Deeply decipher the code of life and art of contemporary culture

Deeply decipher the code of life and art of contemporary culture

——Commenting on Xiang Yunju's "When Literature Illuminates the Heritage of the Earth--On Feng Jicai"

Li Hengchang

Mr. Xiang Yunju's "When Literature Illuminates the Heritage of the Earth - On Feng Jicai" is a monograph that studies and interprets contemporary culture from multiple dimensions of literature, folk art and thought, which systematically shows Mr. Feng Jicai's magnificent and wonderful life of "standing with ideas, students with art, and folk teachers", and its greatest contribution is not only to reveal Mr. Feng Jicai's "pan-socialization phenomenon of literary personality and literary thought", but also to "illuminate the heritage of the earth with the light of literature he carries." Illuminating the conclusion of China's cultural heritage protection movement, it is more important to deeply decipher the code hidden in Mr. Feng Jicai's life and art, so that we can glimpse the background of the "banner" and "iconic" life and art of this contemporary cultural undertaking, as well as its high cultural consciousness and brilliant artistic passion, thus inspiring more contemporary intellectuals to better undertake the solemn and sacred historical mission and the heavy responsibility of the times.

First, deeply decipher The code of Mr. Feng Jicai's "abnormal behavior" - beloved

Mr. Xiang Yunju and Mr. Feng Jicai have a long period of contact and deep exchanges, and in many ways can be called Mr. Feng Jicai's "confidant". After long-term observation and research, he found that Mr. Feng Jicai, as a writer who "started" in literature, almost "disappeared" from the literary world for a long time. Later, he returned to the literary world. What did he do for nearly twenty years? What made him leave literature and eventually bring him back? In this regard, the author gives us a true and credible answer. He believes that although Mr. Feng Jicai left the literary world to engage in folk art and cultural relics protection, he actually never gave up his status as a writer, and did not give up his love for literature at all. From this, we can see that the twenty years that Feng Jicai "left" the literary world is exploring and practicing a "literary act" in a larger and broader sense in another form, on another battlefield--letting the light of literature illuminate the heritage of the earth, the meaning of which is to bring literature into a non-literary field and change the landscape of this field. When the light of literature illuminates the heritage on the earth, the heritage is no longer a accumulation of cultural or material forms, but becomes transparent, bright and crystalline, regaining life, rejuvenating new vitality and vitality. And the most fundamental reason for all this stems from Mr. Feng Jicai's "love" for literature. Literature is the real "goddess" in his mind, the love that he cares about. He initially "chose" literature because of "love"; he "left" literature in the middle because of "love"; he eventually "returned" to literature, still because of "love". That's how literature makes him love "dead and alive."

2. Deeply decipher the code of Mr. Feng Jicai's "alternative works" - profound

As a famous contemporary writer, Feng Jicai is undoubtedly excellent, even outstanding. But he is also highly controversial. In particular, his works such as "Three Inch Golden Lotus" and "Wooden Buddha" have caused some controversy, criticism, and even many people's misreading and misunderstanding. Through its in-depth interpretation, the author restores its original appearance, which not only has the meaning of seeing the clouds and correcting the chaos, but also allows readers to truly glimpse the cognitive value, enlightenment value and aesthetic value of his works. The author believes that although "Three Inches of Golden Lotus" is written about the story of Chinese foot binding, it shows a profound transformation of "body anthropology towards body aesthetics and body philosophy", a criticism of the aesthetics of the little foot, a double criticism of the feminist position and the patriarchal position, a kind of cultural self-criticism, and a reversal and subversion of the beauty and ugliness of the small foot aesthetics itself. This is extremely profound and extremely original. It is difficult to draw such conclusions without a pair of wise eyes, without a true grasp of the nature of literature.

3. Deeply decipher the code of Mr. Feng Jicai's "chairman phenomenon" - responsible

Feng Jicai has long served as the chairman of the Chinese Folk Writers Association, and in these two decades, "no president of an association has done so much for this association, so painstakingly, and so spared no effort." The author believes that his contribution to the Chinese Folk Artists Association is unprecedented and unprecedented, cannot be copied, cannot be imitated, and is the "president phenomenon" that has never appeared in any association. ("When Literature Illuminates the Heritage of the Earth: On Feng Jicai", by Xiang Yunju, Writers Press, January 2022 edition, p. 5) Why is this so? Through the author's analysis, people will find that in addition to love, more importantly, it is a kind of responsibility, which is the embodiment of a spirit of responsibility. Through the interpretation of Feng Jicai's self-narrated history "In the Whirlpool", the author profoundly reveals his spirit of responsibility. Since the reform and opening up, with the gradual establishment of the market economic system, especially the advancement of the modernization frenzy, the destruction, endangerment and extinction of folk culture have become one of the most serious problems. Feng Jicai "went up against the current", faced difficulties, and took the initiative to assume the responsibility of rescue and protection. He was running around, running and shouting, and practicing what he preached. Be both a flag bearer and a hands-on player yourself. There is pressure, difficulty, entanglement, helplessness, almost hopelessness and desperate struggle and struggle. But Feng Jicai finally faced it with the spirit of "I will have no self". The author quotes Feng Jicai as saying: "When I regard this generation of intellectuals, china's first cultural protectors, as spiritual icons, when I feel that I am connected with the blood of these cultural ancestors, I naturally take another step towards the 'whirlpool' of the times." ("When Literature Illuminates the Heritage of the Earth: On Feng Jicai", by Xiang Yunju, Writers Publishing House, January 2022 edition, p. 28) This is the best embodiment of the spirit of responsibility. Not only that, the author also understands and grasps this spirit of responsibility to the height of cultural feelings. The author points out that this kind of cultural responsibility often brings hardships and hardships to individuals, but all this cannot stop their great cultural feelings, they are lonely and lonely, and they are also passed down through the ages. Looking back at the current era, the reason why many things have not been done well and why they have left behind all kinds of regrets is inseparable from the lack of this spirit of responsibility and cultural feelings.

