Yangcheng Evening News Art Research Institute helps the revitalization of rural culture in Wengyuan Wengcheng, Shaoguan, and allows art to enter the old houses of ordinary farmhouses.
I read children's poems on the wall:
The author of "Lotus" is Deng Wei (nine years old), a teenager from Wengcheng:
There were two lotus flowers in the creek in front of my house, and their leaves were put together like holding hands, and it was like holding hands, and it was like two lotus flowers were me and my friend. ”
Coming out of the old house, I came to an old granary. See for yourself how the Yangcheng Evening News Art Research Institute made an old granary shine:
The art works of the famous artists are presented here, and I see the masterpieces of many familiar painters in the provincial capital, which are shining and brilliant.
It's already an art gallery.
What will an art space and a cultural space bring to the township?The rough and simple rural space constitutes a contrast with the artist's works, and the folk and the literati meet wonderfully: the spring breeze turns into rain, the splendid city of Weng, and the earth blooms with the flower of art.
October passed in a hurry, and two words about the impression of Weng City were left in WeChat.
Today, two months later, he was invited to participate in the Guangzhou launch ceremony and symposium of "Wengcheng Children's Poems" held by Yangcheng Evening News Art Research Institute.
I was very moved to hear the moving story behind this book.
Zhang Yanqin, President of Yangwan Art Research Institute, and Chen Dedao, Secretary of the Party Committee of Wengcheng Town, successively told the story of Wengcheng's poetry
In the past year, nearly 80 poetry activities have been held, which have had a great impact on Wengcheng. We use three grasps to help the cultural revitalization of Wengcheng: art, photography, and poetry.
Wang Qitong, a staff member of the research institute, is a young poet herself, and she is a "god-like existence" in WengchengGet close to the children and work as a poet teacher to guide them in their poetry creation.
The education of poetry has three functions: literary education, art education, and soul education. We made an agreement with the principal of the local primary school to collectively recite poems written by the children in Weng Cheng once a week.
We expect the poems of the children of Weng Cheng to be everywhere: on the walls, on the eaves, on the door frames, on the glass windows. Create a real "poetry night market", make every night a night of poetry, spread widely and create an atmosphere.
We hope that the poems of the children of Wengcheng will "cover the whole area" of the town, and the poems of the children of Wengcheng can be seen when the eyes are raised. Let the atmosphere of poetry permeate every corner of Weng City.
At present, more than 2,000 children's poems have been collected, and nearly 80 poetry activities have been effectively promoted. The most important thing in poetry education is love, and the essence of education is love.
The villagers have a new look, and you can see changes in all aspects, from children to parents to the whole population. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, literacy was still lacking. "Chinese Rural Poetry Festival" and "Land Art Festival" are make-up classes.
Wengcheng is the "City of Poetry in China", and the Art Research Institute is to be idealistic. The revitalization of rural culture we are doing is not a "pseudo-village", but a real traditional Chinese village.
I spoke on an impromptu basis, and three feelings came to me:
1. The child's innocent nature is connected with the natural life of poetry.
Experts tell us that children's thinking is incomparably precious, and the October pregnancy has accumulated 10,000 years of human consciousness, while the age of 0 to 3 presents the original way of thinking of primitive humans.
Intimacy with nature, without the intrusion of social relationships: a clear and innocent place.
2. Genetic mutation of regional culture.
Regional culture is often mutated under the collision of foreign cultures, and it has similar effects from the perspective of individual and local customs.
For example, during the Anti-Japanese War, famous universities were relocated to remote places: Southwest Associated University to Kunming, Yunnan, Zhejiang University to Meitan, Guizhou, Xiamen University to Changting, Fujian, and Tongji University to Lizhuang, Sichuan, all of which greatly improved the quality of local culture.
The list goes on. Weng Cheng also has a similar relationship with Yangcheng Evening News Group.
Third, the most fundamental thing in rural revitalization is to change consciousness.
There are five major revitalizations for rural revitalization, and there are no hard indicators for cultural revitalization, which seems simple, but it is actually more difficult.
Therefore, Wengcheng has become a city of poetry - how to make cultural action sustainable and lasting, how to operate at low cost and create cultural economic benefits?How to use the advantages of Yangwan Group to link resources in many ways, achieve a cultural event, and cultivate a cultural model of rural revitalization is worth going deeper.
Flipping through the "Poems of Weng Cheng Children", a picture is presented in front of you:
Everyone recited children's poems written by their children in unison, and the sound of the books echoed in Weng City.
At this moment, a fresh breeze blows in the countryside: "The child's poems will grow up", and with the years, countless seeds are scattered and fall into the land.
Spring breeze and rain, seeds sprout, a field of flowers, colorful, spread to the land of Lingnan.
The fragrance of poetry overflows and floats into the distance.
December 2023 Wengyuan—Guangzhou.
Jiang Bing is a cultural scholar, columnist, and literary critic. Professor of Guangdong University of Finance and Economics, President of Guangzhou Lingnan Culture Research Association, Vice President of Guangdong Provincial Cultural Society, Chief Expert of Guangzhou Urban Literature and Urban Culture Research Base, and Guangzhou City Image Brand Consultant Appointed by the People's of Guangzhou. Judge of China's ** rankings. He was selected as a cutting-edge critic of the Chinese Writers Association, one of the top ten outstanding social science popularization experts in Guangdong Province, and the most influential scholar in the field of Chinese philosophy and social sciences. He is the author of "Romantic and Sad Life", "Chinese Clothing Culture", "Post-80s Literature in the New Era", "Cool Youth", "This City, Turn Everyone into Guangzhou People", "Old Wharf, Circulating for a Thousand Years", "Lingnan Nostalgia", etc.
Edited by Wang Qitong.
Reviewed by Zhao Xuhong.
Issued by Zhang Yanqin.
Editor-in-charge: Wang Qitong.