Let's go to Hubei In April 2023, the "Reading China along the Yangtze River - Ten Thousand Miles of Yangtze River Tour" visiting group composed of experts, scholars, public representatives and ** reporters started from the Tuotuo River in Qinghai, the source of the Yangtze River, across 13 provinces, autonomous regions and cities along the Yangtze River National Cultural Park, lasted 9 months, arrived at Chongming Island, Shanghai, the estuary of the Yangtze River, in early December, and held a closing press conference in Shanghai on December 10.
This is the first time that the whole Yangtze River basin has been linked, and the Yangtze River culture theme publicity and promotion activities have been linked to the public, after the general secretary made important instructions on protecting, inheriting and promoting the Yangtze River culture, and deploying and promoting the construction of the Yangtze River National Cultural Park.
The data shows that the event released in-depth reports, short reports, webcasts, posters and other manuscripts through ** and various types of ** in various places1More than 20,000 articles, with more than 700 million dissemination. Through this phenomenal dissemination and interaction, the public will be driven to read the Yangtze River, China, and the Communist Party of China together.
The delegation conducted a live broadcast on the Tuotuo River in Qinghai, the source of the Yangtze River. Photo by Wang Zheng.
Read the Yangtze River
This is a great river that has given birth to a great nation, contains rich culture, and is full of vitality of the times
The Yangtze River is the longest river in China and the mother river of Chinese civilization. She originated from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau on the roof of the world in the form of thousands of drops, crossed the mountains and valleys of Yunnan, Guizhou and Bashu with a surging momentum, crossed Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai with a mighty appearance, and integrated the Pacific Ocean in a peaceful state. Looking back at the Yangtze River, Chen Shuxiang, an expert with the visiting group and a second-level researcher of the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, sighed, "The difference between the alpine water in the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is three or four thousand meters, which is the first in the world; The richness of the landform and biodiversity of its basin is the best of heaven and earth; The Yangtze River has created millions of years of human history, 10,000 years of cultural history, and 5,000 years of civilization history, inheriting the genes of continuous cultural exchanges and mutual learning, forming a splendid Yangtze River culture with uniqueness, richness and integration, and covering the forest of the world's great rivers and cultures. ”
Reading China along the Yangtze River - Ten Thousand Miles of Yangtze River" The first check-in device is located in Riyue Mountain, Qinghai. Photo by Wang Zheng.
The Yangtze River basin has an incomparably profound cultural heritage and rich cultural diversity. Zhang Min, an expert accompanying the delegation and executive vice president of the Institute of Advanced Humanities of Hubei University, believes that from the perspective of large regional culture, the Yangtze River culture includes the Bashu culture, Yunnan culture, and Guizhou culture in the upstream region, the Jingchu culture and Huxiang culture in the middle reaches, and the Jiangxi culture, Jianghuai culture and Wuyue culture in the downstream area.
The state of Chu has created an incomparably brilliant culture for 800 years. Zhang Min said that Chu culture has distinctive characteristics and rich spiritual connotations, which not only makes outstanding contributions to Chinese culture, but also stands shoulder to shoulder with ancient Greek culture in many aspects. As a vassal state of Chu, the unearthed musical instruments, lacquerware, and bronzes are exquisite, and the bell of Zeng Hou Yi represents the pinnacle of ancient Chinese ritual and music culture, symbolizing the glorious achievements of human civilization in the Axial Age. Jingchu culture is one of the important landmarks of Yangtze River culture.
The delegation visited Yuelu Academy in Hunan. Photo by Wang Zheng.
In the process of pluralism and integration of Chinese civilization, the Yangtze River civilization has played an important role and made great contributions. Zhang Shuo, former director of the Chu Culture Research Institute of the Hubei Academy of Social Sciences and vice president of the Hubei Jingchu Culture Research Association, told reporters.
Zhang Shuo introduced that archaeological discoveries have found that the Yangtze River basin has more than 2 million years ago founders, 1.7 million years ago Yuanmou people, 1 million years ago Yunxian people, 200,000 years ago Changyang people...These discoveries fully prove that the Yangtze River basin is the origin and evolution of ancient humans in China.
