Original title: Exploring the Image of Life contained in the Oracle The Fourth Chinese Character Festival was held at Xihua University
The scene of the event
Sichuan News Network - First Screen News Chengdu, April 20 (Reporter Chen Lin) On April 20, coinciding with Gu Yu, in order to inherit cultural traditions, strengthen cultural self-confidence, and promote civilization exchanges and mutual learning, the 4th Chinese Character Festival Xihua University special event was held. With the theme of "Mountains and Rivers Vientiane • 24 Solar Terms", under the guidance of China Yinshang Culture Society, the event was co-sponsored by Xihua University, Anyang Normal University, Peking University Classics and Civilization Research Center, and Oracle Bone Civilization World Culture Tour Research Institute. The participants traveled through history together, relived the evolution of civilization, traced the origin of writing, and explored the image of life contained in the oracle bone.
Wang Zhenzhong, member of the Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and president of the China Yinshang Cultural Society, Pan Fanni, foreign dean of the Indonesian Confucius Institute at Xihua University, attended the event online, and the heads of the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of Xihua University, the Youth League Committee, the School of Literature and Journalism and Communication, the Office of International Exchange and Cooperation, and the representatives of teachers and students of various colleges attended the event. Zhu Jinshu, former vice president of Xihua University, Tan Jihe, president of the Sichuan Historical Society and an expert on bashu culture, were invited to participate in the event as keynote speakers.
The 24 solar terms are a precious scientific heritage created by chinese ancestors after thousands of years of practice. In the international meteorological community, the 24 solar terms are hailed as "China's fifth major invention". On 30 November 2016, the 24 solar terms were officially inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The celestial movement has its own constants, the seasons have their own rotations, and the course of the solar terms is also the course of human life. As a classical time, the twenty-four solar terms record the civilizational heritage created by eastern humans in all dynasties - myths and legends, poetry and songs, princes and princes, etc., all the beauty is in it, and it is also in the oracle bones. Xihua University is located in the tianfu resort of Yangxiong hometown, has always attached importance to the inheritance and development of traditional culture, this time to inherit the ancient context, resolutely took over the banner of the Fourth Chinese Character Festival.
At the meeting, Wang Zhenzhong made a speech, on behalf of the China Yinshang Culture Society, he congratulated the grand opening of the Fourth Chinese Character Festival, and introduced the importance of oracle bone research and the reason for Gu Yu as the Chinese Character Festival. He pointed out that Chinese culture has a long history and is endless, and the Chinese civilization is broad and profound, brilliant and brilliant, and the important carrier of which is the chinese characters commonly used in the language and writing of the country, which are the genetic characteristics of Chinese culture and are worthy of the pride of the sons and daughters of China. He also pointed out that in the process of origin from symbols to writing, although archaeology has found many Chinese sites, the earliest systematic writing is only oracle bones, and the status of oracle bones in the history of Chinese writing and civilization is irreplaceable. The China Yinshang Cultural Society is committed to the development of the Chinese Character Festival because the oracle bone as the leader to the Chinese Character Festival is a huge fruit of wisdom, which can promote people's learning and absorption of timeless Chinese characters and Oriental wisdom.
The scene of the event
Under the leadership of Zhu Jinshu, the participants watched the special film of the Fourth Huaxia Character Festival and the film "24 Solar Terms Hidden in the Pillar of the Tao Temple", which gave everyone a popularization of astronomical knowledge. Zhu Jinshu explained the meaning and evolution of the four oracle bones in spring, summer, autumn and winter on the spot, and made relevant explanations for the film "24 solar terms hidden in the pillars of the Tao Temple" that he made.
Xu Pan, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Literature and Journalism and Communication of Xihua University, played the process of writing the four characters of "Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter" in six fonts: oracle bone, golden script, Lishu, Calligraphy, Calligraphy, Xingshu and Cursive, and Zhu Jinshu simultaneously explained the meaning and evolution of the four oracle bones of spring, summer, autumn and winter. At the scene, under the guidance of teacher Xu Pan, 4 students dressed in Hanfu and wrote the four words of "spring, summer, autumn and winter" with oracle bone literature, and the students recited the ancient poem "Twenty-Four Solar Terms" by the Tang Dynasty poet Yuan Shu.
Tan Jihe made an academic report entitled "Talking about solar terms with Jun", which mainly introduced and analyzed in depth from four aspects: "The Chinese lunar calendar is a unique creation of ancient Chinese agronomy", "The cultural connotation of 24 solar terms, Chinese folklore", "24 solar terms of national spiritual dragon culture", "Rural context, roots back to the countryside: 24 solar terms into the present". Tan Jihe is intricately ancient and modern, quoting from the side, telling the story, and giving teachers and students a lot of enlightenment.
Tan Jihe pointed out that the practical role of the 24 solar terms for today is, first of all, to take the new road of today's national rejuvenation through the spark of inheriting the traditional culture of the 24 solar terms, but also to carry forward the 24 solar terms, not to forget the original, the culture contained in the 24 solar terms is its soul and root, it is necessary to do the commemorative activities to the people, use them around the masses, apply them to the community, and even more importantly, go into schools and integrate historical and cultural resources into the earth. Secondly, the 24 solar terms are handed down from the ancestors, and it is necessary to fundamentally carve its culture into the soul and let it enter the spiritual homeland of the masses. Only by implanting such a number of national cultural histories into one's own heart can we talk about true cultural self-confidence and have more cultural discourse power in the international community.
Pan Shuxian, dean of the School of Literature and Journalism and Communication of Xihua University, made a comment, pointing out that today's activities are very meaningful, allowing teachers and students to have zero distance and in-depth contact with China's oldest writing and civilization wisdom. Chinese characters are the result of the thinking of the Chinese nation, behind every chinese text contains the wisdom of the ancient sages, is a living fossil of distinct culture, there are too many contents, carrying the cultural genes of the Chinese nation, and the Chinese festivals, customs, festivals, diet culture represented by the 24 solar terms is the concentrated embodiment of the integration of thinking and national wisdom of the three talents of heaven and earth, even in today's digital and intelligent era, the wisdom of the nation still brings us long protection.
After the activity, the students said that the activity was very rich in content and benefited a lot. Gao Wenxuan, Class 4 of the Class of Chinese Language and Literature 2019, said: "After the explanation of the guest teacher of this event, I have a new understanding of the twenty-four solar terms. As part of traditional culture, the twenty-four solar terms embody the great wisdom of the Chinese nation and make us have a steady stream of cultural self-confidence in the chinese civilization that has been continuously inherited. Wu Xiaolong, Class 2 of the Class of Chinese Language and Literature 2019, said: "Chinese culture is broad and profound, and writing is the root of culture. Today, I had the honor to participate in the fourth Chinese Cultural Festival, not only to appreciate the "fifth greatest invention of China" - the magic and connotation of the twenty-four solar terms, but also to experience the strong vitality and rich meaning of Chinese characters. ”
It is reported that April 20 is also the International Chinese Day determined by the United Nations. This activity takes the oracle bone civilization as the main line, takes the 24 solar terms as the time, and takes the mountains and rivers as the space, so that everyone can recognize the changes in classical seasons, climate, phenology and other laws, and the activity aims to promote the development of writing, highlight the charm of traditional culture, and further strengthen cultural self-confidence.
(Image courtesy of Xihua University)
(Chen Lin)
(Sichuan News Network)