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To commemorate the 78th anniversary of Jia Dashan's birth and the Seminar on Literary Works, the Seminar on Jia Dashan's Literary Works, co-sponsored by the Shanghai Literary and Art Critics Association, the Pudong New Area Writers Association and the Pudong Poetry Society, was held in Pudong, Shanghai on October 26.
More than 30 people attended the event, including Ye Xin, vice chairman of the China Writers Association, Ma Wenyun, deputy secretary of the party group and full-time vice chairman of the Shanghai Writers Association, Hu Xiaojun, vice chairman of the Shanghai Literary and Art Critics Association, Chu Shuiao, former judge of the National Lu Xun Literature Award and former president of the Shanghai Poetry Society, Yang Binhua, Sun Qin'an, Zhang Wenlong, Yan Zhiming, Bai Xiaoyong, Mao Weidong, and Gu Weiliang, general manager of Shanghai Yuecheng Electric Power Technology Development Co., Ltd. Zhang Shumei, the wife of Jia Dashan writer, sent a speech.
Writer Jia Dashan
The famous writer Ye Xin said that Jia Dashan is a writer of the people, and his lifelong creation and struggle have always been closely linked to the happiness of the people and the rejuvenation of the nation. General Secretary Xi Jinping once praised him, as a writer, Dashan has a deep vision and unique perspective of insight into social life, he is frank and kind, clear about grievances, talented, and thorough in analysis. The path of his literary creation is to keep up with the times and write the road of the times. General Secretary Xi Jinping said that an era has an era of literature and art, and an era has the spirit of an era. The classic works of man and an era are all portrayals of the social life and spirit of that era, and they all have the imprint and characteristics of that era. The reason why Jia Dashan's works are widely popular is that his creations are deeply rooted in the soil of the life of the times, integrating the historical destiny of the country and the nation into the works, and his works truly reflect the progress of the times, praise the new era, and show epic colors.
Cover of Jia Dashan's portfolio
Ma Wenyun, deputy secretary of the party group and full-time vice chairman of the Shanghai Writers Association, said that Jia Dashan's life was only 54 years from his birth in July 1942 to his death on February 20, 1997. His creative activity period is precisely the years when china opened up the road of reform, opening up and building socialism with intermediate characteristics, and it is the time when Chinese literature and the people are united in one heart and walk with the times, and the vast number of writers and artists go deep into life, take root in the people, and write a magnificent epic poem of national and national development with heart and affection. Jia Dashan became a people's writer in this great era, passionately plunged into the magnificent life of the new era, worked hard, immersed himself in creation, and created a series of contemporary Chinese literature and classics such as "Village Drama" and "Taking the Scriptures", which infected and influenced the vast number of readers, and lit a literary beacon that emitted infinite light and heat with his limited life.
Poster of "Village Drama"
The film "Village Drama" adapted from Jia Dashan's novel was produced in Shanghai, and Xing Yingzi, the producer of Shangying Film, introduced the process of creation and filming of "Village Drama", and the film won many honors at home and abroad film festivals such as the Golden Rooster Award and the Golden Horse Award that year. The participants believed that what Jia Dashan left us was an excellent people's epic, and at the same time he also left a spirit that had a profound impact on the development of contemporary Chinese literature. His works reflect the people's yearning and struggle for a better life, write and record the practice and creation of the people, the requirements of the times and progress, and use the power of literature and art to warm, inspire and enlighten people. Today, when we commemorate the writer Jia Dashan, we should learn from his noble character, carry forward his spiritual demeanor, always strengthen cultural self-confidence, adhere to the direction of the advance of advanced socialist culture, carry forward the Chinese spirit with high morale and the spirit of struggle, unite China's strength, and encourage the people of all nationalities throughout the country to march vigorously into the future. Jia Dashan's works show epic colors, and this keen grasp of the times and the ambition to write the times still have great enlightening significance for today's writers.
It is reported that Shanghai will establish the Jia Dashan Literary and Art Research Association and the Jia Dashan Literary Works Exhibition Hall, and prepare for the adaptation of Jia Dashan's work "Taking the Scriptures" so that his literary works can truly enter the hearts of the people.
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