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On October 17, a ceremony to commemorate the 894th anniversary of Zhu Zi's birth was held in Youxi County. Surging News Reporter Chen Xinlu Sun Jun (01:48)
"Heaven does not give birth to Zhongni, and eternity is like a long night; On the morning of October 17, accompanied by the majestic and solemn chanting, the ceremony to commemorate the 894th anniversary of Zhu Zi's birth kicked off in Youxi County, Sanming City, Fujian Province.
Zhu Xi, alias Ziyang, was a great thinker, philosopher, educator, and writer in ancient China, and a master of science, and was called "Zhu Zi" by later generations.
The only book of Ming woodcut "Ziyang Zhu's Jian'an Spectrum· Wengong Yearbook" records his birth: "On September 15 of the same year, he was born in the Zheng family residence in Youxi, Yanping. Wuyuan well out of the red rainbow for three days, seven points on the side of the face, people and called different. ”
Zhu Zi collected the culmination of Confucianism before the Southern Song Dynasty, and built a scientific ideological system of "reaching the vast, exhausting the subtlety, and covering hundreds of generations", which influenced Chinese society for nearly a thousand years, and was the two peaks that confronted Confucius in the history of Chinese culture, known as "Northern Confucius and Southern Zhu".
In order to promote the value of Zhuzi culture and promote the multi-faceted inheritance and development of Zhuzi culture, from October 15th to 17th, the 3rd Kaoting Forum was successfully held in Youxi, Fujian, the birthplace of Zhuzi.
As one of the main activities of this forum, the festival invited more than 300 experts and scholars of Zhuzi studies at home and abroad and descendants of Zhuzi to gather in Youxi Zhuzi Cultural Park to pay tribute to the sages and sages.
"Zhu Zi's ideas and concepts are too powerful"
Youxi is the birthplace of Zhu Xi, and it is a great tradition of Youxi to hold festivals on Zhu Zi's birthday, which can be traced back to 1237, the first year of Jiaxi.
In recent years, Youxi County has further improved the "Zhu Xi Festival" in combination with the study of historical data, excavated and sorted out, and held a festival in the Zhuzi Cultural Park on the 15th birthday of Zhu Xi on the 15th day of the ninth lunar month every year.
Zhuzi Cultural Park is located in Shuinan, Youxi City, which is the birthplace of Zhuzi and a national 4A-level tourist attraction, with the main buildings of Nanxi Academy, Kaishan Academy, County Museum, Zhuzi Cultural Garden and Zhuzi Square and other scenic spots. The main ceremony of this festival was carried out in the newly completed Youxi Zhuzi Cultural Park Phase II Integrated Hall.
On October 17, a ceremony to commemorate the 894th anniversary of Zhu Zi's birth was held in Youxi County. The Paper reporter Chen Xinlu pictured
On the morning of the 17th, The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) learned at the festival site that the festival has a total of ten ceremonies, including entry, opening of the hall, initial offering, sub-offering, final offering, drinking blessing, giving grubs, ceremonies, incense, and removing food.
In a solemn and solemn environment, all the priests performed worship rites and recited the "Zhuzi Family Motto" together, inheriting the Zhuzi family rites and remembering the sages and sages.
"As soon as we arrived in Youxi, we immediately arrived at Nanxi Academy, the place where Zhu Xi was born." Zhu Fuming, director of the Wuxi Baidan Mountain Ziyang Zhu Descendants Association, is a descendant of Zhu Zi who participated in this festival, "Our ancestors are so great, we are really proud to be a descendant." ”
He told The Paper that there was an 86-year-old man in the delegation, and "we were worried about his health and advised him not to come, but he insisted on coming." Zhu Fuming said that everyone can understand this heart, because he himself is almost 80 years old, and he may not have the opportunity to participate in such an ancestral festival in the future, so he must come this time.
"Zhu Zi's ideas and concepts are too powerful!" Kwon Chun-kyu, a Korea student who participated in the festival, said that he had never been exposed to such a culture when he was in Korea, but after participating in this event, he learned a lot, "I want to come here next time to learn about the culture of Zhuzi." ”
A inheritance of Zhuzi's genealogy
Zhu Jinlong, the 27th generation descendant of Zhu Xi's eldest son, said in an interview with The Paper before the sacrificial ceremony that he had already gone to worship Zhu Zi at 4 o'clock in the morning today, and the "Ziyang Zhu Jian'an Spectrum" more than 400 years ago was originally kept in his own home, kept by his father, and was the heirloom of the family.
