La contea di Pingyang ha lanciato l’ attività ” le dieci ciotole tradizionali di Pingyang”
- Cultural self-confidence and self-improvement are a powerful spiritual force for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation
Cultural self-confidence is the most basic, deepest and most enduring force in the development of a country and a nation. Cultural self-confidence and self-improvement have a bearing on the rise and fall of national fortunes, cultural security, and national spiritual independence. Standing at a new historical starting point, we should view the important function of culture in promoting the progress of human civilization from the long river of history, grasp the important role of culture in leading social change in the tide of the times, and give play to the important value of culture in creating a better life in the comprehensive development of people.
(1) Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation inevitably requires the prosperity of Chinese culture. The rejuvenation of a nation requires strong material strength as well as strong spiritual strength. Without the active guidance of advanced culture, the great enrichment of the people’s spiritual world, and the continuous enhancement of national spiritual strength, it is impossible for a country or a nation to stand tall among the nations of the world. Since modern times, the process of the Chinese nation rising up from tribulation and moving from national peril to national rejuvenation is also the process of rejuvenation and rejuvenation of Chinese culture. Since its founding, our party has taken the building of a national, scientific, and popular new culture of the Chinese nation as its mission with a high degree of cultural consciousness and self-confidence, inherited and carried forward the broad, profound, splendid and brilliant excellent traditional Chinese culture in the course of a century of struggle, created a vigorous revolutionary culture and a vigorous advanced socialist culture, and provided a strong spiritual support for national rejuvenation. Today, in the great changes of the new era, the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people are confidently advancing the great leap of the Chinese nation from standing up, getting rich to becoming strong, and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process. The closer we get to the goal, the more arduous and arduous we need to be prepared, the more we need to strengthen the people and lift up the national spirit. This requires us to continuously promote cultural self-confidence and self-improvement, develop advanced socialist culture, carry forward revolutionary culture, inherit the excellent traditional Chinese culture, build a common spiritual homeland of the Chinese nation, and provide a more active and powerful spiritual force for comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with the prosperity of Chinese culture.
(2) Building a modern socialist power in an all-round way inevitably requires building a socialist cultural power. Socialism with Chinese characteristics is a great cause of all-round development and progress, and without the prosperity and development of socialist culture, there will be no socialist modernization. Realizing socialist modernization is the grand goal that our party has diligently pursued. On the basis of long-term exploration and practice, and through innovative breakthroughs in theory and practice since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our Party has successfully promoted and expanded Chinese-style modernization and embarked on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way. A prominent feature of Chinese-style modernization is the modernization that harmonizes material civilization and spiritual civilization. In the new era, our party has raised cultural construction to a new historical height, and promoted China’s cultural construction to achieve historic achievements and changes in the process of upholding the original and upright innovation. The mission and task of the new era and new journey require us to regard cultural construction as an important content and important support for building a modern and powerful socialist country in an all-round way, consciously undertake a new cultural mission, vigorously promote the construction of a socialist cultural power, and provide ideological guarantee, public opinion support, spiritual motivation and cultural conditions for the realization of the second centennial goal.
(3) Satisfying the people’s growing needs for a better life inevitably requires constantly satisfying the people’s spiritual and cultural needs. Culture is not only the spiritual bond that unites people’s hearts, but also a key factor in improving people’s livelihood and well-being. Entering a new stage of development, with the new changes in the main contradictions in China’s society, people’s yearning for a better life is getting stronger and stronger, they attach more importance to spiritual and cultural life, and the characteristics of high-quality and personalized cultural demand are more obvious. At the same time, China’s development has reached the historical stage of solidly promoting common prosperity. Common prosperity means the common prosperity of the entire people and the prosperity of the masses of the people in both material and spiritual life. The people’s new expectations for improving their quality of life and moving toward common prosperity have put forward new and higher requirements for cultural construction. This requires us to promote the prosperity of socialist culture, vigorously strengthen the building of socialist spiritual civilization, develop cultural undertakings and cultural industries, constantly meet the diversified, multi-level and multi-faceted spiritual and cultural needs of the people, enrich the people’s spiritual world, enhance the people’s spiritual strength, and promote all-round human development.
