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▲ The main venue of beijing seminar site
▲Yunnan branch venue discussion site
Spring returns to the earth, and everything recovers. On the morning of April 8th, the seminar on long-form reportage "Dulong Chunfeng", sponsored by the Creative Liaison Department of the China Writers Association, the People's Literature Magazine, the Yunnan Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the Yunnan Publishing Group, and hosted by the China Writers Network, the Yunnan Writers Association, and the Yunnan People's Publishing House, was held simultaneously in Beijing and Kunming. The main venue of the seminar was set up in Beijing, and a sub-venue was set up in Kunming, which was held in the form of a combination of online and offline and video connectivity. Qiu Huadong, secretary of the Secretariat of the China Writers Association, Bao Honglie, deputy director of the Creative Union Department of the China Writers Association, Zhang Yujian, second-level inspector of the Propaganda Department of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee, and Yang Zhiqiang, deputy secretary of the party committee and general manager of Yunnan Publishing Group, attended the event. Shi Zhanjun, member of the party leading group of the China Writers Association, secretary of the Secretariat, and editor-in-chief of People's Literature, and Yang Run, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Yunnan Provincial CPC Committee and director of the Provincial Press and Publication Bureau, sent written speeches. Liang Hongying, Xu Ke, Hu Ping, Pan Kaixiong, Ye Mei, Zhang Ling, Song Jiahong, He Shaojun, Li Bingyin, Huang Chuanhui, Zhang Qinghua, Wang Guoping, Chen Tao, Li Lanyu, Yang Biwei and more than 30 writers, literary critics and people from the publishing circles from Beijing and Yunnan attended the meeting and conducted extensive and in-depth discussions on their works. The seminar was presided over by Xu Zechen, deputy editor-in-chief of People's Literature.
As a key topic of the Chinese Writers Association's "Going Deep into Life and Taking Root in the People", "Dulong Spring Wind" was first published in the headline of the 11th issue of People's Literature magazine in 2021 and published in the key column "Praise of Light". And published simultaneously by Yunnan People's Publishing House. Writers Pan Ling and Duan Aisong went deep into Dulongjiang Township, located in the Nu River Gorge, lasted three years, drew creative nutrition from life, and wrote a long-form reportage work of more than 450,000 words, which is a major achievement and major harvest in the field of Chinese reportage. Standing at the height of forging a solid sense of the Chinese national community and the history of poverty reduction in China, the two writers tell the shocking Chinese story of the Dulong ethnic group under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, especially since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Party, with the care of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core and the help of the state, and together with the people of the whole country to run a well-off life and embark on the road of national rejuvenation, the dulong ethnic group has successfully achieved two leaps and bounds, which can be called a magnificent epic of the fate of the Dulong ethnic group.
▲Qiu Huadong delivered a speech
The real, real, moving and touching "great changes in the mountains and villages" of the new era
Qiu Huadong, secretary of the Secretariat of the China Writers Association, attended the meeting and congratulated the two authors and the publication of "Dulong Chunfeng" on behalf of the China Writers Association. He said: In December last year, the Tenth National Congress of the Chinese Writers Association was successfully concluded, and this year we are about to usher in the convening of the Twentieth National Congress of the Party. He first affirmed the author's spirit of basing himself on reality, going deep into life, and taking root in the people. Qiu Huadong said that General Secretary Xi Jinping has made a powerful and concise summary of the theories and laws of literary and artistic creation, and there are a hundred or a thousand methods of literary and artistic creation, but the most fundamental, most critical, and most reliable way is to take root in the people and take root in life. This fully shows that the writer's literary talent is tempered in social practice, and the writing comes from life, and the writers Pan Ling and Duan Aisong interpret this with practical actions.
He affirmed the value of "The Spring Breeze of the Dragon" not only from the perspective of literature, but also from the perspective of anthropology, ethnology and history. This work with epic character was created and completed in the context of the new era when General Secretary Xi Jinping replied to the Dulong people twice and received them once, showing the two writers' high political positions, strong people's positions, deep national feelings, and a wide literary vision. "The Spring Breeze of the Dragon" is both rich in literature and unique in literature. This work not only pays attention to historical evidence but also combines realistic investigation, not only steps on the earth but also looks up at the stars, in the practice of people-centered orientation, with beautiful words, solid image record of the Dulong people, for the Yunnan ethnic minorities to establish a biography, for China's poverty reduction history, for the Chinese dream in the new era to make a statement, is a national unity demonstration, guard the literary frontier of the literary model. The creation and publication of "Dulong Spring Wind" not only means that the Dulong people have a deep and thick literary work since then, but also allow readers to truly feel the true feelings of the Dulong people from the bottom of their hearts for the gratitude of the party and the true feeling of following the party, showing the great miracles created by the Communist Party of China in different periods, and the best interpretation of the credible, lovely and respectable image of China. "The Spring Breeze of the Dragon" also explores a unique Chinese approach to the peaceful development of various ethnic groups.
