Early morning in the spring
Walk into the Minhou County Cultural Center located on the banks of the Minjiang River
A strong cultural atmosphere is coming
……
Fresh and elegant MOOC classroom
Antique guqin classroom
Well-equipped recording studio, small theater...
This cultural hall covers an area of 3,500 square meters
It has reached the national level library standard
(Minhou County Cultural Center is located in the County Cultural Center • Shi Meixiang / Photo)
"The Ninth National Service to Farmers,
Serve the advanced collective of grassroots cultural construction"
The list was announced a few days ago
The Minhou County Cultural Center is among them
On April 6, 2022, the 6th edition of People's Daily reported that the Central Propaganda Department and others commended the Ninth National Advanced Collective for Serving Farmers and Grassroots Cultural Construction.
Culture, seemingly invisible
But the moisturizer is silent
It has influenced generations of people
How about the Minhou County Cultural Center
Let culture and art infiltrate the hearts of the people?
Journalists come here
Listen to the pulse of the times
A story between a cultural center and ordinary people
01 Let the dream take off
In the life of Chen Xiang'er, a girl born and raised in Minhou County, the Minhou County Cultural Center is an indispensable presence. At that time, Chen Xiang'er, the fourth grade of primary school, befriended it in the story competition, and since then, the Minhou County Cultural Center has become the place where Chen Xiang'er's dream took off.
The little girl continued to practice in various forms of activities held by the Minhou County Cultural Center, "flying" out of the county seat, and won many awards such as the gold medal of the Fujian Provincial Story King Competition and the first prize of the "Praise for the Motherland" Speech Contest.
"All kinds of competitions held by the Minhou County Cultural Center are purely public welfare and well organized." In the memory of Chen Xiang'er's mother Luo Min, her daughter was still a little timid when she first started participating in the competition, but after repeated experiences, her wings gradually became fuller.
"Through these competitions, Xiang'er got to know many excellent children, which was very helpful for her growth." In Luo Min's view, these public welfare activities carefully organized by the county cultural center have brought "self-confidence", the most beautiful gift in life, to the children of Minhou County.
In the office of the Minhou County Cultural Center, the reporter saw that the works of the "Olive Blossom" Minhou County Youth Calligraphy and Painting Competition for three consecutive years were all assembled into exquisite books.
(File photo: Part of the "Olive Blossom" Minhou County Youth Calligraphy and Painting Competition Works • Shouyi Qunwen)
"Although the cost of assembling a book is relatively large, we still insist on leaving such a book, hoping to let the children see that their works have become 'books' and have been cherished." Lin Lin, director of the Minhou County Cultural Center, said that the cultural center holds various speeches, dances, calligraphy and painting competitions all year round, hoping that every child will be influenced by beauty, so that the seeds of art can take root in the hearts of children and accompany them throughout their lives.
02 "Green olives" become a cultural business card
Olive is an agricultural business card of Minhou
The "Green Olive" choir is from Minhou County
A cultural "golden signboard"
With the choir in the province and
"Winning Gold and Silver" in Major Competitions at Home and Abroad
Minhou's "green olives" are also well-known
(File photo: "Green Olive" choir performance scene • Minhou County Cultural Center courtesy of)
The "Green Olive" choir was founded in 2012
By all walks of life from all walks of life in Minhou County
Composed of vocal lovers
There are currently more than 70 members
Age ranges from 20 to 60 years
Lin Hua, a music teacher at The Sugarcane Center Primary School in Minhou County, is a member of the "Green Olive". Since joining the troupe at the age of 36, 10 years have passed, and Lin Hua has always insisted on training and singing in the "Green Olive". "The members of the group are like a big family, and no matter how busy they are, they insist on training rain or shine, just for the love in their hearts." Over the years, Lin Hua grew up with the "green olive", walked out of Minhou together, and flew to the whole country.
"The level of art guidance teachers invited by the county cultural center for us is very high, and the Minhou County Party Committee and county government and the competent departments at all levels have given us great support, and after some competitions at home and abroad in recent years, it is a good experience for me and I have grown." As a primary school music teacher, Lin Hua nourishes the children in the classroom with the nourishment drawn from the "green olive".