Looking back on the "Ten Thousand Miles of Yangtze River Tour", the two Yangtze River cultural archaeological sites in the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River made the visiting group awe-inspired: the Sanxingdui civilization "slept for thousands of years, and woke up to shock the world", representing the highest achievement of the bronze civilization in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and even the Yangtze River basin in China, advancing the history of ancient Shu by 2000 years, and making original contributions to the study of the origin of Chinese civilization and world civilization; The Liangzhu civilization is the highest achievement of China's rice civilization more than 5,000 years ago, an outstanding example of early urban civilization in the history of human civilization, and one of the important sources of Chinese civilization, which proves the history of Chinese civilization for 5,000 years.
The Yangtze River basin is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization, and the Yangtze River civilization has made great contributions to the origin, development and formation of Chinese civilization. The Yangtze River and the Yellow River basin have joined forces and become the cradle of Chinese civilization. Zhang Shuo said that in the late Neolithic Age, the origin elements of civilization such as cities, writing, bronze tools, and religious beliefs appeared in the Yangtze River Basin one after another, and the dawn of Chinese civilization rose from the Yangtze River Basin. In the pre-Qin period, the Xia Shang Dynasty had close ties with the Yangtze River civilization, and thus accelerated its own pace into the Bronze Age. After a long period of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Yangtze River civilization gradually developed, and the Bashu Cultural Circle, Jingchu Cultural Circle and Wuyue Cultural Circle were formed in the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, respectively, and a Yangtze River civilization that integrated the cultures of various regions in the basin and diversified and integrated was initially formed.
Zhang Shuo said that for thousands of years, the Yangtze River basin has been convenient for geographical advantages, the first to open up the atmosphere, the integration of China and the West, and the wind from all directions, such as the Maritime Silk Road, the Tea Road, the export of porcelain, the eastward crossing of Jianzhen, and Zheng He's voyage to the WestThe diverse and symbiotic Yangtze River culture stands at the forefront and highland of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries with grace, and stands bravely at the forefront of the times. In modern times, the Yangtze River culture has become the vanguard of China's modern civilization and modern reform and opening up.
According to incomplete statistics, the Yangtze River Basin accounts for more than 30% of China's famous historical and cultural cities, national key cultural relics protection units, and the list of world cultural heritage and intangible cultural heritage. Therefore, the Yangtze River is a great river that has given birth to a great nation, a great river containing rich culture, and a great river full of the vitality of the times. Zhang Shuo said.
The delegation visited Tengwang Pavilion in Jiangxi. Photo by Wang Zheng.
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The rise of the Yangtze River basin and the Yangtze River culture has become the strong backbone of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation
There are three 'about one-third of China' in the Yangtze River basin. Zheng Xiaoyun, an expert accompanying the delegation and a distinguished professor at the School of History and Culture of Hubei University, said that the population of the Yangtze River basin accounts for more than one-third of the Chinese population, and the water resources account for 34 percent of the country's water supply4%, grain production accounted for 325% - these three figures account for about one-third of the country, indicating the important position of the Yangtze River in China's national geographic and economic map.
Zheng Xiaoyun said that taking water resources as an example, the Yangtze River has now become an important water supply area in northern China, and the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has been opened, which has diverted 9.5 billion cubic meters of water to the north every year. The eastern and western routes of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project and the Central Yunnan Water Diversion Project are also under construction, demonstrating the importance of the Yangtze River to China's water security. At present, a series of large-scale hydropower stations such as the Three Gorges, Baihetan and Wudongde have been built on the main stream of the Yangtze River, which meet the rapid development of China's economy in terms of clean energy. "If there is no culture in a region, its economy cannot be sustainable, and only by allowing the economy and culture to promote each other and spiral upwards can we ensure the healthy development of society. ”
As an expert who has studied the Yangtze River culture for 40 years and director of the Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage of Nanjing University, Professor He Yunao believes that from the perspective of historical development law and strategy, the Yangtze River culture is not only a product of the historical development of the Yangtze River Basin, but also an important force to help the high-quality development of the contemporary Yangtze River Economic Belt. The construction of the Yangtze River National Cultural Park and the construction of ecological civilization in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the Yangtze River Basin complement each other, so as to promote the healthy development of Chinese-style modernization in the Yangtze River Basin.
