【Dawan Observation】
Guangming Daily reporter Liu Huadong
"Oh my God, what a coincidence!"
"At that time, it was popular to text and chat, and we talked a lot at the time, but unfortunately we didn't contact each other after high school, and we really haven't seen each other for a long time!"
——In the season of spring and Jingming, the bustling Forbidden City, Cheng Jiaoyang, a young writer from Hong Kong, dared to confirm after careful inquiry: the docent of the team turned out to be his pen pal more than ten years ago!
"When she was in school, she loved to write, and we used to write letters to each other. I didn't expect to meet here!" The calm and polite narrator all the way couldn't suppress his excitement, and he almost jumped up holding Cheng Jiaoyang's hand.
This was a surprise moment when Cheng Jiaoyang participated in the "Thousands of Rivers, Thousands of Mountains Always Love-Welcome Hong Kong and Macao Writers Home" event organized by the Chinese Writers Association. Talk about literature, discuss creation, and talk to famous artists...... At the end of March, more than 40 writers, poets, playwrights and cultural figures from Hong Kong and Macao participated in the event, crossing thousands of rivers and mountains to participate in a spring event.
Hong Kong and Macao writers visit the former residence of Li Shutong. Courtesy of China Writers Network
Return to the great home of literature
The feeling of "going home" is full of every moment of the journey.
In his early years, Poon Yiu-ming, the head of the Hong Kong writers' delegation, participated in a TV program called "Coming Home", and returned to the place where he lived in his childhood with the film crew. "This time we are back in the home of literature, which is of eternal significance. At the welcome ceremony of the event, looking around at the long-lost faces under the stage, the first sentence of Pan Yaoming's opening remarks turned into four words - "It's good to go home!"
For Ng Chi Leung, head of the Macao writers' delegation and president of the General Association of Cultural Circles of Macau, this "homecoming" made him have mixed feelings. He said frankly, "Although Hong Kong and Macao have long returned to the big family of the motherland, for a long time, Hong Kong and Macao literature has been listed as Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas Chinese literature in various literary classifications and academic research. For this reason, the literary circles of Hong Kong and Macao have been campaigning for many years, calling for a return to the literary family of the motherland. Today, the Chinese Writers Association has many members from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. With the rapid development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong and Macao writers are now travelling more frequently and more actively in their creations, and more and more works are being published, distributed and adapted into film and television works in the mainland. "Thanks to the careful arrangement of the 'mother's family', we finally went home justifiably, and returned to the warm home as a matter of course. Speaking of this, Wu Zhiliang was extremely proud.
Sitting on the bus, looking at the hutongs and buildings flashing by on the street, Cui Wenbing, a Hong Kong writer who once lived in Beijing, couldn't wait to share with his companions: "Heart-warming and exciting, every change in the places I visited in my childhood made me ecstatic. The cultural seeds planted by living in Beijing since I was a child did not expect to grow and sprout more than 30 years later. ”
The development of Hong Kong and Macao literature over the past century is a testimony to the eventful years of hard work of Hong Kong and Macao compatriots and the people of the motherland. Zhang Hongsen, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Writers Association, sent a message to the Hong Kong and Macao literary circles to live up to the times and tell the story of patriotism, love for Hong Kong and Macao, and at the same time issued an invitation again with a smile, welcoming Hong Kong and Macao writers to return to the China Writers Association often, "A cup of tea, narrating literature, talking about homely things, adding a ray of warmth and friendship to our literary homeland."
With the theme of excellent traditional Chinese culture, Feng Jicai interacted with Hong Kong and Macao writers. Courtesy of China Writers Network
"The motherland will always be the hometown of literature"
Talking about the influence of mainland writers in Hong Kong and Macao, Macao writer Lin Huixian has never forgotten the deep shock when she read "White Deer Plain". When it comes to the source of literary creation, many writers frankly admit that they are inseparable from the nourishment of China's excellent traditional culture.