(4) Promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind inevitably requires continuously enhancing the influence of Chinese culture. In the world unprecedented changes in a century, human society is facing unprecedented challenges. Our party insists on keeping the whole world in mind and paying attention to the future and destiny of mankind from a world perspective. We have created a new form of human civilization and expanded new ways for developing countries to modernize; By carrying forward the common values of all mankind and building a community with a shared future for mankind, we have contributed Chinese wisdom, Chinese solutions and Chinese strength to addressing common global challenges. The contributions of these concepts and practices originate from the advanced culture developed by absorbing the excellent traditional Chinese culture, drawing on the achievements of the world’s excellent civilization, and combining with China’s national conditions, and embodying the distinctive characteristics of Chinese culture of self-confidence, openness and inclusiveness. The prosperity of civilization and the progress of mankind cannot be separated from seeking common ground while reserving differences, openness and inclusiveness, and inseparable from civilizational exchanges and mutual learning. Chinese people not only contribute new development models and development paths to mankind, but also contribute their achievements in cultural innovation and creation to the world. The closer we get to the goal of national rejuvenation and the more our international status is significantly improved, the more we need to enhance the soft power of national culture, highlight the influence of Chinese culture, and let more people in the world know, understand and share the Chinese spirit and Chinese values, so as to make new and greater contributions to the progress of human civilization.
2. Firmly grasp the correct direction of socialist cultural construction
The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has clarified the principles, principles and development path of cultural construction in the new era, and pointed out the correct direction for developing socialist culture with Chinese characteristics and building a socialist cultural power.
(1) We must uphold the fundamental system of Marxism’s guiding position in the ideological field. Marxism is the fundamental guiding ideology for us to build the party and the country, and is the banner and soul of socialist ideology. The fundamental system of adhering to the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field is an important support for the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, an essential requirement for upholding and strengthening the party’s comprehensive leadership, and a powerful guarantee for the development of advanced socialist culture. It is necessary to permeate this fundamental system in all aspects of cultural construction and embody adherence to the correct political orientation, public opinion orientation, and value orientation. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is contemporary Chinese Marxism and 21st century Marxism, the essence of Chinese culture and Chinese spirit, and a guide to action for adhering to and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. We must unswervingly use this ideology to arm our minds, guide practice, and promote work, consciously use it to guide cultural construction in the new era, and constantly consolidate the common ideological foundation of the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country in united struggle.
(2) We must adhere to the guidance of socialist core values. Core values are the deepest core of culture and determine the nature and direction of culture. The core values of socialism are rooted in the fertile soil of Chinese culture, forged in the great practice of our party leading the people to struggle for a long time, and are the essence of advanced socialist culture. To promote the construction of socialist culture, we must grasp the fundamental construction of socialist core values and give full play to its leading role. It is necessary to persist in taking the cultivation and practice of the core socialist values as the basic project of uniting the soul and strengthening the foundation, and consolidate the ideological and moral foundation for the whole nation and the whole society to work together in unity and forge ahead. It is necessary to embody the core socialist values in the whole process of national education, the creation of spiritual civilization, the creation, production and dissemination of spiritual and cultural products, and run through all fields of the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, so that they can be integrated into economic and social development and all aspects of people’s production and life, so as to better build the Chinese spirit, Chinese values and Chinese strength.
(3) We must adhere to the “two for” direction and the “double hundred” principle. Adhering to the fundamental orientation of serving the people and socialism is the key to determining the future and destiny of socialist cultural undertakings. In cultural construction, we must firmly stand on the people’s stand and consciously obey and serve the overall situation of the work of the party and the state. It is necessary to adhere to the people-centered approach, respect the people’s dominant position, protect the people’s cultural rights and interests, encourage the people to participate in cultural innovation and creation, and promote the unity of meeting the people’s cultural needs and enhancing the people’s spiritual strength. It is necessary to profoundly grasp the historical orientation of the new era and the theme of the times of national rejuvenation, sing the high-spirited main theme of the times, and give full play to the role of culture in leading fashion, educating the people, serving society and promoting development in building a modern socialist country in an all-round way. Adhering to the idea of a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending is an important policy for the prosperity and development of socialist culture. It is necessary to carry forward academic democracy and artistic democracy, encourage emancipation of the mind and bold exploration, create a positive, healthy, relaxed and harmonious atmosphere, advocate full discussion of different views and schools, advocate the full development of genres, themes, forms and means, promote mutual learning of concepts, content, styles and genres, and constantly renew cultural vitality and creativity. It is necessary to correctly distinguish between issues of political principle, ideological understanding, and academic viewpoints, and take a clear-cut stand against and resist all kinds of erroneous viewpoints.