He Yunao said that the construction of the Yangtze River National Cultural Park is an important way for the inheritance and development of contemporary Yangtze River culture. Relying on the excellent traditional Chinese culture, revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture, it integrates cultural heritage resources with outstanding significance, important influence and major themes, shows the profound connotation and important characteristics of the Yangtze River culture, can represent the national image and highlight the Chinese civilization, and is a major national project to promote the prosperity and development of culture in the new era.
The delegation visited and broadcast live in the White Emperor City of Chongqing - Qutang Gorge, and the expert of the visiting group, He Shiwei, an archaeological expert of the Yangtze River Civilization Research Institute of Wuhan University, interpreted the culture of the Three Gorges. Photo by Wang Zheng.
The construction of the Yangtze River National Cultural Park will fully activate the rich historical and cultural resources of the Yangtze River, systematically expound the spiritual connotation of the Yangtze River culture, deeply excavate the value of the Yangtze River culture, enrich and improve the national cultural park system, and expand and strengthen the important symbol of Chinese culture. Zhang Shuo said that this move will continue the historical context, strengthen cultural self-confidence, further enhance the dissemination and influence of Chinese cultural logos, and present the splendid and colorful Chinese civilization to the world.
Understanding the Yangtze River can strengthen cultural self-confidence, establish a calm and confident cultural mentality, develop a high-spirited and upward spirit, be good at inheritance and innovation, and be an important support for the construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. Fu Caiwu, dean of the National Institute of Cultural Development of Wuhan University, said.
Only by understanding the Yangtze River can we truly understand the internal driving force of the Yangtze River in China's contemporary development. This is also the significance of a series of major decisions and deployments such as the implementation of the Yangtze River protection and the promotion of the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Zheng Xiaoyun said.
During the "Yangtze River Tour", the delegation saw that the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities along the Yangtze River gave full play to their respective resource advantages and strived to build the Yangtze River National Cultural Park with regional characteristics: Hubei Province is planning to build the Yangtze River Museum in Wuhan City, and strive to build a demonstration area of the Yangtze River National Cultural Park; Jiangxi Province has built historical buildings such as Pipa Pavilion, Suojiang Tower, and Xunyang Tower to create a "poetic Jiujiang".
The first and second phases of construction have been completed....
The delegation visited the Suzhou Museum. Photo by Wang Zheng.
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The Yangtze River has provided the basic conditions for the construction of the spiritual genealogy of the Chinese Communists and has played an important role
To understand today's China, we must understand the Communist Party of China. *The Chairman said in his speech to the opening ceremony of the 2021 "Understanding China" International Conference (Guangzhou).
The Yangtze River flows eastward from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau into the sea, witnessing the 5,000-year history of civilization of the Chinese nation, as well as the history of the Communist Party of China's centennial struggle, theoretical exploration, benefiting the people, and self-construction. * Li Hongxi, editor and second-level inspector of the Institute of Party History and Literature, said in an interview with a reporter from the Yangtze River on December 7.
It is of great and far-reaching significance to look back on the road of unity and struggle in which the Communist Party of China has led the people to stand up, become rich, and become strong. He Husheng, deputy dean of the Institute of Party Building in the History of Chinese University, said.
Traveling to the Yangtze River, revolutionary culture is an important part of the visit.
In Shanghai, the visiting delegation walked into the First Memorial Hall of the CPC and deeply felt that the great party-building spirit of adhering to the truth, adhering to ideals, practicing the original intention, shouldering the mission, not fearing sacrifice, heroic struggle, being loyal to the party, and living up to the people is the spiritual source of the CPC, contains the key to the success of the CPC, and is the spiritual driving force for the party to unite and lead the Chinese people to carry out all struggles and creations.
