Why the Yangtze River?Why China?
Hegel said, "The real stage of history is the temperate zone, or more precisely, the northern temperate zone." "To the south of the north temperate zone, there is a "human civilization line" - the 30th parallel north latitude, which crosses the mother river of the four ancient civilizations. The magnificent Yangtze River is flowing here.
The Yangtze River, starting from the roof of the world, goes all the way to the east and to the sea, outlining the "vein of time and space" of Chinese civilization.
The Yangtze River civilization has not only nourished the long-standing Chinese civilization, but also had a profound impact on East Asian civilization and even world civilization. The Yangtze River civilization area is the widest, the number of cultural sites, and the density is the largest, which can be called the largest in the world.
The Chinese civilization is the only civilization in the world that has never been interrupted. The Yangtze River civilization, a big book containing the code of civilization, provides an inexhaustible source of living water for the endless growth of Chinese civilization. Digital empowerment has given wings to the inheritance of civilization, providing us with a multi-dimensional perspective and multiple imagination space for us to reread the Yangtze River today.
When the millennium cultural context joined hands with "digital technology", the Yangtze River culture instantly "lived". At the end of 2023, an artistic exploration of reproducing the "Yangtze River Culture" from a digital perspective began in Jinling. The world's first Yangtze River-themed digital exhibition hosted by Jiangsu Cable Cable was named "Why the Yangtze River", which opened the prelude to a magnificent aesthetic immersion, a grand oriental poem, and a cultural feast of "painting" the Yangtze River.
Digital Yangtze River", culture and science and technology coexist.
When the surging water of 1.8 million square kilometers is condensed into a 2,500-square-meter exhibition space by more than 20 domestic first-line artists and a number of top production teams, each audience will leave a unique "impression of the Yangtze River" after viewing the exhibition. "Why the Yangtze River - Yangtze River Culture Digital Exhibition" opened on November 24, and the "Yangtze River Picture Scroll", which collides with virtual and reality, and integrates culture and technology, amazed Jinling as soon as it was launched. Whether it is the impatience at the entrance of the exhibition area, the praise in the exhibition area, or the unfinished intention at the exit, everyone who comes to the exhibition is deeply impressed by this unprecedented and novel exhibition.
Digital long scrolls, ink on paper, split-screen images, sound visualization installations, 5G technology, 4K interaction, virtual and real symbiosis ......Immersive sensory experience, digital images rushing out of the waves are connected into a realistic picture of oriental aesthetics. While immersing themselves in the artistic conception of the Yangtze River culture and aesthetics, the audience also "painted" the Yangtze River in the digital dimension, co-constructed the "Digital Yangtze River", and composed their own "Book of the Yangtze River".
In less than a month, the Yangtze River Cultural Digital Exhibition has become a popular "check-in place" in Jinling City. How many people's hearts have been touched, and how many people's creative inspiration has been stimulated. On a well-known short ** platform, the topic of "taking you to check in the Yangtze River Cultural Digital Exhibition" has been read more than 20 million times;On a well-known social platform, the topic discussion triggered by the exhibition - "This is the Yangtze River seen in Nanjing!".It has attracted "600,000+" readings;On Weibo, netizens "confessed" the Yangtze River in a very trendy way, and "The Yangtze River is really a conspicuous bag" once ranked third on the Weibo hot search list, with more than 16 million topic readings. Netizen "hello William" left a message, saying, "The whole exhibition is like a flowing picture of the Yangtze River, the light and shadow are peerless, no matter how you look at it, it looks good." Netizen "Sunset" praised it, saying, "The collision with art is really super innovative!."Truth be told, this is our true art. The romance brought by the Yangtze River, the 'top stream' is the 'Hualiu'. Many netizens commented, "The finale of the 2023 Nanjing year-end exhibition, I regret my life if I miss it." In this regard, Cao Jinsong, president of the Nanjing Academy of Social Sciences, commented that the beauty of the Yangtze River culture in the form of digital art has its sense of the times, which can reflect the atmosphere of this era and is more in line with the aesthetic way of young people.
During the exhibition, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing University of Media and Communication and other universities organized groups to visit the exhibition. Yu Feng, Secretary of the Party Committee of Nanyi, said that this is not only a creative experiment of cultural tolerance, but also a scenario-based exploration of the creative economy. It is expected that a more open platform can be provided in the future, inviting the public to participate and form a resonance with the understanding and aesthetics of the Yangtze River culture. Shun Fuqiang, chairman of Sushi Group, was very excited after visiting the exhibition, he said, "This exhibition perfectly presents the modern expression of the rich history. Using art as a medium, the connotation of the Yangtze River culture is reproduced through digital means, and it is also more vivid in the process of dissemination and transformation. "Up to now, the dissemination of content related to the Yangtze River Cultural Digital Exhibition has exceeded 174.4 billion.
