Editor's note:
Motions are an important way to perform the functions of the CPPCC. Since the first meeting of the 13th CPPCC Provincial Committee, the majority of CPPCC members and CPPCC participating units have focused on the major issues in the economic, political, cultural, social and ecological civilization construction of Henan Province and the hot and difficult issues that the people are generally concerned about. The Henan Provincial CPPCC Financial Center launched a series of reports on "Motion" of Proposals" to track the handling of proposals, produce new products, display the results of proposal handling, and help proposals to be implemented and public opinion blossom.
A piece of oracle bones shocked the world, and the thousand-year-old Chinese characters ran through the ancient and modern. The oracle bone inscription, engraved on the tortoise shell and animal bones more than 3,000 years ago, flows with a long history of Chinese civilization between one stroke and one stroke.
From modern times to modern times, scholars who study oracle bone inscriptions have carried out fruitful interpretation and research, forming a specialized discipline - oracle bone science.
As the birthplace of oracle, how can Henan better protect, study, inherit and make good use of oracle bones?Han Xiao, member of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, chairman of the Anyang Municipal Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party, and professor of Anyang Normal University, submitted the "Proposal on the Establishment of the Provincial "Oracle Research Institute" at the first meeting of the 13th Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. What is the latest response to the proposal?Is it feasible to set up a provincial "Oracle Research Institute"?
Why is it proposed to set up a provincial "Oracle Research Institute"?
As the earliest systematic script in China, the oracle bone inscription is the first-hand material for the study of Shang and Zhou cultures. According to statistics, in the more than 120 years since the discovery of the oracle bone inscription, more than 4,000 words of the oracle bone inscription have been discovered, and about one-third of the deciphered words have been deciphered by the academic consensus.
Since the discovery of the oracle bone inscription, some scholars, relevant cities and research institutions at home and abroad have carried out continuous research on the oracle bone inscription. Han Xiao gave an example, such as the Yellow River Civilization Henan Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center "Oracle Bone Science and Yin Shang Civilization Platform" launched;The Museum of Chinese Characters awarded 100,000 yuan to decipher the uninterpreted oracle bone inscriptionsWang Yirong Oracle Bone Research Academic Committee Text Research Symposium, International Academic Symposium to Commemorate the 120th Anniversary of the Discovery of Oracle Bone Inscriptions and other activities have been held successively.
However, Han Xiao said that the current research on oracle bone inscription is basically in a state of fragmentation, with a lack of research platforms, insufficient researchers, scattered forces, many theoretical achievements, and few application results. "As the place where the oracle bone inscription was discovered, Henan Province has the responsibility and obligation to study and inherit the oracle bone inscription well. It is necessary and timely to set up a provincial-level 'Oracle Research Institute' to strengthen the effective integration of resources and forces from all parties. ”
What are the advantages of setting up the "Oracle Research Institute" in Henan?
Han Xiao said that Henan has unique geographical advantages, extremely rich data advantages, and great intellectual advantages, and has the conditions for formation.
From the perspective of geographical advantages, the oracle bone inscription was discovered in Yinxu, Anyang, Henan Province, and the Chinese Character Museum in Anyang is the only national museum with the theme of writing in China
In terms of data advantages, research platforms and institutions such as Henan University, Henan Museum, Yinxu Museum and Chinese Character Museum all have a lot of information about oracle bone inscriptions and oracle bone inscriptions, and there are not a few oracle bone fragments scattered in Anyang, which provides great convenience for research
In terms of intellectual superiority, a large number of scholars and experts studying oracle bones from Henan University, Zhengzhou University, Anyang Normal University, and Anyang Workstation of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences have provided strong intellectual support for the study of oracle bones.
The establishment of this platform will greatly promote the research and inheritance of oracles. Han Xiao said.
How to build the Oracle Research Institute?What are the missions and tasks?
Han Xiao suggested that the Oracle Research Institute should adopt provincial and municipal co-construction and co-management, and the two sides jointly fund to integrate the resources and advantages of all aspects of Oracle research in the country and even the world, and the results obtained will be used to serve economic, social and cultural development.
In his view, the Oracle Research Institute can undertake the mission of collecting and sorting oracle bone fragments and oracle bone inscriptions, deciphering unknown oracle bone inscriptions, excavating the rich cultural connotation of oracle bone inscriptions, developing oracle bone creative products and markets, and carrying out oracle bone academic research and exchanges.
Han Xiao hopes that the established Oracle Research Institute will be a research platform for cohesion, cohesion, and resource integration and an application platform for inheriting culture under the leadership of the world. "Through the study of oracle, we will strive to build an oracle bone research highland, promote oracle culture, achieve the dual goals of oracle bone research highland and oracle cultural and creative industry base, and promote the prosperity and development of Henan Province culture and even the entire Central Plains culture. ”
Is it feasible to set up an Oracle Research Institute?
As the organizer of the proposal, the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism made it clear in its reply that it would support the construction of the provincial "Oracle Research Institute" and cooperate with relevant units to carry out investigation and research.
The Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism said that it will explore key units such as the Henan Museum, the Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, the Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Buildings, and the Museum of Chinese Characters, as well as advantageous areas such as cultural relics and archaeology, and the protection and maintenance of cultural relics and buildingsDeepen the cooperation between provincial and municipal cultural and museum units and well-known universities and scientific research institutions such as Peking University, Zhengzhou University, Henan University, and the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and build multi-field and multidisciplinary experimental and research and development basesFocusing on key areas, the "project + talent" training model is adopted, and outstanding experts serve as team leaders to guide young talents to carry out their work in specific Oracle research projects, help them grow, and make a group of outstanding young talents stand out.
In the next step, based on the actual situation in Henan, combined with the opinions and suggestions put forward in the proposal, our department will continue to strengthen the construction of the incentive and guarantee mechanism for Oracle research talents, cultivate and cultivate a sufficient number of professional Oracle talents with excellent quality in Henan, and provide strong talent support and intellectual guarantee for Oracle research. The Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism said. (Henan Provincial CPPCC Financial ** Center Liu Yang Li Tong).