Hongdong Wang Chen Hong: Dreamer of rural culture

Under the Guangsheng Temple, next to huoquan water, there is a young man who is dedicated to the development of rural culture. He is a rural culture dreamer - Wang Chenhong, director of the comprehensive cultural station in Guangshengsi Town, Hongdong County.

　　"Since you are in charge of this work, you must find ways and do your best to pay for it." When it comes to the rural cultural work he loves, Wang Chenhong said so.

　　People who are familiar with Wang Chenhong know that he said this and did the same. After serving as the director of the Comprehensive Cultural Station of Guangshengsi Town, he invested more energy and enthusiasm in this regard.

　　Rural revitalization is indispensable to the revitalization of culture, as a grassroots cultural worker, he has been using his own practical actions and practicing his duties. Since 2017, under the leadership and support of the town party committee and government, Wang Chenhong has successfully completed the formation of the team of cultural administrators in all villages in the town. At present, the town has set up a golden drum band, Cao Sheng Dao Love Drama Club, Chai Cun Bamboo Horse Performance Team, Daojue Model Team, Shiqiao Waist Drum Team, as well as 20 mighty gong and drum teams, 17 dance fitness teams, and 5 literary and art publicity teams. This team has injected infinite vitality into the cultural construction of Guangshengsi Town. The cultural activities organized and carried out have greatly enriched the cultural life of the broad masses. Inspirational stories such as "Folding Wings Angels FlutterIng Wings and Flying in the Olympic Games and Raising National Prestige" organized and sent by him have won county and city honors many times.

　　"In 2017, we in Guangshengsi Town built a rural cultural memory exhibition hall in Beihao Village, and Wang Chenhong paid a lot of effort and wisdom in the design and exhibition of this museum." Gao Qiangming, the third-level director of Guangshengsi Town, introduced, "After the establishment of the museum, he also wrote explanatory words and became a volunteer docent, introducing the unique history and culture of the place to tens of thousands of visitors. ”

　　Guangshengsi Town Rural Cultural Memory Exhibition Hall covers an area of more than 4,000 square meters, including the ruins of the Anti-Japanese Model Primary School in Gaobao, the Martyrs' Memorial Pavilion, and the Rural Cultural Memory Exhibition Hall, of which the exhibition hall has a construction area of more than 700 square meters, which is divided into 16 exhibition areas, such as historical culture, residential culture, red culture, mass culture, lamp culture, textile culture, cooking utensil culture, craftsman culture, weights and measures culture, contract culture, farming culture and local snack memory, childhood memory, and era memory. A total of more than 10,000 pieces of various old objects are collected and displayed.

　　"Every exhibit must be particularly familiar with, and every exhibit must be known." Wang Chenhong introduced, "when explaining, you will encounter visitors with different levels of education, many tourists will ask about its age and role when they see a novel object, some people will also ask about the allusions related to it, every time they encounter such a problem, they will know how to introduce it carefully, and those who do not understand it must learn with an open mind, and through continuous learning and accumulation, the connotation of the exhibits in the collection is more abundant." ”

　　Each item is full of nostalgia, and the inside and outside of the museum are full of historical memories. How to make the exhibits in the collection "come alive", Wang Chenhong has made great efforts.

　　"Find all kinds of materials, collect and consult all kinds of materials, and systematically study a collection; By taking physical objects or photos to find experienced elderly people to understand, record relevant information; By humbly consulting with the experts and scholars who came to visit, we learned more about each exhibit. At the same time, through the Internet, telephone consultation, etc., to understand the contents of many unknown collections. Wang Chenhong said, "The number of collections is large, there are many types, many collections are related to each other, and many collections also involve vivid folk proverbs, idioms, life practices, etc., and have been on the road of learning." ”

　　In order to better excavate excellent traditional stories, patriotic education stories and other contents, inherit and carry forward excellent regional traditional culture, Wang Chenhong actively participated in the compilation of the book "Huo Lu Nostalgia". At present, this manuscript has been written more than 200,000 words, excavating and sorting out the historical and cultural resources, legends and stories of Guangsheng Temple Town.

　　"In 40 years, I have collected more than 13,000 pieces of rural relics and established this rural cultural memory exhibition hall, and now we want to make this exhibition hall a beautiful business card for Hongdong and even Linfen, which is inseparable from the excavation and collation of the historical and cultural knowledge behind these collections." Gao Qiangming said that the number of collections can be counted, but the history behind the collection is a cultural rich mine that needs to be excavated deeply, and Wang Chenhong has been working hard for this since the establishment of the Rural Cultural Memory Exhibition Hall.

　　According to local legends and stories, write sitcoms, and through technologies such as sound and light, let these old objects speak and tell stories; Create a farmhouse life experience area with old agricultural tools, enrich the connotation of the rural memory museum, let the rural memory museum glow with new vitality in the new era, and add new vitality to the revitalization of the countryside... Gao Qiangming and Wang Chenhong reached a consensus, and continued to pay and work hard for this purpose.

　　"Do you know the origin of 'listening'? Do you know the origin of 'practice makes perfect'? Do you know the story of 'oil pot to make money, three or seven points of water' ?......" loud voice, amiable smile, more than 60,000 visitors heard Wang Chenhong's voice in the Rural Cultural Memory Exhibition Hall. On the road of rural revitalization, he is not only a docent here, but also a practitioner of rural cultural revitalization, and he dedicates his strength to the revitalization of rural culture in Guangshengsi Town with diligence and hard work.

(Reprinted from: Linfen News Network)