spirit of the times. We must eagerly respond to this theme, be concerned about the great cause of national rejuvenation, and provide abundant and powerful spiritual strength for national rejuvenation. Only by grasping the historical process and the general trend of the times can literary and artistic creation be written in the history of national rejuvenation and in the journey of the people's struggle. This requires us to use a strong spirit of historical initiative, use fine works that can keep up with the times to open up a new realm of literature and art, and depict the magnificent atmosphere of the new journey in the new era.

Rich and colorful experience of the times, ultimately pointing to the spirit of the times; Vivid and vivid writing of the times must eventually be condensed into the spirit of the times. Literary classics that truly embody the strength of the times and the height of the times must take the spirit of the times as its spine. Therefore, we must deeply understand the great leap, enthusiastically welcome the great leap, and bravely create a great epic. We must firmly believe that the mainstream of history is on our side and the trend of human progress is on our side, and we must not only see the bright prospects for the great rejuvenation of Chinese civilization, but also profoundly understand the arduous and arduous road to rejuvenation. At the same time, we must also set our sights on the world and on humanity. To correctly grasp the historical process and the general trend of the times, we must not only write well the history of the past, but also write well the new experience and image, and more importantly, through experience and image, write the vast and surging historical initiative behind it, so as to provide a strong literary momentum and lasting spiritual strength for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In this sense, only by grasping the spirit of historical initiative can we create new literature in the new era. It is necessary to strive to create more fine works full of spiritual energy, cultural connotation, and artistic value, and in the new great journey, we must march with vigor toward the sea of stars of literary undertakings, and contribute literary strength to the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

To promote the peak of literature in the new era, we must correctly understand the basic characteristics of literature in the new era. The rapid process of modernization is making China a futuristic country. Literature is the witness of history and the clarion call of the times. Liu Qing said it well: "Every era of literature has a new way of writing." Liu Qing's words are a clear expression of a realistic writer's own creative experience, which is still of positive significance for literary creation in the new era. In the hundred-year history, we have the May Fourth New Literature, the Socialist Literature, the New Period Literature, and the New Century Literature. Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and the literature of the new era has followed. Literature in the new era is the literature that writes the new epic of the Chinese nation and condenses the spiritual strength of the great rejuvenation; Literature in the new era is literature that is people-centered and inspires people to create a better life; The literature of the new era is the literature that takes the improvement of quality as the foundation and strives to cast the peak of art; Literature in the new era is a literature that takes innovation as the driving force and has the courage to expand new spaces and shape new forms; Literature in the new era is literature that strengthens cultural self-confidence and has Chinese style and style with Chinese characteristics; Literature in the new era is literature that actively integrates into the new development pattern and strongly proves the value and dignity of literary status; Literature in the new era is the literature that casts a solid sense of the Chinese national community and builds a common spiritual home for all ethnic groups; Literature in the new era is literature that participates in the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind and embodies the care of the vast number of human beings. The literature of the new era not only "collects the text of a hundred generations and collects the relics of a thousand years", but also has the content, form and emotion that belong to the new era; It belongs to the times, to the Chinese nation, and to the community of human destiny.

To promote the peak of literature in the new era, it is necessary to comprehensively promote the high-quality development of literature in the new era. General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech has inspired the vast number of writers to bravely climb the peak of art. The speech quoted Li Bai's poem: "Dapeng rises with the same wind one day and soars up to ninety thousand miles." Compare Li Bai and Sheng Tang with today's era of literature and art and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Today, the most magnificent epic in the history of the Chinese nation, the irreversible historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and such a close goal are vividly displayed before us. Literature in the new era should gush out this momentum, boldness and weather, establish a heart for Chinese stories, and give shape to the Chinese spirit. This requires us to promote the convergence and vigorous progress of excellent traditional culture, revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture in the process of creative transformation and innovative development, so that the Chinese cultural context will always maintain the splendid and magnificent atmosphere of Xinghan. This requires us to march toward the depth of history, the breadth of society, the strength of life and the difficulty of art, open up new artistic space in the new road of modernization, and shape a new literary form in the new form of civilization. Facing the second centenary goal, what are the problems facing literature? One is impetuousness. The second is utilitarianism. The third is the lack of original ability. Fourth, there is a lack of quantity and quality. Fifth, there is a lack of plateau peaks. General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that it is necessary to take the improvement of quality as the lifeline of literary and artistic works, and continuously enhance the spiritual energy, cultural connotation and artistic value of works. Constantly promoting the literature of the new era from the plateau to the peak requires us to comprehensively promote the high-quality development of literature in the new era. In my opinion, if a writer is not grounded, he will lose his breath. To go deep into life, it is not only necessary to "enter the body", but also to "enter the heart" and "enter the feelings". Literature originates from life, but is higher than life. It can be said that there is no derivation from life, and it is simply impossible to be higher than life. "Life is the people, the people are life", this is General Secretary Xi Jinping's most incisive summary of the relationship between the people and literature and art, life and creation. In the new era and new journey, each of us has a deeper understanding of the historical position we are in, and is full of confidence and expectation for the magnificent prospects of literature in the new era. New Age literature is nowhere else, it is on our way forward, slowly unfolding through our perseverance and excellence in our creation.