Zhu Jinlong said that it is the records in the family tree that prove that Zhu Xi's birthplace is Youxi, Fujian. The Zheng family residence mentioned in the family tree is the location of the current Nanxi Academy, formerly known as Zheng Andao Villa, in the first year of Jiaxi (1237), the then Zhixian Li modified the construction of the academy to worship the Zhu father and son. In the first year of Baoyou (1253), Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty inscribed "Nanxi Academy".
On October 17, the descendants of Zhuzi from all over the country came to Youxi to participate in the 894th anniversary of Zhuzi's birth. Surging News reporter Wang Juewei pictured
According to a report by Fujian Daily, the only Ming woodcut book preserved in Zhu Jinlong's home is the only book in the country except for the lineage, which compiles relevant materials of Zhu Xi and has an important reference for the study of Zhu Xi's history.
"When I was in junior high school, my father gave me a copy of "A Thousand Family Poems", and he said that there were several poems left by my ancestors, let me read them, and at that time I really knew that I was a descendant of Zhu Xi."
Born in 1964, Zhu Jinlong began working in a bank at the age of 18, working as an accountant and cashier for 40 years, and is taking his granddaughter after retirement. ”
"We are all proud to be the birthplace of Zhu Xi"
The 3rd Kaoting Forum was hosted by the Propaganda Department of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and the Institute of Philosophy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. From October 15th to 17th, the Zhuzi Guqin Concert of "Song with You", the launch ceremony of the new book "Chronicles of Nanxi Academy", the signing and awarding ceremony of school-local cooperation of Asian Zhuzi Cultural Exchange, the exhibition of Zhuzi's poetry and calligraphy masters, and the Zhuzi Poetry Conference were staged in turn, allowing participants to enjoy the charm of "Zhuzi Culture" inherited for thousands of years and influencing the world.
Chen Lai, dean of the Institute of Chinese Studies and professor of the Department of Philosophy of Tsinghua University, said in an interview with The Paper at the Kaoting Forum that Zhu Xi, as a representative of Neo-Confucianism, can be regarded as a further interpretation and promotion of Confucius and Mencius thought, and it is still of great significance today.
On October 17, the scene of the ceremony to commemorate the 894th anniversary of Zhu Zi's birth. Surging News reporter Wang Juewei pictured
This year's Kaoting Forum also attracted scholars from United States, Korea, Turkey and other countries to study Zhuzi culture.
Hoyt Cleveland Tillman, a well-known sinologist in United States, a Ph.D. in East Asian history and language at Harvard University, and an emeritus professor at Arizona State University, told The Paper that his daughter is also studying Chinese history, and that Zhu Xi and his contemporaries are very interesting in their thinking, and he often talks about Zhuzi culture with friends.
Zhu Guangho, a professor at Dongdeok Women's University in Korea, who is also a descendant of Zhu Xi, said that he was very excited to participate in the Zhuzi festival ceremony, which caused him to think a lot. He also thanked You Xi for his hard work in the protection and inheritance of Zhuzi culture.
In recent years, Youxi County has actively excavated and refined the essence of Zhuzi culture, created a number of hardware facilities for Zhuzi cultural projects, and launched a series of activities that people like to see in combination with cultural connotations, which has further promoted the protection, research and inheritance of Zhuzi culture.
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the festival, there are many volunteers on the scene. Ke Ruiqing, one of the festival volunteers, said: "This is my second time as a festival volunteer, and I am honored and excited. ”。
Zhang Min is a volunteer who is responsible for guiding guests and maintaining order at the venue. Talking about her feelings, she proudly said that although she is not a descendant of Zhu Xi, as a Youxi person, she will be influenced by Zhuzi culture since she was a child, "In Youxi, the poem 'half an acre of square pond is opened, and the sky and clouds and shadows wander together' are often on our lips, and we are all proud of being the birthplace of Zhu Xi." ”