In May this year, I enjoyed a flower of urban construction and community governance that bloomed in the southern new city of Nanjing, and I had a new experience of the development of this city.
In the expansion of modern cities, community governance is a very important task, which needs to be implemented in terms of livability, education, work, maintenance, and leisure. On May 19th, under the arrangement of the Jiangsu Provincial Working Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party, we walked into Xishanqiao for research, got to know the "ideal education town" for the first time, and experienced the new model of community governance. Before, I had only walked past the "Science and Technology Town", "Software Town", "Cultural and Creative Town", "Folk Town", etc., and it was the first time I had encountered a "town" named after "Ideal Education". I guess that this should be the fermentation of red genes, a practice of excavation and inheritance.
Approaching the "town", I heard that Daishan New Town is a city that "flies", which aroused my curiosity again. Daishan New Town is located in Xishanqiao Street in the southern area of Nanjing, which is one of the demolition and resettlement areas planned and arranged to cooperate with Nanjing's urban transformation and promote the urbanization process. It is reported that Daishan New Town was launched in about 2010, and residents gradually began to move in in 2015, with 99 buildings, more than 30,000 households, and more than 100,000 people. Pinching your fingers, in just four or five years, more than 100,000 people have been "airborne", what an amazing data!It is really Nanjing's "speed" that can achieve "flying".
Based on the resettlement of "new immigrants", in addition to hardware facilities such as buildings, transportation, commerce, and schools, in terms of software, "small-town" community governance has become a top priority. Through scientific methods such as research, comparison, and analysis, Xishanqiao Street has innovatively designed a new concept and new starting point of "Ideal Education Town".
The "small town" here is not a narrow sense, but a region in a broad sense. Recently, I read Robert Wu**'s book "Small Town America: Another Revelation of Modern Life", which explains that small towns should have a high "viscosity", people should be familiar with each other, and have characteristics such as small town identity. Let's say: Nowadays, some people call the area they live in familiar with "small town", which is actually part of the city. The "town" mentioned in this article is only borrowed from the source of history (Xishanqiao Town), and the "village" in the name of the road can be testified. The town has now been integrated into the urban area, even Daishan New Town, which is no exception, is not an island. New "immigrants" suddenly move from a "society of acquaintances" to a "society of strangers", they have imbalances and Xi in their hearts, and contradictions and games often occur. Regarding these, Li Yi, head of the Street Life Security Department, also talked to me about many specific stories during lunch. How to quickly return the "stranger" who suddenly changed to the "acquaintance" is a practical problem in front of the new community governance. To this end, Xishanqiao Street has carried out active and active guidance, adding various "adhesives" and repairing its "gaps" to rapidly increase the "viscosity" and enhance the value and identity of residents. They started with a focus on education, laying a solid foundation and building a foundation for sustainability. His unique vision and precise governance have made me think a lot Xi learning.
On the sports field with staggered shades of green, young soccer players are wearing red sportswear and sports shorts, training their basic foot strength. On the track, groups of male and female students jumped around a long rope, one, two, three, and four, taking turns to enter and jump out. It's the first time I've seen you jump a long rope like this.
In the cafeteria, the "little chefs" in white overalls are busy, steaming and frying, preparing a feast in the class. There are plates of "works" on the next row of tables, which are very tempting. During the group, Professor Xing Guowen of Nanxin University also excitedly took a photo with the "little chef", who held his work with a smile on his face and a hidden excitement in his heart. After Mr. Xing left, the "little chef" enthusiastically chased him out and gave him a small dessert for the teacher to taste
These are all scenes we encountered in Daishan Experimental Primary School. This is also a silhouette of the construction of the "Ideal Education Town" in Xishanqiao Street. Principal Guo Weixing introduced the school's philosophy, that is, "learning to live". What exactly is "life", the school uses a variety of ways such as sports outside the school and the opening of labor courses, comprehensively explores, and enriches its connotation in practice.
When the school asks "what is education", the answer is "education is preparation for life". This seems not to be profound, very simple and straightforward, but it interprets another layer of meaning of education, and the wisdom of the "New Xishan" people reflected by it is even more praiseworthy. This reminds me of Mr. Tao Xingzhi's educational philosophy, and today, I see it further developed here.