The written speech of Shi Zhanjun, a member of the party group of the China Writers Association, the secretary of the Secretariat, and the editor-in-chief of People's Literature, was read by Xu Zechen. He pointed out that the work is affectionately praised by the "great changes in the mountains and countryside" of the Dulong people, a small ethnic group in the southwest border of the motherland, in the new era. In the more than seventy years since the founding of New China, the life of the Dulong people has undergone two historic changes: once, in the early days of the founding of New China, they "went straight through" from the primitive social state to the stage of socialism; once, in the new era, under the deep concern of General Secretary Xi Jinping, they gathered the diligence and wisdom of cadres and masses at all levels and all walks of life, realized the "poverty alleviation of the whole ethnic group", reached the standard of moderate prosperity from living conditions to education level, and continued to march towards a better life of comprehensive revitalization. This is nothing less than a Chinese miracle that can be written into human history. "Dulongjiang Spring Wind" (the title of the article at the time of the first release of "Dulong Spring Wind") tells in detail the reasons and specific processes of such miracles: running schools and building schools, building roads and bridges, connecting electricity and networking... In the deep mountains and valleys, the people's yearning for a better life beckons the people who work together with the fathers and fellow villagers of the Dulong ethnic group to overcome difficulties, realize seemingly impossible dreams with one heart and one mind, interpret the true meaning of "national family affinity" with loyalty and life, and jointly cast the sense of community of the Chinese nation on the journey of realizing great rejuvenation.
The two authors have strong creative strength and outstanding achievements, and the success of this work soaked in the "four forces" and the good social repercussions of publication and publication also prove that they are good writers who "keep pace with the times, breathe with the people, share the fate, and connect hearts". He said that he hopes that more readers can walk into this excellent work that is stained with mud, dewdrops and steam, and work with us to feel the institutional advantages and people's well-being of China in the new era with true feelings, and work together to create a vast world of literature in the new era with actions.
▲ Bao Honglie spoke
▲ Xu Zechen presided over the event
Bao Honglie said in his speech that as one of the designated in-depth life projects of the China Writers Association in 2020, the two writers of "Dulong Spring Wind" went to the Dulongjiang area many times during the creation period to understand and feel the production and life of the people at the lowest level, as well as the glorious deeds of the vast number of poverty alleviation cadres in the frontline struggle and sacrifice, and at the same time, they consulted and studied a large number of folklore literature with an attitude of being responsible for history, which is not only a gift to the land of their hometown. It is also the answer to the times they poured after drawing nourishment from history.
▲Yang Zhiqiang spoke at the Yunnan branch venue
Yang Zhiqiang reviewed the creation experience of the work, he said, "Dulong Spring Wind" encountered the new crown epidemic in the early stage of creation, the interview plan was completely disrupted, the two writers overcame various difficulties, the epidemic eased, several times went deep into Dulong Township, Gongshan County, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, interviewed, traveled through the villages, villages, landscapes and rivers there, interviewed old hunters, village cadres, rural teachers, rich leaders, entrepreneurial young people, team members stationed in villages, etc., encountered landslides, broken roads and mudslides. In exchange for thick and extremely precious interview notes, it laid a solid foundation for fieldwork for the creation of the book. With the deepening of the interview and investigation, the two writers were shocked by the historical fate of the Dulong people, and adjusted the framework of the initial description of poverty alleviation to write about the social and historical changes of the Dulong people in a timely manner, and the poverty alleviation attack became a wonderful chapter in the most grand context.
