Revitalise the cultural heritage of the College and continue the historical context of China

Yuelu Academy of Hunan University is full of tourists, and citizens and tourists come here to feel the charm of the Millennium Academy. (File photo) taken by Huasheng Online all-media reporter Gu Pengbo

Xiao Yongming, Chen Feng

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Ancient Chinese academies carry a rich cultural heritage and profound academic tradition, and are also a world-class cultural business card. In the context of the new era, the protection and inheritance of the cultural heritage of the academy is of great practical significance.

The April 16, 2024 issue of Qiushi magazine published an important article by General Secretary Xi Jinping entitled "Strengthening the Protection and Inheritance of Cultural Heritage and Promoting the Excellent Traditional Chinese Culture", which emphasized the need to "carry forward the cultural spirit that transcends time and space, transcends countries, is full of eternal charm and has contemporary value, so that the cultural relics collected in museums, the heritage displayed on the vast land, The words written in the ancient books will come to life, so that the Chinese civilization, together with the rich and colorful civilizations created by the people of all countries in the world, will provide mankind with correct spiritual guidance and a powerful spiritual power." Ancient Chinese academies carry a rich cultural heritage and profound academic tradition, and are also a world-class cultural business card. In the context of the new era, the protection and inheritance of the cultural heritage of the academy should thoroughly implement Xi Jinping's cultural thought, develop in the protection and use in the inheritance, organically integrate modern education, cutting-edge science and technology, creative communication and cultural heritage protection and inheritance, and effectively promote the creative transformation and innovative development of the excellent traditional Chinese culture.

Activate the cultural genes of the college with modern education

In the long course of development, the academy has formed its own unique ideological concepts, value pursuits, cultural traditions, educational concepts, and school-running styles, and has built the cultural genes of traditional Chinese education. The specific regulations of college education are constantly updated with the changes in educational policies, goals, and needs of different eras.

In September 2020, when General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Yuelu College of Hunan University, he made a creative interpretation of the famous couplet hanging at the gate of the college, "Only Chu is talented, Yu Si is prosperous", and believed that the word "Si" in "Yu Si is prosperous" also refers to "this era", and earnestly encouraged contemporary college students to strive to be "pillars of the motherland". Yuelu Academy is a model of traditional academies into the modern higher education system, since the 80s of the last century comprehensive restoration, gradually restored the functions of talent training, academic research, cultural relics protection, social services, etc., the establishment of the Department of History, the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Religion, the Department of Archaeology and other teaching institutions, forming a complete talent training pattern from undergraduate, master's, doctoral to post-doctoral. To activate the cultural genes of the academy with modern education, it is necessary to identify, absorb and transform the academy culture based on the development of modern education, so that it can serve the reform and innovation of modern education.

Specifically, in terms of teaching methods, traditional academies focus on the education model of learning from friends and teaching, which can provide an important reference for seminar-based teaching and small-class teaching. In terms of teaching content, the study of the subset of classics and history taught in ancient academies can be transformed into textbooks or reading books through the form of selection, compilation and annotations, etc., and enter the humanistic literacy courses that run through primary and secondary schools. In terms of scientific research, it is necessary to continue to deepen the interdisciplinary characteristics, comprehensively use the cutting-edge vision and technical methods of history, education, philosophy and other disciplines to promote the study of academies, systematically organize the historical documents of Chinese academies, deeply explore the changes and significance of the Chinese academy system, and create a academy research system with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style and Chinese style. In terms of management mode, the reform of the university college system has become a new model for the cultivation and management of general education talents in the new era. In 2018, the Ministry of Education and other six departments issued the "Opinions on the Implementation of the Training Plan for Top-notch Students in Basic Disciplines 2.0", proposing to "deeply explore the college system model, build a learning and living community, pay attention to environmental immersion and edification, strengthen the spiritual communication between teachers and students, and promote the value shaping and personality cultivation of top-notch students". Although the paths of domestic colleges and universities around the reform of the university college system have different characteristics and differences, they all pay great attention to value shaping, humanistic care and general education, which is in line with the traditional college carrying the way of learning to be enlightened and learning to become an adult, and it is in line with the times.

Leading the protection of cultural relics of the college with cutting-edge technology

General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: "Cultural relics carry splendid civilization, inherit history and culture, and maintain the national spirit, which is a precious heritage left to us by our ancestors and a profound nourishment for strengthening the construction of socialist spiritual civilization." The protection of cultural relics is beneficial in the present and in the future. "In order to pass down and liven cultural relics, we must strengthen the scientific and technological innovation ability of cultural relics protection, improve the scientific and technological level of cultural relics protection, make cutting-edge science and technology complement each other with cultural relics protection, and better play the role of cultural relics resources in preserving history and educating people.

