Editor's note: Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has delivered a series of important speeches and important articles, with distinctive style, profound thoughts and profound connotations. The charming language in these important speeches and articles is a true portrayal of General Secretary Xi Jinping's governing philosophy and a vivid embodiment of his personality. CCTV's "Learning Every Day" column launched the "Idiom Reading" series, in the form of "News Cartoons + Text Reading", taking you to understand the charm of General Secretary Xi Jinping's language from different dimensions.
The historical and cultural heritage of the mainland carries the genes and blood of the Chinese nation. As the main body of protection, display and promotion of historical and cultural heritage, museums connect the past, present and future of the country.
During the two sessions of the National People's Congress this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the construction of museums should be more perfect and systematic, and at the same time, the educational function of museums should be well played. He particularly stressed the need to do a good job in the museum cause.
Over the years, how to continue the Chinese cultural context on the basis of protecting historical and cultural heritage has always been the direction that General Secretary Xi Jinping has been thinking about and continuing to pay attention to and promote.
In February 2014, the general secretary came to the Capital Museum to visit and learn about the historical picture of Beijing displayed by more than 670 cultural relics. In the exhibition areas such as "Swallow Thistle Shen Yun" and "International City", he carefully watched the real objects and pictures, and exchanged and discussed with experts from time to time.
The general secretary stressed that the purpose of holding exhibitions of historical museums is to witness history, learn from history, and enlighten future generations. At the same time, we should attach great importance to the revision of history and aspirations, let the cultural relics speak, tell the people the wisdom of history, and stimulate our national pride and self-confidence.
The picture shows a Persian pottery pot from the late Eastern Han Dynasty in the collection of the Han Dynasty Cultural Museum in Hepu County, Guangxi.
In April 2017, during the inspection of the Han Dynasty Cultural Museum in Hepu County, Guangxi, the general secretary walked into the exhibition halls such as the Light of Bronze, the Rhyme of Earth and Fire, and the Blue Sea Silk Road, inspected the ancient and foreign cultural relics of the mainland unearthed from the Hepu Han Tomb, and learned about the history of foreign trade and exchanges in the Beibu Gulf region of the Han Dynasty.
Here, the general secretary stressed that the construction of museums should pay attention to characteristics. The Road to the Sea is an important way for a country to develop, and the cultural relics displayed here around the ancient Maritime Silk Road are all history and culture. It is necessary to let cultural relics speak, let history speak, and let culture speak.
In July 2022, in a reply letter to the old experts of the National Museum of China, the general secretary encouraged cultural and museum workers to strengthen historical research and inheritance. He stressed the need to "strengthen cultural self-confidence, deepen academic research, innovate exhibitions and displays, and promote the activation and utilization of cultural relics".
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On the basis of protecting and inheriting the historical and cultural heritage, the value of the times contained in it can play a better role, go to the people, and integrate into the construction and development of the country, which is the meaning of General Secretary Xi Jinping's earnest advice.
As early as the 2014 symposium on literary and artistic work, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out the method and path of "letting cultural relics speak, let history speak, and let culture speak". He put forward a series of ideas such as the use of the past for the present, the use of the foreign for the Chinese, dialectical trade-offs, and bringing forth the new, emphasizing "opening up one's own life with the rules of the ancients" to realize the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese culture.
In recent years, on the basis of strengthening the protection and utilization of cultural relics and the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage, museums in various parts of the mainland have continuously innovated scientific and technological means, so that many treasures, classic masterpieces, and historical relics in their collections have radiated new vitality and vitality.
Mawangdui's Restoration Dynamic Exhibition "Yi Nian Xin Chasing Dreams" uses multimedia visual images to provide the audience with an immersive audio-visual experience.
Since the trial operation of the Hunan Provincial Museum in early 2022, the dynamic exhibition of Mawangdui Restoration "Yi Nian Xin Chasing Dreams" has aroused enthusiastic responses. The dynamic exhibition restores historical relics in a three-dimensional modeling way, and vividly reproduces the story of Xin Chou, the prime minister of Changsha in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, who inherited her husband's ambition and taught her son to become a talent and defend the country through unique stage design and artistic performances.
When the silent historical and cultural heritage is "lived" in the vivid scenes of surging enthusiasm and vivid people, people have a deeper understanding of the greatness and essence of Chinese civilization and traditional culture.
After watching "Yi Nian Xin Chasing Dreams", some Changsha citizens sighed: "No matter what era, patriotism and love for family are the most precious qualities. Another audience said: "After watching the scene, I wrote my impressions on the spot, and I was afraid that I would forget the shock at the moment when I went back." ”
"Let the cultural relics collected in museums, the heritage displayed on the vast land, and the words written in ancient books come to life. The general secretary used the word "live" to explain the direction and goal of continuously carrying forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
In the new era, the national style is mighty and the cultural context is endless.
Looking at all parts of the country, the immersive experience of "science and technology + cultural relics" in museums has won continuous applause, and there has been a boom in artistic creation such as stage plays; Cultural tourism and cultural and creative products are frequently "out of the circle", ......and new forms and explorations of "letting cultural relics speak, history and culture speak" are constantly emerging.
With the new technical support, the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang have realized a new experience of seeing the cultural relics inside and outside the cave.
In the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, tourists pick up their mobile phones and open the AR map, and they can see the nine-colored deer "flying down" from the mural; On the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, the dance and poetry drama "Only This Green" perfectly activates the emotional connection between the ancient painting scroll "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" and modern characters, and reproduces the splendid mountains and rivers of the motherland; In the Palace Museum, cultural and creative products such as stationery, daily necessities, clothing, and bags carry the culture of the Palace Museum from the museum to thousands of households......
"Tell people the wisdom of history", "Let the cultural relics speak, let history speak, let culture speak", "make good use of archaeological and historical research results", "enhance the ambition, backbone and confidence of Chinese...... Implementing the important instructions of the general secretary, the mainland's cultural and museum undertakings will surely "open up their own life with the rules of the ancients", surging cultural self-confidence in the understanding of Chinese civilization, and make greater contributions to the continuation of the historical context of the Chinese nation and the construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.