Strengthen cultural self-confidence And carry forward the culture of Guangong

The excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation is an important part of the soft power of Chinese culture, the due meaning of enhancing cultural consciousness, strengthening cultural self-confidence, and prospering socialist literature and art, and an important support for realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and building a community with a shared future for mankind. Shanxi has rich cultural resources and a long history, and is known as the cradle of Chinese civilization, the treasure house of ancient construction art, the hometown of opera, and the hometown of Guan Gong.

Wu Lingyun, deputy to the Shanxi Provincial People's Congress, was interviewed by this reporter (Photo by Zhao Ping)

On January 20, the sixth session of the 13th People's Congress of Shanxi Province opened, and Wu Lingyun, deputy to the Shanxi Provincial People's Congress, a national first-class actor, the winner of the "Plum Blossom Award" of Chinese Drama, the first prize winner of the Performance of the China "Yingshan Hong" Drama Festival, and the vice president of the Taiyuan Jinju Art Research Institute, accepted an exclusive interview with this reporter.

Wu Lingyun said that since ancient times, Jin Shang has worshipped Guan Gong as a protective god. Jin merchants carry the statue of Guan Gong and do business all over the land of China and even the "Belt and Road"; during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Jin Chamber of Commerce was all over the north and south of the great river, and the guild hall was often built in the Guandi Temple, and when the Jin merchants gathered to talk about business, it was the time to sing for Guan Laoye. Overseas Chinese generally believe in Guan Gong. According to the data, there are currently more than 170 countries and regions in the world that have built the relevant imperial temples, and there must be Chinese people in the places related to the imperial temples. Confucian cultural circles, Buddhism, and Taoism also generally worship Guan Gong as a god, such as Japan, South Korea, etc., and their citizens worship Guan Gong in the minority.

The mainland attaches great importance to carrying forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture. The report of the Nineteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China stressed that it is necessary to strengthen cultural self-confidence, vigorously carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture, promote the prosperity of socialist culture, and build a cultural power. In recent years, Shanxi Province has actively promoted the construction of the three major cultural tourism sectors of Taihang, the Yellow River and the Great Wall, carefully built eight major cultural brands such as the Root of China, the Soul of the Yellow River, and the Hometown of Guan Sheng, and strived to transform the advantages of cultural resources into the advantages of the cultural tourism industry, providing a strong spiritual driving force for all-round promotion of high-quality development. Some departments, institutions, and enterprises have taken advantage of the momentum to increase the publicity and promotion of Guan Gong culture in various forms.

For example, Wu Lingyun said, for example, Taiyuan Jin Opera Art Research Institute created and launched the National Arts Fund funded project - Jin opera "Guan Gong", for the first time to present Guan Gong's life in a panoramic way on the stage, through cultural exchanges, tourism promotion and other forms, the Guangong culture was promoted to all parts of the province, coastal developed cities and Hong Kong, Malaysia, France and other places; for example, Yuncheng City has insisted on organizing the annual Guan Gong sacrifice activities for many years, and launched the original symphony "Guan Gong Ode" in 2020, which has a huge impact; Some theaters and institutions outside the province have also done a lot of work in the promotion of Guangong culture (such as the creation and rehearsal of Yu opera "Guangong", the maintenance and expansion of Luoyang Guanlin, etc.), which have produced good social and economic benefits.

Wu Lingyun said frankly, but overall, there are still some unsatisfactory places in the development of Guangong culture. Compared with Shandong, the publicity and promotion of the martial sage Guan Gong and the propaganda and promotion of the literary sage Confucius are not the same, and the brand gold content and influence are very different. Compared with Xi'an, the confidence and determination to develop the cultural tourism industry closely related to Guangong culture, the intensity of capital investment, the degree of participation of the whole people, the degree of acceptance of tourists, etc. are still far from enough, resulting in its popularity and reputation, tourism benefits and rate of return, etc., are also affected to a certain extent. Compared with Henan, Henan has made a big splash in terms of capital investment and publicity, in contrast, Shanxi is generally in a passive situation. Compared with myself, although I have spared no effort in the publicity and promotion of Guangong culture for many years, I always feel that innovation is less, the degree of integration is worse, the influence is smaller, and the rate of return is low, which is not proportional to the value of Guangong culture itself, and the all-round high-quality development that is being carried out throughout the province has not formed the same frequency resonance, and the impact is limited.

In view of this, Wu Lingyun suggested that Shanxi Yi should fully understand the connotation, value and significance of Guangong culture. The root cause of the deficiencies in the publicity and promotion of Guangong culture lies in the lack of understanding. Shanxi should invite or recruit a group of experts and talents who have certain research achievements in Guangong culture, establish a Guangong cultural research institute, and specialize in the basic research work of Guangong culture. It is necessary to carry out in-depth and systematic research on the core concepts of Guan Gong's "righteous spirit" and "loyalty, benevolence, courage, and faith" and their contemporary values and significance, and strive to make The humanistic spirit of Guan Gong occupy an important place in China's excellent traditional culture, closely related to the core socialist values, and play an important role in promoting the grand journey of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and building a community with a shared future for mankind. Second, we must conscientiously do a good job in the top-level design and strategic planning of Guan Gong culture. The shortcomings of Guangong culture in publicity and promotion, the problems exposed at the implementation level are mainly serious fragmentation, separate battles, unrelated to each other, the integrity is not strong, the height is insufficient, the depth is not enough, and it is in urgent need of integration and upgrading. We should gradually develop Guangong culture into an independent discipline and an important cultural type, an important part of China's excellent traditional culture and the soft power of Chinese culture, an important value orientation for patriotic education and civic ideological and moral construction, a source of power for enhancing cultural consciousness, strengthening cultural self-confidence, and prospering socialist culture, becoming an important support for practicing the new development concept and promoting high-quality transformation and development, and realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. A powerful promoter for building a community with a shared future for mankind. Third, we must use the Culture of Guangong to stimulate endogenous motivation and attract foreign merchants. Guangong resources in Shanxi, Guangong value is beyond doubt, the key is how to operate, in order to explore its maximum value in the shortest possible time, play its greatest role. "The aroma of wine is also afraid of deep alleys", we must learn from the experience of developed coastal areas, have the courage to emancipate our minds, dare to boldly shout, and take the initiative to beat out the Guan Gong cultural brand. The fourth is to promote the blossoming and taking root of the Guangong culture. To develop the culture of Guan Gong, the cultural front is the first choice, and it is indispensable and indispensable. It is necessary to intensify the creation of literary and artistic works, strive to launch a series of literary works on the theme of Guan Gong, multi-genre works, film and television drama works, as well as music, dance, fine arts, qu art, calligraphy and other art works, advocate and encourage the creation of cross-genre cross-border literary and artistic works, as well as fashion literary and artistic works such as the Internet and animation, and create a Guangong cultural and artistic corridor to provide high-quality and colorful spiritual and cultural food for the masses, especially merchants inside and outside the province.

"The essence of the loyalty of Guangong culture is a major contribution made by the people of Shanxi to the country and the world, and as an artist, it has the responsibility and obligation to inherit it and carry it forward, so that it can emit a more brilliant and dazzling light, and further benefit the contemporary, the countryside, and the shanxi all-round promotion of high-quality development." Wu Lingyun said. (Reporter Xi Zhaoping)