Source: People's Daily - International Channel Original draft
People's Daily Tokyo, October 31 (Reporter Yue Linwei) On October 30, the Consulate General in Niigata, the Lu Xun Cultural Foundation, and the China International Education Television (CECTV) jointly held a Sino-Japanese online exchange meeting to commemorate the 140th anniversary of Lu Xun's birth.
Chinese Ambassador to Japan Kong Xuanyou and Governor Murai Kahiro of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan sent video messages. Sun Dagang, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Niigata, and Wang Kaige, Executive Vice President of China International Education Television, delivered speeches on behalf of the organizers. Zhou Lingfei, President of Lu Xun Cultural Foundation and Lu Xun's eldest grandson, Wang Zhongyi, Editor-in-Chief of People's China Magazine, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Vice President of Tohoku University in Japan, and Atsushi Che tian, Chairman of the Sendai Lu Xun Research Association, delivered speeches as guests. About 200 representatives from all walks of life in China and Japan, including more than 100 young students, attended the event.
Kong Xuanyou said in his video speech that Mr. Lu Xun is a great Chinese writer, thinker and revolutionary. Mr. Lu Xun studied in Japan in his youth to explore the road to rejuvenating China, and the story of him and Professor Fujino Yanjiuro is a vivid epitome of the mutual learning and friendly exchanges between the Chinese and Japanese peoples for more than 2,000 years, and is a precious wealth that we all have together. Next year, China and Japan will usher in the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations, and we hope that the two sides will never forget their original intentions, adhere to the correct direction, expand mutual benefit and win-win results, manage contradictions and differences, implement the political consensus of leaders with practical actions, and jointly open up new prospects for development of bilateral relations.
Kong Xuanyou, Chinese Ambassador to Japan, delivered a video message. Courtesy of the Chinese Consulate General in Niigata
Murai said that Mr. Lu Xun, a famous Chinese literary hero, studied in Miyagi Prefecture, and we are deeply proud. Mr. Lu Xun has left many footprints in Sendai City, such as the "Lu Xun Ladder Classroom" of Northeastern University. In addition, the memorial park, which was converted from its former homestay site, will also be officially opened next spring. I look forward to more friends coming to visit after the end of the epidemic, and hope that the friendly exchanges between Japan and China will continue to advance.
Yoshihiro Murai, governor of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, delivered a video address. Courtesy of the Chinese Consulate General in Niigata
Speaking on behalf of the organizers, Sun Dagang said that from 1904 to 1906, Mr. Lu Xun came to study at The Sendai Medical College, the predecessor of Tohoku University in the consular district of the Consulate General in Niigata. During this time, he and Mr. Fujino formed a deep teacher-student friendship. Today, more than a hundred years later, sendai and other places are still active in many non-governmental organizations that inherit the spirit of Lu Xun and promote Sino-Japanese friendship. The number of Chinese students studying at Northeastern University has grown from Lu Xun alone to thousands of people today. To build Sino-Japanese relations that meet the requirements of the new era, it is necessary for all walks of life in China and Japan to move in the same direction and work together. It is hoped that the participants will draw strength from Lu Xun and his works, strengthen their faith in friendship, and push Sino-Japanese relations to set sail for the next 50 years and move steadily and far.
Sun Dagang, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Niigata, delivered a speech on behalf of the organizers. Courtesy of the Chinese Consulate General in Niigata
Wang Kaige said that in the history of china-Japan thousand-year cultural exchanges, countless historical sages have written a chapter of song and tears for the friendly exchanges and cooperation between the two countries. May all circles in China and Japan take the opportunity of commemorating Mr. Lu Xun to make unremitting efforts to increase the intensity and density of Sino-Japanese cultural cooperation and strengthen the breadth and depth of people-to-people exchanges between China and Japan.
Zhou Lingfei made a speech based on his personal growth experience, saying that this year is the 140th anniversary of the birth of his grandfather Mr. Lu Xun and the 100th anniversary of the publication of Lu Xun's two famous works "Hometown" and "A Q Zheng biography", which can be described as "Lu Xun's year". Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the normalization of Diplomatic Relations between China and Japan, which can be described as the "Year of China and Japan." Over the past 120 years, the encounter between Lu Xun and Mr. Fujino has become a symbol and symbol of friendship between the Chinese and Japanese peoples. As a latecomer, we should practice what we preach and carry forward the tradition of friendship.
Zhou Lingfei, president of Lu Xun Cultural Foundation and grandson of Lu Xun, gave an online speech. Courtesy of the Chinese Consulate General in Niigata
With the theme of "Farewell and Handshake", Wang Zhongyi deeply analyzed the background of the writing of "Mr. Fujino", saying that the personal friendship between China and Japan pioneered by Mr. Lu Xun is still continuing in the new era, bringing hope to the future, and will inspire us to firmly promote people-to-people friendship, carry out people-to-people exchanges, and promote Sino-Japanese relations into a new realm.
Masahiro Yamaguchi said that he would continue to cherish the Japan-China friendship ties left by Lu Xun and Mr. Fujino, strive to create a good learning environment for Chinese students, encourage Japanese students to study in China, and cultivate a new generation of friendly forces for the two countries. Chairman Atsushi Cheda outlined the overall situation and historical evolution of Lu Xun research in the Sendai area since the 1930s, and made an outlook on the prospects of Lu Xun research in Japan.
The four keynote speakers also answered questions from the participants on Mr. Lu Xun's outstanding achievements in various fields and Mr. Lu Xun's special significance to Northeastern University.