Under the new situation, it is necessary to consolidate and expand the achievements of party history study and education, establish a normalized and long-term system and mechanism, educate and guide the vast number of party members and cadres to study party history and use party history as a lifelong compulsory course, constantly strengthen historical self-confidence, enhance political consciousness, carry forward the great spirit of party building, and more confidently forge ahead into a new journey and make meritorious contributions to the new era.
"Beneficial Supplement"
Classic party history works integrate politics, theory and scholarship, and are excellent carriers of party history knowledge. Reading these works can consolidate the basic skills and is also a convenient way to learn.
However, the knowledge of party history is after all rich and colorful, in addition to the grand narrative, there are also microscopic details; in addition to academic rigor, it must also be vivid and readable. Classic party history works generally narrate historical events and historical figures chronologically, using restrictive data and conclusive language. At this time, documentary works related to the history of the Party become a useful supplement.
In other words, classic party history works are rational materials and backbones; but to consolidate and expand the achievements of party history study and education, especially for ordinary party members and the broad masses, a wealth of emotional materials is also needed. Documentary works related to the history of the Party offer a richer selection.
Documentary works are rooted in the mainland's long tradition of "historical transmission". Related works take real events and characters as the object of writing, on the basis of investigating and collecting styles and excavating historical materials, they are written in a combination of narrative and discussion, which not only have storylines, vivid details, and character images, so that people love to read and are willing to read.
On the mainland, there are a large number of documentary works in the fields of political history, economic history, and ideological and cultural history, and related to the history of the Communist Party of China and the History of the Chinese Revolution abound.
Snow's "Red Star Shines on China" transforms boring revolutionary theories, party documents, and meeting contents into meaningful stories through careful observation and description. The perseverance, courage, and wisdom of the leading figures, and the happiness, optimism, vitality, and hard-working of ordinary soldiers and the people are full of life, cordial and vivid.
"Distinctive"
First, the time span is large, covering a hundred years of party history.
In the new democratic revolution, socialist revolution and construction, reform, opening up, and the new era of socialist modernization, there are a large number of outstanding documentary works.
These works include major historical events such as the founding of the party, the Long March of the Red Army, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, reform and opening up, and poverty alleviation, as well as about the party's leading figures and groups, and are vivid teaching materials for ideals and convictions.
Second, there are many genres and many works.
According to the subject and mode of expression, there are different types of biographies, oral histories, epistolary collections, diaries, interviews and memoirs, and there are a large number of works in various genres. They provide vivid materials for understanding the major events and important figures in the history of the Party from different angles and at different levels, and also let us feel the mental journey of the revolutionary ancestors in carrying out the great revolutionary struggle.
Third, it has withstood the test of time and has strong authority.
Some documentary works were published very early, withstood the test of time, and were as rigorous as classic party history works, such as the "Spark of Fire" series of books and the "Series of Historical Materials of the Communist Party of China" with the nature of memoirs.
Fourth, it is easy to collect and learn, and it is highly accessible.
Compared with archives, museum cultural relics, and physical objects of party history shrines, books and periodicals as carriers of documentary works are highly accessible. These books are published and distributed, both online and offline, and can be purchased at the right price, which is convenient for collection and repeated reading and learning.
"Unique Results"
First, through specific cases, the party's principles and policies are clearly explained.
Confined to style and length, classic party history works focus on macro policy interpretation, and how to implement the party's principles and policies and how to implement them can often not be fully developed.
Documentary works of party history, especially memoirs, have many parties explain in detail in light of specific situations. For example, climbing snow-capped mountains and crossing grasslands during the Long March is extremely difficult, the environment is harsh, the materials are poor, and the energy and physical strength are close to the limit, how did the red army soldiers successfully complete it?
Second, through the words and deeds of the characters to show the character image, arouse the reader's sense of reverence.
Documentary works, especially memoirs and diaries, often show the strong responsibility, great courage, and firm belief and calmness of the revolutionary predecessors in saving the people and surviving, which is convincing and touching after reading. Reverence for party history figures is warmth and respect for the party's history.
We now know that it is very difficult to make a decision to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and Comrade Mao Zedong has been thinking that "I took sleeping pills three times one day and did not fall asleep," simply got up for a meeting, and finally made a correct decision. Such detailed accounts quickly bring the leading figures closer to the general reader, thus helping to understand the deliberate decision-making of the party's first generation of central leadership.
Third, we should vigorously counter historical nihilism and strengthen historical self-confidence.
In the Battle of Shangganling, more than 50 combat heroes, including Huang Jiguang, emerged. How did the Battle of Shangganling win the battle of Shangganling under the circumstance that there was an extremely disparity in the strength of the enemy and us? In the memories of the volunteer soldiers, the parties concerned recalled in an oral manner how the combat heroes carried forward the spirit of fearless revolutionary heroism and how they brought into full play the favorable natural conditions and the power of rudimentary weapons.
"Best Configuration"
Of course, documentary works of party history are not a substitute for classic party history works. To study party history well, the most important thing is to read classic party history works and consolidate the basic knowledge of party history. The best configuration is to adopt a "1+1" approach, that is, a classic party history work is matched with a party history documentary work, and the documentary work provides historical details.
On this basis, it is necessary to deeply study the principles of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, and organically combine the study of party history with the theory of understanding thoroughness.
For example, to understand the principle that "the masses of the people are the creators of history," we should understand how the mass line played a role in the history of the Party; after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army advanced behind the enemy lines, and how they mobilized, propagated, and organized the masses of the people, thus condensing the great forces of the all-out War of Resistance.
In addition to reading classic party history works and party history documentary works, you can also watch some film and television dramas that are carefully adapted and interpreted according to real events, such as "The Age of Awakening", "1921" and "The Great Waves and Sands", so as to accurately grasp the merits of the facts, understand the lofty demeanor of the revolutionary ancestors, and thus better strengthen historical self-confidence.
What needs to be emphasized is that the selection of documentary works of party history must follow the political principle of unifying party spirit and scientific nature, and adhere to the standard of believing in history with reliable sources and credible historical facts.