Fourth, deeply decipher the code of Mr. Feng Jicai's "generalization of thought" - self-consciousness

There is no doubt that as a "everyone" in the contemporary literary world, Feng Ji is a person with unique ideas. Especially when he entered the fields of culture, folklore, folk literature, cultural relics protection, heritage rescue, museology and many other fields, his thoughts all had profound "literary" and "anthropological" characteristics, not only with the profundity, image and vividness of literature, but also with literary expressions, which is a "pan-socialization" phenomenon of literary thought. So, where does its roots and lineage come from? The author tells us through in-depth research that this may come from his borrowing and inheritance of Lu Xun's literary thought. The author clearly points out that Feng Jicai's achievements and influences come from the literary "thought" tradition, which is Lu Xun-style thought. Mr. Lu Xun's literary thought is generalized, and Feng Jicai is similar to this. This captures precisely the spiritual essence of his thoughts. Just as in our research on Mo Yan's works, we can glimpse and discover that Mo Yan inherited and developed the path pioneered by Mr. Lu Xun - deepening the social theme of "cannibalism", and digging deep and expanding along the roadway of critical realism excavated by Mr. Lu Xun. Similarly, through mr. Feng Jicai's research, Mr. Xiang Yunju discovered the direction and profundity of his thoughts that are different from Mo Yan's. This has a strong inspiration for future generations. Why is Mr. Feng Jicai's thought so profound, and why can he transform literary thought into a realistic energy that contributes to society? The most fundamental thing is that he learned from the master Lu Xun's thoughts and advanced along the road opened up by Mr. Lu Xun. The core of this idea is "cultural consciousness", and its strength lies in "cultural consciousness" - "around the future and destiny of Chinese culture, the comparison of Chinese and Western cultural heritage concepts, the rescue and protection of folk and intangible cultural heritage, the dilemma and response in cultural reality, the current cultural crisis and cultural endangerment, etc., the outstanding ideas have been launched. ("When Literature Illuminates the Heritage of the Earth: On Feng Jicai", by Xiang Yunju, Writers Publishing House, January 2022 edition, page 85)

Fifth, deeply decipher Mr. Feng Jicai's "outstanding achievement" code - creation

Feng Jicai's life and artistic achievements are multifaceted, but also have a wide and profound impact. The reason why he has made achievements in many fields lies in his distinctive creativity. In this regard, the author even believes that many of his achievements are genius. This includes the rescue contribution to the cultural heritage of the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, when people were busy with disaster relief, why did they think of "protection"? Including the concept of inheriting the concept of population history, the compilation of the oral history of "Ten Years of One Hundred People"; including the use of digital engineering to develop and protect folk literature; including the protection of folk ancient villages; and even more including the development and protection of Mazu culture, etc., are of pioneering significance. All of this is inseparable from his creative brain - keeping the mind sharp, advanced, profound, and ahead, although it is doing a protective cause of "looking backwards", it always insists on keeping pace with the times and striving to "look forward".

I read the book on the recommendation of Mr. Wang Xiong, chairman of the China Railway Writers Association, and after careful reading, I initially realized that this is a book with profound connotations and unique insights, which is worth learning and reference when I write the series of "Contemporary Famous Writers' Creation and Commentary". Especially in cracking the life code of writers and artists and exploring the authenticity of life, it is worth reading, studying and learning from. When analyzing the realization form of Mr. Feng Jicai's thought, the author once pointed out that there is a characteristic of Mr. Feng's thought expression, that is, it often appears in the form of a spark flash. Reading Mr. Xiang Yunju's "When Literature Illuminates the Heritage of the Earth", it is as if a beautiful spark flashes in front of your eyes, which is both dazzling and inspiring. This is the spark of thought, the spark of wisdom, and the spark of spirit.

("When Literature Illuminates the Heritage of the Earth: On Feng Jicai", by Xiang Yunju, Writers Publishing House, January 2022.) ）

About author:Li Hengchang, male, from Feicheng, Shandong, secretary of the Party Committee of the Railway War Preparedness Zhouqiao Division. He is a member of the China Essay Literature Association, the China Railway Writers Association, the Shandong Writers Association, the Academic Committee Member of the Shandong Moyan Research Association, the Vice Chairman of the Writers Association of the Jinan Bureau of China Railway, and the first batch of contracted writers in Jinan. The collection of essays and essays, "The Vastness of Love", won the 8th Shandong Provincial Spiritual Civilization Construction "Quality Project" Award, and the literary review "Wang Xiaobo's Novel Misreading" won the 8th China Railway Literature Award.

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