On October 18th, the "Wenmai Award" award ceremony was held in WuyiShan. Photo by Cai Dongdong
Nanping, Fujian, 19 Oct (Xinhua) -- On the evening of 18 October, the ancient street of Wufu Town, Wuyishan, Nanping, Fujian Province, was particularly lively. Red lanterns reflect the yellow adobe houses, and costume parades and live performances by university bands add a lot of color to the ancient streets.
"This time I came to participate in Zhuzi-related activities and inspect the investment environment of Wufu at the same time." There is a good foundation for local sightseeing agriculture, and in the future, I hope to introduce Taiwan's agricultural projects to develop and start a business. Qian Xiu, chairman of the Taiwan Agricultural and Rural Tourism Development Association, who is participating in the "Tea Song Zhuzi" activity, said.
From the 18th to the 19th, the 13th Straits Forum and the series of activities to commemorate the 891st anniversary of Zhu Zi's birth were held in Wuyishan Wufu Town, with the participation of scholars from both sides of the strait and descendants of Zhu Zi.
The statue of Zhu Xi in Wufu Town is famous. Photo by Zhang Lijun
"Be careful not to talk about the shortness of people, and never be careful about one's own strengths," in the recitation of Zhu Zi's family training, scholars on both sides of the strait and Zhu Zi's descendants celebrated the 891st anniversary of Zhu Xi's birth, kicking off the prelude to the sacrifice ceremony. During the event, the topping out ceremony of the Zhuzi Cultural Park Integration Hall, the opening ceremony of the exhibition hall of the cross-strait exchange base in Zhuzi's hometown, the "Tea Ode to Zhuzi" activity on the side of the Daoxiang Lotus Field, the ancient street style collection ceremony, the opening ceremony of the Ziyang Building, and the Wuyi lecture were also held. Among them, the exhibition hall of Zhuzi's hometown cross-strait exchange base shows the cultural and cultural resources of Zhuzi in Nanping and the achievements of non-governmental economic and cultural exchanges with Taiwan in the context of time.
The event also held the third cultural context award ceremony, and awarded the "context award" to Zhu Maonan, chairman of the Zhuzi Cultural Exchange Promotion Association across the Taiwan Strait. Zhu Maonan, the 30th descendant of Zhu Xi, could not come to the scene due to the epidemic, and his representative said in his speech that Zhu Maonan has been committed to promoting Zhuzi culture into the lives of ordinary people for 20 years, so that culture can be "seen, heard and touched".
This reporter learned from Zhu Xi's 26th-generation descendant, Sun Zhuqing, that people from all walks of life on both sides of the strait have been carrying out the activity of "walking the Zhuzi Road together" in Fujian for more than ten years, showing the appeal of traditional culture and the vitality of spanning time and space. "Zhu Zi himself is a figure who has inherited the past, and his culture is also open-ended. We will continue to increase our efforts to innovatively develop Zhuzi culture. Zhang Jianguang, honorary president of the Nanping Zhuzi Cultural Research Association, said in an interview with China News Network reporter.
On October 18, the band performed in Xingxian Ancient Street, Wufu Town. Photo by Zhang Lijun
Lin Wenbin, secretary of the Nanping Municipal Party Committee, said in his speech at the ceremony that he will dig deep into the contemporary value of Zhuzi culture, and hopes to strengthen exchanges and deepen cooperation with friends from all walks of life at home and abroad, and further promote the spread of Zhuzi culture to the four seas and the four sides.
Zhu Xi was a great thinker, philosopher and educator in ancient China, who lived in Wuyishan for a long time, wrote books and lectures, preached and taught, and Wuyishan became the birthplace of Zhuzi Science, which also became an important part of the World Cultural Heritage of Wuyishan. In recent years, Fujian and Nanping have issued a series of policies for the protection and inheritance of Zhuzi culture, focusing on the protection of Zhuzi cultural relics, and 69 have been included in the first batch of Zhuzi cultural relics list in Nanping City. (End)
Source: China News Network