While the "Yangtze River Cultural Digital Exhibition" broke the circle and spread and shortened the distance with hundreds of millions of netizens, this offline physical exhibition not only "moved the Yangtze River into the hall", but also continued the questions and thoughts about the Yangtze River from history to modern times. "Why the Yangtze River" and how to "understand the Yangtze River"?On December 17th, the Yangtze River Culture Symposium was held in Nanjing, where more than 20 well-known experts and scholars from all over the country gathered together to share their "impressions" of the Yangtze River Cultural Digital Exhibition from different perspectives and talk about the "Yangtze River Memory" in their hearts.
The Yangtze River is greatly protected, and the clear water of the Yangtze River flows eastward.
On November 14, 2020, the general secretary presided over a symposium on comprehensively promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in Nanjing and delivered an important speech, emphasizing the need to protect, inherit and carry forward the Yangtze River culture, continue the historical context, and strengthen cultural self-confidence.
We should work together to protect the whole country and not engage in large-scale development. "The people of Jiangsu keep in mind the important instructions of the general secretary, put the protection and restoration of the ecological environment of the Yangtze River in an overwhelming position, continuously promote green and low-carbon development, protect the clear blue of the Yangtze River, and initially explore a new path of high-level protection and high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
At the Yangtze River Culture Symposium, the experts at the meeting agreed that the digital exhibition takes the Yangtze River as the propaganda, culture as the axis, digital as the ink, and art as the core, which is not only a formal "circle-breaking innovation", but also a perfect practice of national cultural big data for the protection and inheritance of the Yangtze River culture. The continuous development of the Yangtze River culture is closely related to the construction of ecological civilization and sustainable development, and it is the responsibility of every urban resident living in the Yangtze River Economic Belt to adhere to the harmonious coexistence of man and nature and protect biodiversity.
Since the beginning of this year, He Yunao, professor and doctoral supervisor of the Department of History of Nanjing University and director of the Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage of Nanjing University, has participated in 26 conferences related to the culture of the Yangtze River. Professor He, who has a unique insight into the Yangtze River culture, said frankly, "From the physical Yangtze River to the digital Yangtze River, from the cultural Yangtze River to the art Yangtze River, this digital exhibition has given its own Yangtze River answer sheet, and the combination of digitalization and art is very successful and refreshing." ”
After seeing the exhibition, Professor Li Shijie, former vice chairman of Nanjing Association for Science and Technology, former vice president of Nanjing Branch of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and doctoral supervisor of Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said bluntly that he was "very shocked". In his view, the Yangtze River culture is unique, regional, inclusive and innovative. How to fully demonstrate the essence of the Yangtze River by digital means and interpret the concept of harmonious coexistence between man and land, the Yangtze River Digital Exhibition has made active explorations, and it can continue to be explored in the future. If regional and typical passages can be added in the future, supplemented by cutting-edge and digital means to display, I believe that more excellent cultural products will emerge.
Talking about the connotation of the Yangtze River culture, Chen Wen, a professor at the School of Resources and Environment at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and a second-level researcher at the Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that water should be the "soul" of the Yangtze River culture, nourishing human beings, nature and biodiversity. The core of the Yangtze River culture also lies in the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, in the long history of time and space, human beings use the Yangtze River, transform the Yangtze River, protect the Yangtze River, this process of transformation, but also reflects the "man and nature" harmonious coexistence changes.
In the past, the public learned about the Yangtze River from the perspective of books and physics, and this exhibition provides a new perspective for promoting the Yangtze River culture and popularizing the knowledge of the Yangtze River culture," Zhang Youjing, former deputy dean and doctoral supervisor of the School of Water Resources and Environment of Hohai University, praised the exhibition. In the future, it is also worth considering whether we can find an angle to explain the 'interrelationship' between human beings and the Yangtze River. ”
The construction of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has sung the "song of the Yangtze River" in the new era
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In recent years, Jiangsu has thoroughly implemented the spirit of the important instructions of the general secretary on the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, completely and accurately implemented the new development concept, changed the development mode, added development momentum, and further promoted the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt4 trillion yuan increased to 12. in 202229 trillion yuan, 7 trillion yuan in 10 years, the overall quality of the ecological environment has reached the best level since the monitoring record, realizing the synergy between ecological environmental protection and economic and social development, and better supporting the new practice of Chinese-style modernization in Jiangsu. The "ecological butterfly change" of the land of Jiangsu fully demonstrates the truth and practical power of the general secretary's strategic thinking on promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
In the view of the participating experts, as an important area of China's high-quality development, the construction of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is related to the overall development of the country and is of great significance in promoting the process of Chinese-style modernization.
Professor Chen Wen said in an interview with reporters that the construction of the Yangtze River Economic Belt should reflect regional coordination and reflect more connotations from the perspective of combining human geography. Professor He Yunao suggested that an exhibition with the theme of the Yangtze River Economic Belt could be planned in the later stage to shoulder the responsibility of the times. As the organizer of the exhibition, Zhuang Chuanwei, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Jiangsu Cable, said with deep feelings that the Yangtze River is not only the Yangtze River at the geographical and historical levels, but also the Yangtze River of science, the Yangtze River of the world, the Yangtze River of humanity and the Yangtze River of spirituality. The premise of the growth of civilization lies in integration, mutual learning between Eastern and Western civilizations, and the convergence of river cultures, so that civilization can truly radiate its own brilliance and go further. This exhibition is just the first step in an innovative way to express the cultural connotation of the Yangtze River. In order to allow more audiences to experience the charm of the exhibition, in the near future, Jiangsu Cable will use virtual reality technology to move the physical exhibition hall online through VR panorama**, providing netizens with an immersive exhibition experience and creating a "never-ending Yangtze River Cultural Digital Exhibition".