The school also showed the process of students walking on the CCTV program "National Treasure", and they put the archaeological discoveries of the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest" on the screen and became "guardians of national treasures". Looking at the lovely children, who have been determined to protect national treasures, protect and inherit history and culture since they were young, "Xishan has me, Daishan has me", which makes us feel gratified. This is all the result of "education"!
In the Baijiashan Celebrity Celebrity Garden, the sculptor Chen Jianhua's "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest" giant sculpture stands in the garden**, and there are many celebrity tablets on the cultural wall of 220 meters away. I especially noticed Mr. Yan Gongda's inscription, which is engraved in the body, steady and healthy, and has a good charm. The core values of socialism expressed in 24 words are also the hard core of the "ideal education town" advocated by Xishanqiao.
The creation of Mingyuan is cultural construction. Implement the concept of "education" with cultural people. They not only have a "Ming Garden", but also have spent a lot of effort to vigorously promote reading, set up an open university, and establish clubs. These are some of the information I learned from the promotional video and the book "Painting and Talking about Western Kindness" in addition to my walk. In 2018, the most beautiful bookstore "First Sight Journey Community" settled in Daishan and opened in Daishan Runfucheng, supporting a lamp for the new city and realizing a cultural and youth journey of a cup of tea, a book, and a lamp. After that, as a "bookstore controller", I made a special trip to the bookstore to sit down and enjoy a cup of tea.
Education should start with the child;Employment requires both knowledge and skills;The creation of a cultural environment should be excavated and inherited from historical resourcesEnjoying the old age and providing for the elderly should focus on the community, sink into residential areas, and be intimate and warm ......Interlocking, step by step. This is also what I saw with my own eyes when I walked in the "Ideal Education Town", and I can further sort out a new Xishan model.
Aging is a major phenomenon in society, and recently, I have been paying special attention to the issue of elderly care. We visited the one-stop service center in Xishanqiao Street and visited the elderly care center, where many elderly people were entertainingThe ladies followed the teacher to make handicrafts such as paper-cutting and flower arrangement, and from the focus and smile, you could feel the joy in their hearts.
In the small outdoor square, I also met a folk dragon dance team. It's very good that a hobby team can have such a level. From the details of the dragon dance team, I also got a glimpse of the footnote of the "ideal education town" in releasing the emotion of "individuality". In a sense, education is not about giving orders, but about attention. I noticed the finishing look of the dragon dancers, a high-standing dragon head, standing, upright, full of confidence, very good.
After that, I made a special trip to Daishan on June 11 to experience a temple fair (market). This is an extension of folk customs, carrying a strong local flavor and remembering "nostalgia". Folk customs set up a stage, highlight characteristics, pave the way for employment, and assign value to Daishan IP, which is another highlight of the connotation of "ideal education town".
After the investigation, Wang Zhixian, the deputy secretary of the street, also recommended several nursing homes within the Xishanqiao area for me, which touched me. With such cadres who care about others and love their "small town", I believe that they will work with the community residents with one heart and one mind, share the beauty and beauty, and build Xishan more and more beautifully.
The half-day was over quickly. After coming back, I continued to read the book "Painting and Talking about Western Goodness" painted by Cai Zhen, and my mood could not be calm for a long time. The beauty of Xishan, you need to come to a "Xishan multi-day tour" to accept it all. Cai Zhen is a literary journalist who has spent three months riding a battery car since November 2021, walking through the streets and alleys, and leaving many imprints in Xishan. He can write and draw, ink sketches, lines of flowing words, characters and notes, which make me feel that the beautiful music has always lingered in my ears.
Community governance is a big topic, and I have noticed that Xinxishan keeps pace with the times, and they have begun to pay attention to the future of the community and start to think about AI wisdom empowerment. The "Ideal Education Town" is a friendly "canal" that quickly integrates the "stranger society" into the "acquaintance society". Xinxishan's community governance practice has written a new chapter in the urbanization process, and I have also been "integrated" into it.
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The author, Xie Youning, is a former researcher at Hohai University and a member of the Democratic Progressive Association).