The "Green Olive", which has won many awards in major competitions in China, has also become a volunteer "strong team" in the Minhou County Cultural Center that goes deep into the grassroots. "In order to ensure that cultural resources are extended more effectively to the countryside, the Minhou County Cultural Center integrates resources and forms a network resource database." According to the needs of the masses, they can carry out 'a la carte orders' through the database. According to Lin Lin, the Minhou County Cultural Center has accurately distributed to 14 townships (streets) through the brand project "Weekend Farm Theatre" and "Rural Public Welfare Forum". Since 2018, there have been more than 100 "a-la-carte deliveries" and more than 70 "point deliveries", opening up the "last mile" of public cultural services.
(File photo: "Green Olive" choir sang at the scene of the "Cultural Benefiting the People into Ten Thousand Homes Performance into Dahu Township" event • Courtesy of Minhou County Cultural Center)
(File photo: "Green Olive" choir volunteer singing "Red Song Chorus" • Lin Xin / Photo)
"The 'Green Olive' choir has a high order rate, and it turns out that the choir sings on the stage, and the peasant friends are the audience. Nowadays, at the beginning of the rural cultural festival, in addition to the mass literary and art workers, there are also peasant friends in the village who are active in the cultural front. What makes Lin Lin feel very deeply is the great improvement of the cultural taste of the grass-roots masses, "from the original audience to the 'protagonist' on the stage, the peasant friends danced happily on the stage, sang loudly on the country road, and demonstrated their skills and craftsmanship at the event site, and their participation made the rural cultural festival more vibrant." ”
03 From "hot products" to "daily necessities"
It is open for up to 56 hours a week, and 70,000 or 80,000 people have benefited in the past five years. Hold the "Art Charity Classroom", and provide free public welfare training for more than 20 projects in the spring, autumn and summer of each year... This is not a group of numbers without vitality, for the people of Minhou County, this is a "close contact" with art again and again, a "poetry and far away" in a busy life, and an infinite nourishment of the soul.
(File photo: Minhou County Cultural Center opened a number of art courses public welfare training class • Minhou County Cultural Center courtesy photo)
As a cultural worker, Lin Lin is touched by the people's desire for cultural life, but at the same time she feels a heavy responsibility on her shoulders. "What makes me happy and 'distressed' is that every holiday, the crowds of people who walk into the cultural center are endless; every time the public welfare class is enrolled, the quota is always 'grabbed in seconds'. In the future, we will also increase the construction of the front, so that public welfare cultural services will change from 'hot products' to 'daily necessities'. ”
On this road, the Minhou County Cultural Center is also constantly exploring, "In the future, our MOOC classroom will use live broadcast and recording to allow more people to learn handheld through the Internet." At the same time, we also try to introduce social quality training institutions to let more people join the free public welfare classroom. ”
Lin Lin said.
(File photo: Minhou County Cultural Center hosted the "Great Craftsman • Minhou Skill Inheritance Competition" • Shi Meixiang / Photo)
Russian ballet "Swan Lake", Irish tap dance drama "Titanic", Concert of Central Opera House, Choral Concert of Inner Mongolia Choir... These high-quality performances from all over the world are staged in Minhou County as activities to benefit the people. "When it comes to cultural centers, we are all proud. Over the years, it has also attracted many audiences from Fuzhou city to watch the performance. "The happiness brought by the rich cultural life makes Ms. Su, a citizen, feel very deeply.
(File photo: "Elegant Art Into Minhou" - Irish tap dance drama "Titanic" • Lin Ruoye / Photo)
(File photo: Central Opera Concert Scene • Chen Qiuxia / Photo)
(File photo: Mongolian Youth Choir concert site • Minhou County Cultural Center courtesy photo)
After more than ten years of grassroots cultural work, Lin Lin's confidants are more and more, and at the same time, she is grateful for the support of Minhou County for its unremitting efforts to invest in cultural activities. "Doing culture is a 'money-burning' thing, but our ideas always get strong support from leaders at all levels in the county, so that one activity after another can be implemented and bring rich spiritual life to the people." Lin Lin said that although the investment culture cannot see the benefits immediately, it is a cause that is meritorious in the contemporary era and beneficial in the future.
"I am willing to be a 'watchman in the wheat field' and guard this spiritual homeland of the people of Minhou."
Fuzhou Daily Tan Xiangzhu
Correspondent Zhang Cunjin Su Feng Fan Zhifeng/Wen
Editor: Song Guiyao Hong Tingting
Proofreader: Ning Yuanyuan Li Xiaolong
Review: Wang Liqiang Pan Jie
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