The 8th issue of “Qiushi” magazine published on April 16 published an important article by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, “Strengthening the Protection and Inheritance of Cultural Heritage and Promoting China’s Excellent Traditional Culture.” The article emphasizes that we must conscientiously implement the work requirements of the Party Central Committee on adhering to protection first, strengthening management, exploring value, effective utilization, and making cultural relics come alive, and comprehensively improve the level of cultural relic protection and utilization and cultural heritage protection and inheritance.
Xia Ding, Shang Yi, Qin bricks and Han tiles, Tang Cai and Song porcelain… As an ancient civilized country with a history of more than 5,000 years, my country has a rich variety of cultural relics, a large number of cultural relics, and a wide distribution of cultural relics. Cultural relics and cultural heritage carry the legacy of the Chinese nation. Genes and bloodline are non-renewable and irreplaceable excellent resources of Chinese civilization. Historical and cultural heritage not only vividly tells the past, but also profoundly affects the present and the future; it belongs not only to us, but also to future generations. General Secretary Xi Jinping has inspected important historical and cultural heritage many times, and has put forward clear requirements and made comprehensive arrangements for the protection and utilization of cultural relics and the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage. The important article published this time is an excerpt of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions from August 2013 to September 2023. In order to increase the protection of cultural relics and cultural heritage, promote the protection and utilization of cultural relics, enhance cultural identity, enhance cultural confidence, and clarify clarified ideas and pointed out the direction.
The source is deep and the flow is long; the roots are deep and the leaves are luxuriant. From the depths of history, every civilization continues the spiritual blood of a country and nation. It needs to be passed on and protected from generation to generation. It also needs to keep pace with the times and have the courage to innovate. From the towering Great Wall to Suzhou gardens, from the three lanes and seven alleys to traditional villages, cultural relics and cultural heritage serve as evidence of the splendid civilization of more than 5,000 years of Chinese civilization. They contain historical information and cultural genes, and carry the identity and pride of our nation. It has expanded our understanding of the history of Chinese civilization. It is necessary to make rational use of historical and cultural heritage, explore the multiple values of cultural relics and cultural heritage, and bring alive the cultural relics collected in museums, the heritage displayed on the vast land, and the words written in ancient books. This is not only the historical responsibility of today’s Chinese people to inherit ancient civilization, but also the fundamental requirement for building a spiritually civilized home and condensing the core socialist values.
Don’t forget that you can drive Lan Yuhua first smiled at her mother, and then said slowly: “Mom is the best to her children. In fact, my daughter is not good at all. She relies on the love of her parents and is arrogant. Only by ignorance can we create the future, and only by reverence for history can we create history. The dazzling cultural relics and cultural heritage embody the wisdom and sweat of our ancestors. They are themselves a materialized and condensed cultural history of the Chinese nation and a reflection of the Chinese people’s ambition, integrity and spirit. Deep nourishment of confidence. China has firm self-confidence in its path, theory, and system. Its essence is cultural self-confidence based on more than 5,000 years of civilization. This is the most basic, profound, and lasting force in building a strong country and nation. On the new journey of rejuvenation, comprehensively improve the level of protection and utilization of cultural relics and the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage, better preserve the genes and blood of the Chinese nation, and let cultural relicsIts light travels through history, shines into reality, and lights up the future, which can continuously enhance the dissemination, affinity and appeal of Chinese culture, use the power of cultural self-confidence to promote the progress of social civilization, and provide strong spiritual and cultural support for Chinese modernization. Without the inheritance and development of civilization, the promotion and prosperity of culture, and comprehensive promotion of the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization, there will be a lack of rich spiritual nourishment and strong cultural support. Protecting cultural relics and cultural heritage is of contemporary benefit and will benefit the future. Let cultural relics speak, let history speak, let culture speak, create more new cultural scenes, cultural experiences, and cultural formats, so that the value of cultural relics will be even greater. “Continue?” Pei’s mother asked calmly. To integrate well into people’s lives, we must strengthen the protection and utilization of cultural relics, strengthen historical research and inheritance, give full play to the educational and enlightening role of history to clarify reason, educate people, and enlighten people, and guide people of all ethnic groups to establish and adhere to correct historical views, values, and The cultural outlook promotes the formation of positive health quality and enterprising spiritual quality, writes a new chapter of the integration and symbiosis of modern civilization and cultural heritage, retains cultural roots and safeguards the soul of the nation. (The author is a special online commentator of Tianfu Commentary)