■ On January 15, 2019, the Wang Ling Traditional Culture Research Association held the 2019 "Welcome the New Year and Send Warmth" poverty alleviation and condolence activity in Xiangqiao District, Chaozhou City, at the Qinglong Ancient Temple Cultural Square.
■ On January 18, 2019, the Wang Ling Traditional Culture Research Association went to Chishui Village, Guihu Town, to carry out accurate poverty alleviation and condolence activities.
The Civil Affairs Bureau of Xiangqiao District of Chaozhou City has extensively mobilized social forces to participate in public welfare charity through the Wang Ling Traditional Culture Research Association
"Every year, the Qinglong Ancient Temple in Chaozhou has a large temple fair, and there are donations from believers, and we use these donations, some of which are invested in the construction of the ancient temple, and the rest is used for charity." Huang Chaoming, vice president and secretary general of the Wang Ling Traditional Culture Research Association (hereinafter referred to as the "Wang Ling Research Association"), told the New Express reporter.
Social organization is an important link between social resources and poor families, and making full use of social organizations can also produce unexpected poverty alleviation effects. Chaozhou Xiangqiao District Civil Affairs Bureau makes full use of the public welfare charity function of the Wang Ling Research Association, widely gathers social forces to participate in poverty alleviation, and over the past three years, the Wang Ling Research Association has invested more than 3.05 million yuan in precision poverty alleviation funds.
■ Written by: New Express reporter Zeng Guizhen
■Photo: Courtesy of the interviewee
Extensively launch poverty alleviation and relief through the use of points and areas
Wang Ling was a Shu Han chancellor during the Three Kingdoms period, and he held the position of Yongchang Taishou. Because of not responding to the Yongmin rebellion, the Shu state was attacked by Yongmin and others. Together with Lü Kai, he defended the city and held the city until zhuge Liang's arrival, and later Wang Ling was worshipped as a god by the locals.
Huang Chaoming introduced that the Qinglong Ancient Temple, located on the south embankment at the western end of the Hanjiang Bridge in Chaozhou, was built in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was this general who was enshrined in it. Teochew people call him "Big Lord", and the Wang Ling Research Association is more to promote him as a spirit of "loving the people and protecting the country" and as the traditional culture of Chaozhou.
For a long time, the Qinglong Ancient Temple has a large temple fair every year, and the incense is also very strong. After learning about the rational use of donations by the Wang Ling Research Association and actively investing in poverty alleviation and charity, the number and amount of donations have increased every year.
On January 15, 2019, the 2019 "Welcome the New Year and Send Warmth" poverty alleviation and condolence activity in Xiangqiao District, Chaozhou City, was held in the Qinglong Ancient Temple Cultural Square, and the love materials piled up one "hill after another"; On January 4, 2020, the 3rd Chaozhou City Public Welfare Service Festival for the Elderly was held in The Qinglong Ancient Temple Cultural Square, and the elderly enjoyed the service with great satisfaction...
"Every year, the District Civil Affairs Bureau gives us a list of the poor in the district." Huang Chaoming said that under the guidance of the Xiangqiao District Civil Affairs Bureau, every year on the eve of the Spring Festival and the Zhongyuan Festival, the Wang Ling Research Association will organize large-scale charity activities to distribute condolences such as cooking oil, rice and cash to poor people in need in the whole district and even from other parts of Chaozhou.
A good word that binds everyone's hearts together. In order to do a good job in large-scale charity activities, the members of the board of directors of the Wang Ling Research Association have personally practiced and extensively mobilized social caring people to lead the noodles with points and pieces with noodles, and have money to pay and contribute effectively. Volunteers from Qinglong Ancient Temple and a team of cultural volunteers from Chaozhou Chao county attended the meeting to help carry out poverty alleviation activities.
In peacetime, although the members of the board of directors of the Wang Ling Research Association have their own careers and busy work, they often go deep into many communities and villages to help the poor point-to-point and bring them condolences. They firmly believe that "giving a piece of love ignites a piece of hope." ”
According to statistics, over the past three years, the Wang Ling Research Association has gathered social forces and invested in public welfare charity, with a precision poverty alleviation fund of more than 3.05 million yuan.
"Great Love Xiangqiao" has become a local business card
In addition to material assistance, the Wang Ling Research Association also made full use of the central stage of the Qinglong Ancient Temple Cultural Square to vigorously carry out cultural assistance. Over the past three years, more than 100 performances have been held in the form of Chao music, Chaoqu songs, Teochew song albums, and literary and art evenings that are popular with the masses. "Every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday night, There are Chao opera ticket holders in the theater stage of the Qinglong Ancient Temple Center who spontaneously come here to perform for the public to see." Huang Chaoming said that in these performances, the Wang Ling Research Association provided them with venues and equipment, and other performance expenses were paid by the volunteers themselves.
In addition, the Wang Ling Research Association also held a number of public welfare donation spring festival activities with the Chaozhou Calligraphers Association and the Xiangqiao District Calligraphers Association. For three consecutive years, chaozhou radio and other departments held a public welfare activity festival for the elderly in the Qinglong Ancient Temple Cultural Square, and provided free haircuts, free health examinations, social security and medical insurance consultations for the needy people in the community.
Through a series of support measures, Xiangqiao District has created a good atmosphere of "everyone participating in poverty alleviation and poverty alleviation", the happiness and sense of gain of poor people have been greatly improved, and "Great Beauty Chaozhou, Great Love Xiangqiao" has become a local business card.