Wen 丨 Wang Zi Pei
During the two sessions of the National People's Congress this year, Wang Wei, a deputy to the National People's Congress and chairman of the Chinese Archaeological Society, made suggestions on promoting archaeology to approach the public, which received media attention. As the mainland archaeology enters the spring, "public archaeology" is in the ascendant, and how to make archaeology and people's lives and social development nourish each other and achieve each other has become an increasingly important topic.
"Archaeology is the cause of the people." Archaeological resources and related historical and cultural resources are created by the people, and they should also be returned to the public and become public resources. From a deep level, the development of public archaeology is an inevitable requirement for carrying forward China's excellent traditional culture and enhancing cultural self-confidence. Focusing on the individual, even if you do not pursue history as a reference to knowledge, you can enrich the spiritual world; even if you can't say how much a brick or tile is worth, you can have the minimum reverence and not destroy cultural relics. The awareness of cultural relics protection is not strong, there have been many lessons left, in today's increasing degree of social civilization, every year there are still a small number of people who carve words on the monuments are caught, the problem is worth pondering.
It can also be realistic that promoting the cause of public archaeology is conducive to driving economic and social development. Isn't it more effective and reasonable for the mainland to have countless cultural heritages and vast texts, to protect them, to study them, and to tell true historical stories to attract consumption than to build all kinds of far-fetched statue buildings?
In fact, from cao cao's tomb that aroused widespread concern among the people, to the online reading and discussion of the newly discovered archaeology of Sanxingdui exceeding 1 billion, from the praise of programs such as "I Repair Cultural Relics in the Forbidden City", to Zhong Fangrong's application for the archaeology major of Peking University to get a lot of encouragement, there is no need to underestimate people's recognition of archaeology and history and culture, and there is no need to doubt whether cultural relics and monuments can touch people's hearts. Curiosity is a common endowment of human beings. If public interest is not mobilized, it is likely that the story is not told well.
The latest excavation results of the Sanxingdui site in 2021 were released, and a number of cultural relics exhibits were "on the new" at the Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan City, Sichuan Province, attracting a large number of cultural enthusiasts and tourists. Image source Xinhua News Agency
Wang Wei called for China to set up an archaeology day to popularize archaeological knowledge in various forms. It is not necessary to stick to a fixed date for the popularization of knowledge, but it is necessary for archaeological work to embrace society in various forms and go in both directions with the public. On the one hand, the right of the public to understand, contact and use archaeological results should be respected, for cultural venues, in the installation and publicity of more think about what the audience expects, the professional content as approachable as possible, while it is necessary to enhance the public welfare, the Palace Museum to minors free of charge is a good attempt. Institutions such as the Shanxi Archaeological Research Institute have begun to recruit archaeological volunteers for the society, which is undoubtedly conducive to lifting the archaeological mystery veil and providing intuitive feelings for the public.
The Hainan Provincial Museum held a simulated paper cultural relics restoration activity, attracting many tourists and citizens to experience it. Image source Xinhua News Agency
On the other hand, it is necessary to pay attention to the formation of a social atmosphere close to archaeology, history and culture. Places such as schools and parks can fully undertake relevant publicity activities, and open a window for children to hear the echo of history in the opening of class meetings, storytelling, and games.
And for anyone, if you steal half a day of leisure, go to the museum for a walk, go to the cultural park, let the wind blowing across the long river of history to bring a moment of quiet reverie, at least it is not a bad choice.
【Source: Nanfang +APP】