Recently, the book "Red Memory in the Forest of Maritime Steles" was published by Shanghai Far East Publishing House.
The inscriptions included in this book are distributed in various parts of the Shanghai area, the author visits one by one, and then sorts out each inscription word by word, and some inscriptions are sorted out by the author who has visited many times, which shows the documentary value of this book. The book is accompanied by a large number of photographs and several rubbings, through which the calligraphic art of the inscription can be admired.
The book has the following features:
First, this is the first collection of inscriptions in Shanghai with the theme of "red inscription".
Shanghai has established a large number of stone inscriptions in history, leaving thousands of stone inscriptions, so far preserved all kinds of stele stones are also thousands of kinds, Shanghai has published a variety of inscription data collections, but with the theme of "red", this book can be called the first.
Second, inherit Shanghai's red culture from the unique perspective of inscription.
The First, Second, and Fourth National Congresses of the Party were held in Shanghai, and many party leaders left brilliant revolutionary footprints in Shanghai. There are thousands of ruins of the Red Revolution in Shanghai, and many monuments have been carved. Through visiting and verifying more than 140 monuments, the author of the book read and translated the revolutionary red code in the forest of steles, and showed the scenes of the party's revolution and construction in Shanghai through the inscriptions.
Third, the rich stone inscription documents reproduce the historical monument of the party in Shanghai.
The more than 140 inscriptions and documents collected in the book are compiled after years of field visits, photographs, and relevant materials, and from the perspective of ruins, martyrs' cemeteries, monuments, historical events, party history figures, revolutionary poems, construction deeds, etc., they use the method of recording inscriptions, telling backgrounds, and attaching photos to introduce readers to the red story of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai.
Fourth, the value of literature.
The inscriptions included in this book are distributed throughout Shanghai, the author visits one by one, and then sorts out each inscription word by word, and some inscriptions are sorted out by the author after visiting many times, which shows the documentary value of this book. The book is accompanied by a large number of photographs and several rubbings, through which the calligraphic art of the inscription can be admired.
This book is an important result of the study of red culture in Shanghai.
Text/Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City Reporter: Wu Bo
Photo/ Guangzhou Daily, Xinhuacheng reporter: Wu Bo
Video/Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng Reporter: Wu Bo
Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor: Dai Yujing