Recently, in a newly built community in a certain place in Henan, the villagers who moved back to move in erected a huge stone monument with the name of the village. In this way, the new community has two names, one is "International Community" and the other is "Zhuang Village".
It turned out that in this community, there were not only commercial houses, but also relocation buildings for the villagers in the demolition villages. Residents who buy commercial housing are dissatisfied with this practice, believing that the village monument lacks relevant procedures from planning, construction and other departments, and will also lead to the confusion of the name of the community. The relocated villagers believe that re-erecting the villagers' stone monument on the original site of the village is a way to preserve the memory of the village, and this practice is understandable. It seems that how to retain the memory of nostalgia is indeed a big issue.
In recent years, with the acceleration of urbanization, a large number of rural people have moved into cities, resulting in the "hollowing out" of many villages and losing their former vitality. In addition, there are many urban villages and suburban villages, which have completely disappeared as village forms and become part of modern cities.
In order to retain the memory and nostalgia, in recent years, many places have built village monuments, repaired village chronicles, and vacated the site to build the village history museum, the village memory museum, the folk museum, etc., and specially collected the old objects representing the history of the village.
These measures have played an important role in preserving the history of the village and the memory of nostalgia. However, it should also be noted that many practices are still superficial, for example, after the completion of the village history museum in many villages, it is only open when the superior inspects or the team visits, and it is rarely open to the villagers on weekdays, and it is basically in the state of "iron general" guarding the door.
The countryside is the birthplace of traditional civilization, and the roots of local culture cannot be broken, and the countryside cannot become a barren countryside, a left-behind countryside, or a hometown in memory. Like ancient trees, ancient bridges and old houses, village names and place names contain rich historical information and cultural connotations, record rural history, beliefs, customs and lifestyles, and are an important part of local culture and nostalgic memory. Excavating and protecting is only the first step, the key is to use it, live, and fire, not just put on a show and decorate the façade.
To promote the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas, the revitalization of rural culture is an indispensable part. It is of great significance to reshape the local culture and build the spiritual home of the countryside to build the root of rural revitalization and ensure the sustainable and stable development of rural society.
For the important carriers of inheritance of historical context such as village history museums and folk customs museums, it is necessary not only to improve the utilization efficiency, so that villagers can really find nostalgia in them, but also to use them as high-quality resources for the development of rural cultural tourism industry, and combine the planning and construction of village history museums with the development of rural tourism, so as to make them an important place for tourists to experience local culture.
To retain the memory of nostalgia and realize the revitalization of rural culture, it is necessary to cultivate self-confidence in rural culture and awaken farmers' awareness of participation, which can not only mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers, participate in the creation of song and dance teams, calligraphy and painting clubs, etc., but also guide villagers to show old rural crafts, rural Spring Festival Gala, farmland work and other scenes through new channels such as short and live broadcasts. In short, take multiple measures at the same time to jointly retain the memory of nostalgia.
Li Wei, a popular newspaper and rural public commentator.