To promote the peak of literature in the new era, it is necessary to promote the peak of literature in the Central Plains. The leap from the plateau, the highlands to the peaks is one step after another. Accumulating soil on the plateau of culture and forming the peak of the national spirit is the direction of the efforts of Central Plains literature in the new era. Li Wei's "The Yellow River Flows East" and Yang Lanchun's "Chaoyanggou" are a high benchmark. The Zhongyuan writers group is extraordinary and unique in the literature of the new period, and has made unique contributions to the literature of the new period. Li Peifu has been persistent all his life and has lived out his own wonderfulness. He often said, "The process is insurmountable." Since the 1980s, he has focused on writing about the countryside of the Central Henan Plain, and has not changed his original intention for decades, writing works such as "City Lamp" and "Book of Life" one after another, which has made a strong expression of the experience of the times. The same is true of Li Er, who wrote about the new nature of the times in "Brother Ying Wu". All these encourage us to write the legend of the times of the Central Plains with affection and hard work, and create more fine works belonging to the culture of the Central Plains in the new era. It can be said that all the stories that take place in the vast land of the Central Plains are the source of the literary creation of the Central Plains. The land of the Central Plains and the people of the Central Plains are the treasures of our writing and creation. For example, cross-border e-commerce and China-Europe express trains show the great changes in Henan in the new era. We must profoundly understand the historical changes in the countryside and the development prospects of China's rural areas in the new era, and write about the new countryside in the process of creative transformation and innovative development. Through rural revitalization, we should write about the great changes in our countryside and the process of "becoming strong" in our country and our province. The writers in Henan may not have any "fun", but we have a sense of power. In the words of Li Peifu, we Henan writers are not more than clothes, but than muscles. Here, the power of literature can be truly felt. We must enthusiastically depict the magnificent weather of Henan in the new era and new journey, and write an endless people's epic through the creative transformation and innovative development of the Yellow River culture, the Central Plains culture and the Yanhuang culture. We must firmly walk on the land of the Central Plains, strive to climb to the highest peak, and strive to build another peak on the plateau and highland, so as to create the peak of Central Plains literature in the new era.

"The country and the mountains have left a trace of victory, and my generation has come back." "There is no shortage of vivid stories in China, and the key is to have the ability to tell stories; There is no shortage of epic practices in China, and the key is to have the ambition to create epics. "The new era calls for masters, everyone, epics, and masterpieces that sense the spirit of the times and embody the height of the times." In the new historical orientation of the new era and new journey, Chinese writers and artists show the figure of a climber and a trekker. Now, we have embarked on a new trek and climb. On the plateau of literature in the new era, there will certainly be more new footprints of exploration, casting a new peak of immortality. "Contemporary China, the country and mountains are magnificent, the people are heroic, and the future is great", which is an image description of China in the new era. We must take the affectionate and in-depth writing of the new epic of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as the lofty pursuit of literature in the new era, support writers and artists to make bold innovations, concentrate on climbing the peak of art, write the clouds of literature in the new era, the stars are brilliant, and strive to open up a magnificent realm of literary weather and towering peaks in the new era!

Author: Li Gengxiang is the secretary of the party group and chairman of the Henan Provincial Federation of Social Sciences