At the Nanchang August 1st Uprising Memorial Hall, the visiting group listened: The Nanchang Uprising fired the first shot of armed resistance against the Kuomintang reactionaries, marking the beginning of the Party's independent leadership of the revolutionary war, the creation of the people's army, and the armed seizure of power.
At the memorial hall at the site of the Hankou 87 Conference, the visiting delegation looked back: At a critical moment when the future and destiny of the party and the revolutionary cause were at stake, the 87 Congress affirmed the implementation of the general policy of agrarian revolution and armed resistance against the Kuomintang reactionaries, and the Chinese revolution began a historic transformation from the defeat of the Great Revolution to the rise of the agrarian revolutionary war.
The check-in point set up by the visiting group in the Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan attracts tourists to check in. Photo by Wang Zheng.
In the memorial hall of the Zunyi Conference, the visiting group realized: the Zunyi Conference established the leading position of the first comrade in the Red Army, began to form the first generation of the party's leading collective with the first comrade as the core, opened a new stage of our party to independently solve the practical problems of the Chinese revolution, and saved the party, the Red Army and the Chinese revolution at the most critical juncture.
The rich red resources in the Yangtze River basin have profoundly written the glorious history of the Communist Party of China for more than 100 years, especially the period of the new democratic revolution, and also contain the spiritual pedigree of the Chinese Communists and the success code of the Chinese revolution. Li Hongxi said. **Li Qinggang, deputy director of the Party History Teaching and Research Department of the Party School, deeply agrees: The red resources gathered in the Yangtze River Basin contain rich revolutionary culture and reflect the great spirit of the Chinese Communists - the great spirit of party building, the spirit of Jinggangshan, the spirit of the Long March, the spirit of the Zunyi Conference, and the spirit of Hongyan were all born in the Yangtze River basin during the revolutionary war. From "the vast nine schools flowing in China" to "millions of heroes crossing the river", and then to "crossing the Yangtze River for thousands of miles", the Yangtze River has witnessed the centennial struggle of the Chinese Communists, and the Yangtze River is an important source for cultivating revolutionary culture and the core values of socialism.
The delegation arrived at Chongming Island in Shanghai, the estuary of the Yangtze River. Photo by Wang Zheng.
The large number of relics of the Red Revolution left in the Yangtze River basin show that the Communist Party of China relied on the Yangtze River in the process of revolutionary struggle and the Yangtze River nourished the development of the revolutionary cause of the Communist Party of China. The Yangtze River has provided the basic conditions for the construction of the spiritual genealogy of the Chinese Communists and has played an important role. Fu Caiwu said.
These precious spiritual wealth condensed by relying on the Yangtze River provide a cultural background for us to internalize the red gene into the Chinese spirit, Chinese values and Chinese strength, and provide a source of strength for us to take the Long March road in the new era. Zhang Min said.
The Yangtze River has witnessed the 100 years of the Communist Party of China's pioneering efforts, the growth of the Communist Party of China from a small red boat to a majestic ship, and the leap of the Chinese nation from national peril to great rejuvenation. He Husheng said that the surging waves of the Yangtze River recall the eventful years of the Communist Party of ChinaThe surging of the Yangtze River continues the red blood of the Communist Party of China.
Li Qinggang said: The Chinese Communists are the inheritors and promoters of China's excellent traditional culture, and they are also the creators, and the Chinese Communists in the new era have the great historical responsibility of continuing to write the Yangtze River culture well. **The general secretary pointed out that "it is necessary to protect, inherit and carry forward the Yangtze River culture, continue the historical context, and strengthen cultural self-confidence." This is just like the praise of "Song of the Yangtze River": the Yangtze River came from ancient times and ran to the future, which is not only an infinite source, but also has the feelings of a mother, and she uses majestic power to promote a new era.
Editor: Yangtze River**-Yangtze River Net reporter Chen Zhiyuan Zhang Meng.