▲Zhang Yujian spoke at the Yunnan branch venue
On behalf of Yang Run, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Yunnan Provincial CPC Committee and director of the Provincial Press and Publication Bureau, Zhang Yujian pointed out in his speech that from Premier Zhou Enlai naming the Dulong people to General Secretary Xi Jinping's two reply letters to the Dulong people, the people of the Dulong nationality have been under the brilliant illumination of the party, listening to the party's words, feeling the gratitude of the party, following the party, conforming to the development of the times, making unremitting efforts to improve themselves and making unremitting efforts to change the backward appearance, and finally creating a miracle in the history of poverty reduction in the world. All this fully reflects the great superiority of the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the superiority of the socialist system. Pan Ling and Duan Aisong keenly saw the importance of this subject, and after in-depth investigation, they obtained rich materials, and dedicated this work with thickness and depth to us with professional literary literacy, hoping to promote the prosperity and development of Yunnan literature through in-depth discussion by experts.
"The Spring Breeze of the Dragon"
Pan Ling, Duan Aisong
Yunnan People's Publishing House
November 2021
Epic character, with ethnological, folklore, and anthropological values
Experts believe that "The Spring Breeze of the Dragon" is not only lofty in terms of intention and conception, but also has a bit of facet, and the writing method not only cares about the panorama, but also pays attention to the delicate depiction of the part. It is not only a magnificent epic of the history and culture of the Dulong people, but also a group of credible, cute and respectable heroes, and is an excellent reportage literature with both ideology and literature. The work truly and vividly reproduces the "Chinese experience" and outstanding contributions of the Chinese Communists in promoting national unity and common progress.
Liang Hongying, editor-in-chief of Literature and Art Daily and executive vice president of the China Reportage Literature Society, believes that "Dulong Chunfeng" is an encyclopedia that reflects the history and culture of the Dulong people in Yunnan, "from ancient times to the present, from the economy to culture, groups to individuals... The development of its life, the history of a happy life, are all properly narrated. "The work takes General Secretary Xi Jinping's two letters to the Dulong people as a running red line, supporting the structure of this work, with a high sense of politics, historical standing and historical depth." At the same time, he suggested that the work be made into an audiobook and made into a TV series or movie to make the communication more three-dimensional.
Xu Ke, executive vice president of Lu Xun Academy of Literature, believes that "Dulong Spring Wind" is an excellent work with epic quality, which can be called a history of the development of the Dulong clan, and the author is a biography of the Dulong clan. "The whole book is divided into two parts, the first part is a review of history, and the second part describes reality. The ratio of history to reality is roughly 2:3, and it takes more space to review the history of the Dulong clan, which I think is also the author's intention to focus on the biography of the Dulong clan. "At the same time, this work has always been full of passion and has created a group of heroes." The author needs to rely heavily on literary materials in his writing, but there is no sense of piling, thanks to the author's superb language art, which is fascinating to read. ”
Hu Ping, former director of the Innovation and Research Department of the China Writers Association, said frankly that this is the most formal and detailed "History of the Dulong Nation". In addition to its literary value, its anthropological, ethnological, and historical value is also very significant, "this is a work that can be passed down." Pan Kaixiong, former vice president of China Publishing Group and former president of the People's Literature Publishing House, also believes that "Dulong Spring Wind" is nothing more than an epic masterpiece, and he uses three "histories" to summarize the works: the history of suffering, the history of leapfrogging, and the history of struggle.
"The work writes about how the Dulong people have changed from a bullied 'straight' nation to a proud nation. In particular, in the second half of the century, it achieved two great leaps forward, extricated itself from poverty together with all nationalities throughout the country, and lived proudly and with dignity in the magnificent border of the motherland. After Ye Mei, deputy director of the Ethnic Minority Literature Committee of the China Writers Association and president of the China Prose Literature Association, read "The Spring Wind of the Dulong", her deepest feeling was how important it is to live proudly and with dignity. She said that this is a comprehensive record of the political, economic and cultural development of the Dulong people, and it is also an epic writing with rich literary style and strong appeal. Wang Guoping, editor-in-chief of the literary and art criticism edition of Guangming Daily and a member of the Reportage Committee of the China Writers Association, also saw the humiliation and rebirth of a nation from it, "This book is a process in which a nation continues to come from the depth of history, constantly manifest, and constantly clarify. ”
"This is an excellent reportage work with great practical significance, epic character, rich content and ethnological, folklore and even anthropological value," said Professor Zhang Qinghua, executive director of the International Writing Center of Beijing Normal University. The success of the work lies in the fact that the ethnological allegory can be consciously developed here, and it introduces ethnic relations, power structure, border history and turmoil in the Great Southwest region, and profoundly reflects the cultural identity, homeland concept and patriotic consciousness of the various ethnic groups in the region.
