Promote the development of "Fu" culture and condense the "New Five Blessings Spirit"

Huaxia Fu pulse has a long history

Five thousand years of Chinese civilization, the "Fu" culture also has a long history, it carries the entire nation's yearning for a better life since the history of writing.

Yun: "Fu, You." From the show, the hiccup. The word "fu" in the oracle bone means to pray with both hands on wine and pray for the protection of the gods. As the common dream of the Chinese ancestors, many philosophers and texts have discussed this, which can be regarded as the earliest interpretation and demonstration of the "Fu" culture. They continue to witness and promote the development of this concept, prompting this activity of praying for the blessing of the gods to extend to man's wishes for man, man's pursuit of things or hearts, and the hope for a better life.

Over time, the meaning and coverage of the concept of "fu" has been continuously expanded. In the simple vision, the growth of the quantity can be the most simple and clear to obtain psychological satisfaction, and the concept of "five blessings" has also come into being, and the earliest literature that systematically explains the five blessings is probably the "Book of Shang", "Shang Shu Hong Fan" carries the cloud: "Five Blessings: one is shou, two is rich, three is kangning, four is good morality, and the fifth is the end of life." The proposal of the Five Blessings can be regarded as the induction and definition of the happiness of the ancient Chinese people by traditional culture. For thousands of years, the vision of life for ordinary working people may have been summed up in these five blessings.

As the core of traditional Chinese culture, the "Fu" culture has gone beyond the scope of the five blessings in the long historical process, and eventually become the representative of the traditional Chinese auspicious culture. From the perspective of communication, the "Fu" culture has a strong penetration, not only in the Chinese nation has become a commonly recognized concept, but also has a strong influence on Southeast Asia and countries around the world. This is not only in the relationship between geography and communication, but also in the fact that the vast majority of people have common good ideals and aspirations.

Eight Fujian Fudi Haixi Fu people

The only province named "Fu" in the country is Fujian, and there are many cities and counties with the word "Fu" in the province, and in Fuzhou alone, there are dozens of villages (neighborhood committees), streets, and road names with the word "Fu", which can be called the largest in the country, and is recognized as a blessed place and a blessed state.

Tracing the origin of the "Fu" culture in Fujian, it is generally believed that the "Fu" culture of the Min people has been inherited from the Central Plains. The most significant is the large number of immigrants in the Central Plains during the Tang Dynasty, first with the Kaizhang of Chen Zheng's father and son Chen Yuanguang, and later with the Kaimin of Wang Chao's brothers. Many later generations of Min people outside the world are called "Fu Lao", this title actually shows the origin of the Blood and Culture of Fujian people - "Fu Lao" is homophonous with "Heluo" in Minnan, that is, Zhongyuan Heluo.

The Fujian culture of the Tang Dynasty is characterized by the inheritance of the Central Plains culture, and the mutual improvement and integration with the barbaric civilization of Fujian. Since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, this province located in the southeast corner has achieved unprecedented political, economic, cultural and other aspects, and the Minxue represented by Zhu Xi has promoted Fujian to become the Confucian highland of the whole country at that time. Closely related to the blazing literary style of Fujian in the Song Dynasty, the engraving industry was highly developed. At that time, the edition of the book with one of the earliest Chinese ocean ships - Fu jian "Fu ship", spread to Southeast Asia and further countries, so this kind of common understanding with the imprint of Mindi and belonging to the Chinese nation's yearning and pursuit of a better life spread to the world, Jianyang, a country of literature and classics, has thus become a cultural highland of the times. From Quanzhou Port in the Yuan Dynasty to Zhangzhou Yue Port in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as Fuzhou Port and Xiamen Port in the late Qing Dynasty, it witnessed the stirring and integration of Fujian's local culture with Central Plains culture and foreign culture, and achieved the characteristics of Fujian regional culture "catching up later". There are many pioneers in this area of water and soil, and today, there are still many important cultural heritage, historical objects and customs and customs, witnessing this cultural quality. Including Clark porcelain and Dehua ceramics that have been exported to Southeast Asia and European countries, the songs that have been circulated so far, the stone carvings on the Nine-Day Mountain to pray for the wind and blessings, etc., are all special representations of the "Fu" culture under the fusion of the special geographical environment and special culture of Fujian in various periods. This is an open", "fu" culture, and the agitation and fusion make it form a regional character.