In July this year, the general secretary of the first class urged during his inspection in Jiangsu, "Jiangsu should strengthen the protection, inheritance and innovative development of excellent traditional culture, and actively participate in the construction of the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal." In October this year, the general secretary pointed out during his inspection and investigation in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, that the Yangtze River is the link of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. No matter how the Yangtze River Economic Belt develops in the future and what stage of development it reaches, it is impossible to leave the nourishment of the Yangtze River.
In this regard, Li Xuanke, president and editor-in-chief of China National Geographic magazine, believes that in his view, the Yangtze River carries not only the weight of a river, but also the spiritual strength of the Chinese nation. Through digital technology, the exhibition shows the cultural connotation of the Yangtze River in an innovative way and tells the story of the Yangtze River in the new era. He suggested that the Yangtze River Cultural Digital Exhibition could continue to be iteratively updated and held for a long time to cope with the construction and operation and maintenance of the Yangtze River National Cultural Park. At the same time, all localities should continue to promote the project of exploring the source of Chinese civilization, carry out in-depth archaeology and research on the Yangtze River culture, and understand the ancient civilization flowing through the Yangtze River.
Zhang Ming, dean of the School of Industrial Design of Nanjing University of the Arts, agrees, he said, around the construction of the Yangtze River National Cultural Park, we should have a fixed exhibition, which can be "why the Yangtze River". 0 upgrades. The pavilion can be linear, and the digital content can be constantly adjusted, and it will be continuously updated through the interaction of screens, objects and projections, helping to effectively disseminate the Yangtze River culture in the present.
The condensation of the spirit of the Yangtze River is also the consensus of the experts attending the meeting. In the view of Zhang Hongyan, dean of the Institute of Urban Sciences of Nanjing University, dean of the Yangtze River Innovative City Research Institute of Jiangsu Province, and doctoral supervisor, the Yangtze River is indestructible and goes straight to the sea, which represents the long history of Chinese civilization and the indomitable national spirit of our Chinese nation. How to express and construct the cultural characteristics of the Yangtze River, and how to grasp the bright spots?It's something that everyone needs to think about.
How to excavate and store the rich and rich cultural spirit of the Yangtze River?Li Yang, vice president of the Provincial Academy of Social Sciences, suggested, "We can't simply display it in the way of 'gnawing the old'. We should continue to innovate to bring tradition closer to modern life, especially to let more young people perceive the Yangtze River and understand the Yangtze River culture. Let more people know how many things, how many things, and how many spiritual things are contained in the endless growth of the Yangtze River. ”
It is the responsibility of every artist to form a visible, amiable and palpable cultural memory of the spirit of the Yangtze River. Lu Andong, a professor at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Nanjing University and the academic host of the Yangtze River Cultural Digital Exhibition, said. Zhou Yongbo, professor and doctoral supervisor of the Department of Tourism Management of the School of Sociology of Soochow University, and vice president of Soochow Think Tank, said that the Yangtze River has many cultural themes, a wide range and a large concept, and it is very appropriate to use digital art exhibition to present the richest cultural themes and content in the smallest time and space carrier. Shao Yingping, general manager of Jiangsu Jianggongying National Planning and Design and chairman of Jiangsu Yangtze River Innovative City Research Institute, said with emotion, "Now when we talk about the Yangtze River, it is a geographical category, a historical category, and a cultural category, but it is more of a category of psychological identity and identity. 'Topicality, innovation, and youthfulness' are the distinctive characteristics of this exhibition, and this is an attempt worthy of encouragement. Wang Chen, dean of the School of Cultural Industry of Nanjing University of the Arts, said that effectively expressing the spirit of the Yangtze River through digital means can make a lot of historical precipitation flow.
In recent years, Jiangsu has continuously highlighted the characteristics of the intersection of rivers, deepened the integrated development of culture and tourism, and solidly promoted the construction of the Jiangsu section of the Yangtze River National Cultural Park. Liu Jun, a professor at the School of Teacher Education at Nanjing Normal University, proposed that a yearbook of the Yangtze River National Cultural Park should be established to connect the cities along the Yangtze River with the "Yangtze River in their eyes". At the same time, it is also necessary to deal with the problems of the landing of cultural parks and the guidance of science and technology, use big data and high technology to publicize the Yangtze River National Cultural Park, and scientifically protect and utilize the resources of the Yangtze River.
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She has traveled thousands of miles and left behind an eternal civilization. Ancient and modern, civilization is like a tide. In the new era, the "Song of the Yangtze River" is coming on the waves, the new tide is surging, and the movement is surging.
Correspondent: Su Vision, Xinhua**, Intersection Reporter Wang Mengran.