▲ Duan Aisong, one of the authors of "The Spring Wind of the Lone Dragon"
The formation of heroic group portraits shows the power of literature
In addition to presenting a strong epic character, "The Spring Breeze of the Dragon" has also been praised by many experts and scholars for its literary nature. He Shaojun, distinguished professor of Shenyang Normal University and vice president of the Chinese Contemporary Literature Research Association, believes that "the pursuit of literature is a major feature of this work." He said that the two writers overcame difficulties, not only ensuring the systematic and comprehensive nature of the works, but also readable and rich in literature. "This is related to the fact that two authors, one is a novelist and the other is a poet, and I can feel the novelist's ability to shape characters and the charm of the poet to express emotions."
Song Jiahong, a professor and critic at Yunnan University, said that "Dulong Spring Wind" does not win with subjective lyricism, but captures the reader's heart with vivid and objective realism. A large number of the works are vivid characters and past events, not pursuing the integrity of the plot with imagination and fiction, not pursuing the legendary nature of the storyline, but aiming at restoring historical scenes. The story retains the characteristics of fragments and fragments, and even consists of multiple pieces, with the goal of shaping the character image. "Every chapter of the work has such a description, which is the writing method of serious documentary literature, which is the basic requirement for non-fiction literature to maintain its artistic quality."
Zhang Ling, former editor-in-chief of the Writers Publishing House and a member of the Reportage Committee of the China Writers Association, believes that "The Spring Breeze of the Dulong" has cast a solid literary writing for the consciousness of the Chinese national community. Its literary performance is vividly depicted in the story of a large number of Dulong people who have grown up in the new era and new society, and has shaped the image of their strivers who seek happiness for the people of their hometown. Their stories and their images reflect the past and present lives of the Dulong people, express the economic prosperity, social development, cultural progress and people's happiness of the Dulong people, and represent the forward force of the unity of all ethnic groups in China, including the Dulong people, like pomegranate seeds, "listening to the party, following the party, and feeling the gratitude of the party". Li Bingyin, former deputy director of the Reportage Committee of the China Writers Association and former executive vice president of the China Reportage Literature Society, said that the works have always been written around the center of how the spring breeze has blown to the side of the Dulong people and how to blow open the new destiny, life and spiritual outlook of the Dulong people. Huang Chuanhui, former executive vice president of the China Reportage Literature Society, also said that "Dulong Chunfeng" is fluent in reading and readable. "A 450,000-word book that I read all day long. After reading, I feel relaxed and fluent, and I feel that I am in one breath, which fully reflects the writer's narrative ability, narrative skills, and narrative wisdom. ”
Li Lanyu, deputy editor of People's Literature, introduced how he excerpted 30,000 or 40,000 words from more than 400,000 words of works at that time. She mainly considers from the four basis points of historical depth of field, natural depth of field, depth of life and depth of field of culture, "The work not only writes about the great changes at the social level, but also writes about the deep changes such as psychological culture, which make this book different from other similar themes." "Young critic and poet Yang Biwei said that the theme of "The Spring Breeze of the Dragon" has expanded the boundaries of contemporary Chinese literature." In addition to the literary depiction of the portraits of the characters, historical materials, archives, including some letters and diaries and other genres are also included in the reportage. ”
Chen Tao, editor-in-chief of China Writers Network, said that China Writers Network is honored to host this seminar. The theme of poverty alleviation is a major and valuable theme, which requires us writers to constantly re-examine and write repeatedly. Pan Ling and Duan Aisong are very good writers, and their writing is touching and admirable. "The Spring Breeze of the Dragon" "tells the story of the Dulong clan well, not just the story of the Dulong.".
At the end of the seminar, Duan Aisong poetically and fondly recalled the process of writing with Pan Ling. In his thank-you speech, he said that writing the story of the Dulong clan was a coincidence for him, but it was something he would never forget. "In all the history of the Dulong people, there is no period as thought-provoking as it is now, how a weak and small nation that was once about to become extinct, in the constant search for opportunities for survival and development, how to raise its head, stand tall, take a step, and bravely and dignifiedly stand in front of the times, this answer is hidden in "The Spring Wind of the Dulong"," Duan Aisong said, The development and leap of the Dulong clan is indeed a miracle, a miracle that can only be created in China. "Thanks... It was literature that made me meet "The Spring Breeze of the Dragon"; it was you who made me meet my true self on the road of literature. ”
▲Group photo of guests at the main venue in Beijing
▲Group photo of guests at the Yunnan branch venue
Photo: Wang Jiguo