The majestic Great Wall, like a giant dragon, runs through the thousand-year-old context.
"The Great Wall is a representative symbol of the Chinese nation and an important symbol of Chinese civilization, embodying the Chinese nation's spirit of unremitting self-improvement and patriotic feelings of unity, perseverance and perseverance."
On May 14, General Secretary Xi Jinping replied to the villagers in Shixia Village, Badaling Town, Yanqing District, Beijing, profoundly explaining the unique value of the Great Wall and the great significance of protecting the Great Wall, and encouraging everyone to "pass on this precious wealth left by their ancestors from generation to generation".
△ The Badaling Great Wall in full bloom
The mainland has a vast land area and complex and diverse topography. The Great Wall has passed through mountains, hills, plateaus, deserts, Gobi, plains and other landforms, which is the crystallization of the industrious wisdom of the Chinese nation, and embodies the national spirit of the Chinese nation of hard-working, tenacious and persevering, and unremitting self-improvement.
In Chinese history, not only was the site the best place to build fortifications, but the Great Wall was also a military camp for successive generations of soldiers and a regular trade ground for people from the north and south.
It spans 40,000 miles and spans 2,000 years. As the largest existing cultural heritage in mainland China, the Great Wall is an important symbol of the Chinese nation. It has witnessed the vicissitudes of history and the great changes of the times, guarded the survival and reproduction and peaceful development of the Chinese nation, and protected the continuous inheritance and continuation of Chinese civilization from generation to generation.
△ The Great Wall of Gubeikou remains the craters left during the Anti-Japanese War
On July 5, 1984, some units in the capital jointly issued a notice calling on social forces to sponsor the restoration of the Great Wall.
With the theme of "Love My China, Build My Great Wall", the event set a precedent for social fundraising to restore national key cultural relics. The inscriptions of Deng Xiaoping, Xi Zhongxun and other leading comrades closely linked the protection of the Great Wall with their love for the motherland, and set off an upsurge of protecting and repairing the Great Wall among the Chinese people in the country and even around the world. The restoration process of the Great Wall in Badaling, Mutianyu, Jinshanling, Zhangyehan and other places has also been vigorously promoted.
The Great Wall is a cultural treasure that embodies the feelings of the family and the country, and it is also a window for the world to feel and understand the Chinese civilization. During their visits to China, many foreign dignitaries visited the Great Wall.
In 1984, Reagan climbed the Great Wall as the first U.S. president to visit China while in office since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States. He later wrote in his memoirs: "I can't express the feeling of standing there and watching the Great Wall disappear between the mountains. China is like the Great Wall, great and far-reaching. ”
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has attached great importance to the excavation of the cultural value of the Great Wall and the inheritance and protection of cultural relics.
On August 20, 2019, during his inspection in Gansu, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Jiayuguan, the western starting point of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. He climbed the Jiayuguan Pass to inspect the passes, architectural layouts, and the situation of the mountains and rivers. The general secretary emphasized: "In today's world, when people mention China, they will think of the Great Wall; When it comes to Chinese civilization, the Great Wall of China will also come to mind. The Great Wall, the Yangtze River, and the Yellow River are all important symbols of the Chinese nation and important symbols of the spirit of the Chinese nation. We must attach importance to the protection and inheritance of history and culture, and protect the endless roots of the Chinese nation's spirit. ”
△On August 20, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Jiayuguan Guancheng, climbed the tower to inspect the overall appearance of Guancheng, and listened to the introduction of the history and culture of the Great Wall and Pass in the Hexi Corridor.
In 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Central Committee for Comprehensively Deepening Reform. The meeting deliberated and approved the "Plan for the Construction of the Great Wall, the Grand Canal and the Long March National Cultural Park". In 2021, the "Plan for the Construction and Protection of the Great Wall National Cultural Park" was issued. The plan proposes to focus on building the Great Wall National Cultural Park into an important symbol of promoting the national spirit and inheriting Chinese civilization.
Last year, at the symposium on cultural inheritance and development, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that self-confidence can lead to self-improvement. Only a nation with cultural self-confidence can stand, stand firm, and go far. The Chinese civilization has endured for thousands of years, and it has endured through many hardships, which is a miracle of human civilization and the confidence of our self-confidence.
"The Great Wall of Steel", "The Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles Will Never Fall", "If You Don't Go to the Great Wall, You Are Not a Hero"...... These well-known words contain the Chinese's tenacious patriotic spirit and cultural genes of unremitting self-improvement.
In the new era, the protection of the Great Wall has been given a new connotation. The majestic dragon stands tall and radiates new vitality and charm.
In recent years, based on its geographical advantages and resource conditions, Jiayuguan has deeply excavated the culture of the Great Wall, the culture of the border fortress and the culture of the Silk Road, continuously enriched the cultural connotation of the Great Wall, and driven more people to understand and protect the Great Wall by holding special lectures and carrying out a series of research activities.
△Badaling "Night Great Wall"
At the foot of the Great Wall, where heavy troops were gathered in the past, residents have now embarked on a unique road to prosperity by relying on the tourism resources of the Great Wall according to local conditions. In Beijing, Shixia Village, Yanqing, an idle old yard has been "transformed" into a boutique homestay; The rammed earth Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty stretches continuously, and the natural landscape, customs, history and culture along the way are integrated, and the No. 1 Highway of the Great Wall of Shanxi is beautiful all year round; Hualougou Village, Luanping, Hebei Province, has become a "check-in place" for Chinese and foreign photography enthusiasts to take pictures of the Great Wall...... The culture of the Great Wall has injected fresh vitality into the small mountain villages.
Two years ago, at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the highly creative countdown to the "24 solar terms" won praise from the world. Among them, the pictures selected for the two solar terms of sting and heavy snow are the Great Wall. The Great Wall in the stinging solar terms, winding in the mountains where all things are recovering, showing the vitality of the Chinese nation; The Great Wall in the snowy solar term is like a snow dragon, "flying" in the snow-covered mountains...... The elements of the Great Wall in the Winter Olympics confidently show China's style to the world.
△ Jinshanling Great Wall
If we do not understand China from the perspective of its long historical continuity, it is impossible to understand ancient China, nor can we understand modern China, let alone the future China. Only by persisting in moving from history to the future and forging ahead from the continuation of the national cultural bloodline, can we do a good job in today's cause.
As General Secretary Xi Jinping said: "To achieve the goals we have established, we must not only have the strategic determination of 'flying calmly through the turbulent clouds', but also have the enterprising spirit of 'not being a hero if you don't reach the Great Wall'." ”
The ancient Great Wall stands majestically, and the Chinese nation continues its thousand-year-old cultural context and writes a magnificent chapter in the new era.
Source: CCTV News
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