In the specific conservation actions, the primary consideration is how to maintain the original appearance and spiritual connotation of the academy in the process of modernization. This requires us to follow the basic principles of cultural relics protection, respect the original historical appearance, and avoid damaging the original cultural atmosphere when carrying out restoration and maintenance work. With the continuous development of digital technology, more and more cultural heritage of the college can be digitally preserved. Through multi-image 3D modeling and 3D printing of the cultural heritage of the academy such as buildings, ancient books, inscriptions, murals, etc., the 3D geometric data of cultural relics can be obtained with high precision and quickly, and converted into digital information to achieve permanent preservation.

Environmental monitoring technology, material science and technology, and intelligent management technology are of self-evident significance to the long-term protection of the cultural relics of the college. For example, intelligent sensors monitor environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, and light in the academy in real time to ensure the environment for cultural relics protection. Another example is the application of nanotechnology in the cleaning and restoration of cultural relics, which can remove dirt and corrosion without destroying the original material. The new protective materials can not only effectively isolate harmful substances from the outside world, but also maintain the original visual effect of cultural relics. Another example is intelligent management technology, through the integrated data management platform, managers can grasp the status of each cultural relic in real time and make timely protection decisions. At the same time, AI algorithms are able to predict potential risks based on historical data and take preventive measures in advance.

The use of cutting-edge technology can effectively improve the quality and efficiency of cultural relics protection in the College. Digital technology enables cultural relics to be "immortalized", environmental monitoring technology ensures the stability of the cultural relics preservation environment, material science provides new methods for the cleaning and restoration of cultural relics, and intelligent management systems improve the efficiency and accuracy of management. Under the wave of the era of the acceleration of the new round of technological revolution, the supporting and leading role of cutting-edge technology in the protection of cultural relics of the academy has become increasingly prominent.

Deepen the cultural heritage of the College through creative communication

The cultural context of the Millennium Academy is an important part of the historical context of China, and its inheritance work is by no means simple retro, nor can it be blindly xenophobic, but to be honest and innovative, learn from the strengths of others, and "open up its own life with the rules of the ancients". At the same time, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed: "It is necessary to put the protection of historical and cultural heritage in the first place, and at the same time make rational use of it, so that it can play a full role in providing public cultural services and meeting the needs of people's spiritual and cultural life." "Culture should be revived, cultural context should be inherited, and the main body is the people. In the process of inheriting the cultural context of the academy, it is necessary to respect the initiative of the masses, and penetrate the seemingly "high" academy culture into the people in a creative and enjoyable way, so as to transform the essence of the academy culture into the values that the people use every day without realizing it.

According to the differences in history, region, and function, the academy should condense the cultural brand of the academy according to local conditions and time conditions, highlight the functional orientation, improve the recognition and attractiveness, and avoid the sameness and rush. Academies in areas with better economic and cultural conditions may consider holding lectures, academic seminars, special exhibitions and other activities, making full use of social media platforms, and regularly carrying out online and offline integration and interaction; In-depth excavation of famous figures, documents, and deeds in the history of the college, and creation of story-based content, presented in the form of short videos or micro-films, to improve the network influence and dissemination scope of the college culture; Develop interactive experience projects, such as AR, XR, VR and other guided tours, so that people can experience the life and academic atmosphere of the ancient academy in a virtual environment, and experience the culture of the academy in an immersive way.

Academies in areas with relatively weak economic and cultural conditions should strengthen the local cultural characteristics and community service functions of academies, and build academies into centers of community cultural activities. For example, the construction of the academy is integrated with community care for the elderly, volunteer service, etc., and interest courses such as calligraphy, painting, and singing are carried out with the theme of the academy culture, and cultural activities of the academy are held based on traditional festivals, so as to build the academy into a community library, literary workshop, and street museum, so as to realize the cultural inheritance and take root in the process of meeting the spiritual and cultural needs of the local people.

[The authors are professors and doctoral supervisors of Yuelu College of Hunan University, and associate professors and doctoral supervisors of the School of Marxism of Hunan University. This paper is the interim result of the major academic and cultural research project of Hunan Province in Hunan Province, "Yuelu Academy and Huxiang Excellent Traditional Culture" (21ZDAZ01).

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