From Wang Tao's political remarks to Lu Xun's speeches, from Dai Wangshu's supplements to Liu Yifang's columns, from the hot words left by writers who went south such as Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, and Xiao Hong to pursue national liberation and independence, to the civilian heroes created by local writers such as Jin Yong, Liang Yusheng, and Liang Fengyi...... For more than 100 years, Hong Kong and Macao literature has always absorbed rich nutrients from Chinese culture, writing about the national spirit, expressing the feelings of the family and the country, discussing the past and the present, and describing the world and human feelings, leaving countless wonderful works and touching stories in the history of Chinese literature, influencing readers across the country and even the world.
"My writing has never left my homeland" and "The motherland will always be the hometown of my literature...... During the dialogue, many Hong Kong and Macao writers talked about the subtle and profound "blood relationship" between mainland literature and Hong Kong and Macao literature. "For a long time, mainland literature and Hong Kong literature have actually been in a blended relationship. Hong Kong writer Ge Liang said, "Hong Kong literature is constantly nourished by the matrix of modern Chinese literature, and in a sense, Hong Kong is not only a geographical literature, but also a wonderful platform that can blend different cultural elements and different emotions." At present, the exchanges between writers from the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao have given each other a lot of inspiration. ”
At the Museum of Modern Chinese Literature, Hong Kong and Macao writers observe the original manuscripts. Courtesy of China Writers Network
"Although the branches outside have not yet been covered with deep greenery, the flowers in our hearts are already blooming. In the past 20 years, the poet Ho Jialin, chairman of the Hong Kong Women Writers Association, has often walked on the land of the motherland and truly felt the vigorous pulse of the country's development. ”
Looking forward to more "collisions" and two-way running
In the beautiful spring light, walk through the old Beijing Tofuchi Hutong, stroll along the central axis of Beijing, walk to Jinmen, visit the Liang Qichao Memorial Hall, the former residence of Li Shutong, and stop at the Feng Jicai Institute of Literature and Art of Tianjin University to feel the charm of folk art and folk culture...... Along the way, Hong Kong and Macao writers have been touched by the profound culture and feelings of family and country recorded in historical buildings and cultural relics exhibits.
"Walking into the former residence of Master Hongyi today, I want to write poetry, because it is a very poetic existence. Poet Luo Guangping, deputy head of the Hong Kong delegation, pointed out, "This 'homecoming' trip is a two-way journey, and the fierce collision of views with everyone every day also inspires our literature." ”
Lin Yufeng, associate professor of the Department of Communication of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Macau, was deeply impressed by the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage. "This trip opened our eyes, after visiting the Feng Jicai Institute of Literature and Art of Tianjin University, everyone was deeply touched, we never thought that the energy of writers could be so great, never thought that there could be such a place, and turned the work of writers into an integral part of the grand national cultural cause. This also gives us a glimpse of the future of Macao's cultural undertakings. ”
The scene of the "Dream of Literature, Broad Skies" Hong Kong and Macao Writers' Creation Seminar. Courtesy of China Writers Network
In the past few days, Hong Kong and Macao writers who have traveled all the way north from the coast of the South China Sea of the motherland have gained a lot after completing six literary exchange activities and cultural activities. He Su, director of the Hong Kong Writers Association and vice chairman of the Hong Kong Women Writers Association, said: "Along the way, we have gained not only the scenery and knowledge along the way, but also a heavy sense of happiness and inner peace. Luo Guangping also said: "I especially look forward to mainland writers and friends to give lectures and lectures in Hong Kong and Macao, such activities are a kind of spiritual nourishment for the young generation in Hong Kong and Macao, and I look forward to more opportunities for exchanges and 'collisions', and look forward to more two-way travel." ”
At the end of Feng Jicai's lecture on "Excellent Traditional Chinese Culture", in the midst of unfinished care, the music of "Farewell" written by Li Shutong, the "son of Haihe", sounded, and the writers present hummed softly: "Outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road, the grass is green, and the sky is ......" The writers present hummed softly: "Ask when you are going, don't linger when you come......
Guangming Daily (2024-04-09 12th edition)
Source: Guangming Net-Guangming Daily