Examining the traditional "Fu" culture of Fujian, it roughly includes these parts, one of which is the "Fu" of the tradition that has survived in history. Including totems, ancestors and nature worship, such as the surviving snake worship in Fujian, the ape worship in Shunchang, the Hakka ancestor worship in Ningshi Wall, and the banyan tree and camphor tree worship in various places; religious beliefs, such as Mazu, Lady Linshui, Baosheng The Great, Sanping Zushi, Qingshui Zushi, etc. Second, the "blessing" of the literary context of the Ancestors of Fujian. There were blessings from the emperor, such as the "blessing" character given by the Qianlong Emperor to Gan Guobao during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty; there were the blessings of the literati, such as Zhu Xi who left a number of "Fu" character inscriptions in Fujian; there were "blessings" inspired and warned by national heroes; such as Lin Zexu's "Profiting the life and death of the country, it is better to avoid it because of misfortune." Third, the "blessing" of the people's longing for life. It includes folk folk activities: temple fairs and blessing activities in various places, posting blessing characters, praying for blessings, auspicious blessings for New Year's festivals and weddings and funerals, as well as various folk blessing grabbing and blessing activities; folk daily life and literary and artistic performances: New Year paintings, embroidery, paper-cutting, couplets, and the pattern design of various folk daily life objects in clothing, food, housing, and transportation.

Ingenuity benefits Fukuzawa Southeast

The spirit of Fujian is "patriotism and love for the homeland, embrace all kinds of rivers, be willing to be charitable, dare to fight and win", which is the common ideal spirit of contemporary Fujian people. This spirit is closely related to the understanding and pursuit of happiness by the people of Fujian, and can even be considered to be an indicator of the spiritual level of Fujian's "Fu" culture. The times are constantly developing and changing, and the happy life that Fujian people who dare to fight and win are naturally changing day by day.

To grasp the expression and dissemination of Fujian's "Fu" culture in the new era and new situation, we must clarify the current era, geography and cultural background of our province, including the digital era we are in and the current epidemic period, including the connection period of the country's historic completion of the battle against poverty and the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, and also the special cultural and geographical background of Fujian as the core area of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and the cross-strait integration and development demonstration zone. In this way, how to tell the story of Fujian well, express the pursuit and dream of Fujian people in the new era for a beautiful modern life, and spread the "Fu" culture with Fujian characteristics in the new era is an important task of contemporary Fujian people.

Today, many visual arts and folk crafts have become the cultural expression of "Fu" in Fujian, including various folk crafts such as calligraphy, paper-cutting, lacquer art, and many auspicious patterns related to the word "Fu" in architecture and daily life, which show the innovation and creativity of the artist and the times.

Condensing the "New Five Blessings Spirit"

In order to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of the "Fu" culture in our province and build the "Fu" cultural brand, the times require Fujian to condense the "New Five Blessings Spirit". The traditional concept of the five blessings is constantly evolving and developing, and Huan Tan's "New Treatise" of the Eastern Han Dynasty defines the five blessings as: "Longevity, wealth, nobility, happiness, and many descendants." Later, the five blessings evolved into "fu, lu, shou, joy, and wealth." At present, Fujian should use the "New Five Blessings Spirit" to build a cultural and geographical indication of the "Fu" culture in the new era, and strive to create a number of "Fu" cultural and artistic masterpieces that respond to the times, praise the people, and have ideals and characteristics. Tell the story of Fujian with high-quality products, and use this to promote the construction of Fujian's culturally strong province.

The "New Five Blessings Spirit" includes: First, the struggle for "Fu", including the spirit of Fujian people who dare to fight and win. Generations of Fujian people have crossed the vast ocean, crossed Taiwan, to the South China Sea, to other countries farther away to explore, break through and fight, looking for the dream of life. Today's Fujian people should inherit and develop this spirit of breaking through and fighting. Second, the "blessing" of the sea silk contains the spirit of the sea and the hundred rivers. Fujian is one of the important starting points of the Maritime Silk Road, which prompted the Fujian people to form a cultural tolerance spirit of Hai Na Bai Chuan. Third, beyond the "blessing", this is the spirit of "catching up later". This spirit requires contemporary Fujian people to grasp the forerunner of the times, dare to be the first, bravely stand at the head of the historical tide of national reform and opening up, and constantly surpass themselves, transcend history, and surpass their peers. Fourth, ecological "blessing", which is the spirit of green water and green mountains. "Green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains", and doing a good job in ecological "blessing" is a great cause for the well-being of future generations in Fujian. Fifth, great love "blessing" is the spirit of charity and the spirit of fraternity. There are many folk beliefs in Fujian, and the Mazu faith has the deepest and broadest influence, and the transmission of this great love is extended from the island fishing villages in Putian to Fujian, to the two sides of the strait, to the whole country, to Southeast Asian countries, and to the whole world, which is a kind of spiritual protection. In the era of the epidemic, we have deeply understood that peace is a blessing, and in the era of the epidemic, many retrogrades and volunteers have made us deeply understand that great love is a blessing. Fujian people face the times and the world, and they must be blessed with great love.

(The author is an associate researcher at the Fujian Academy of Social Sciences and deputy director of the Fujian Straits Cultural Research Center.) This paper is the phased result of the Fujian Provincial Social Science Foundation project "Aesthetic Expression of Fujian 'Fu' Culture and Its Contemporary Form". ）