(4) We must persist in creative transformation and innovative development. Innovation and creation is the life of culture and the essential feature of culture. Chinese civilization continues the spiritual bloodline of our country and nation, and needs to be passed on from generation to generation, and it also needs to keep pace with the times and innovate to achieve creative transformation and innovative development. Contemporary China is carrying out the most magnificent and unique innovation and development in human history, providing a strong impetus and broad space for cultural innovation and creation. We must persist in not forgetting the original, absorbing outsiders, facing the future, transforming in inheritance, transcending in learning, and constantly promoting cultural innovation and creation. The excellent traditional Chinese culture is the crystallization and essence of the wisdom of Chinese civilization, and the foundation for us to stand firm in the turbulence of world culture. It is necessary to adhere to integrity and innovation, promote the creative transformation and innovative development of China’s excellent traditional culture, and forge the soul for national rejuvenation. Strengthen the excavation and interpretation of China’s excellent traditional culture, promote the adaptation of China’s excellent traditional culture to socialist society, display the unique spiritual mark of the Chinese nation, and carry forward the cultural spirit that transcends time and space, transcends national boundaries, is full of eternal charm and has contemporary value.
3. Create new splendor of socialist culture in the construction of a culturally powerful country
The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made comprehensive arrangements and put forward clear requirements for cultural construction in the new era and new journey. With a high sense of political responsibility and a sense of mission of the times, we must implement the key tasks deployed in the report, stimulate the vitality of national cultural innovation and creativity on the road of socialist cultural development with Chinese characteristics, and build a socialist cultural power.
(1) Building a socialist ideology with strong cohesion and leading force. Ideological work is the work of establishing the heart of the country and the soul of the nation. We must firmly grasp the party’s leadership over ideological work, persist in taking the establishment as the foundation and making breakthroughs at the same time, promote the construction of socialist ideology, and consolidate and strengthen the mainstream ideological public opinion in the new era. It is necessary to fully implement the responsibility system for ideological work, tighten the responsibilities of party committees at all levels, and strengthen the construction and management of ideological positions. The guiding ideology of the party and the state occupies a dominant position in China’s socialist ideology, and we must continue to strengthen the theoretical arming work, improve the system of arming the whole party, educating the people, and guiding practical work with the party’s innovative theory, promote Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to penetrate the hearts of the people, and better transform scientific theories into a powerful force for understanding and transforming the world. Philosophy and social sciences have distinct ideological attributes, and we must adhere to Marxism as the guide, deeply implement the Marxist theoretical research and construction project, accelerate the construction of the discipline system, academic system and discourse system of philosophy and social science with Chinese characteristics, cultivate and expand the team of philosophy and social science talents, and provide strong support for the construction of socialist ideology. News and public opinion work is at the forefront of ideological struggle, and it is necessary to adhere to the party’s management of propaganda, ideology, and media, accelerate the in-depth integration of media, strengthen the construction of an all-media communication system, shape a new pattern of mainstream public opinion, and continuously improve the dissemination, guidance, influence and credibility of news and public opinion. It is necessary to grasp the initiative of the Internet, the main front and battlefield of ideological struggle, strengthen the construction of Internet content, improve the comprehensive network management system, and promote the formation of a good network ecology.
(2) Extensively practice the core socialist values. The core values of socialism embody the spirit of contemporary China, embody the common value pursuit of all the people, and are a powerful force that unites people’s hearts and strength. It is necessary to carry forward the spiritual lineage of Chinese communists with the great party-building spirit as the source, make good use of red resources, carry out in-depth propaganda and education on socialist core values, deepen education in patriotism, collectivism and socialism, and strive to cultivate new talents of the era who will take on the great task of national rejuvenation. Ideals and beliefs are the pillar of spirit and the source of strength. It is necessary to promote the normalization and institutionalization of education on ideals and beliefs, continue to do a good job in publicizing and educating on the history of the party, the history of new China, the history of reform and opening up, and the history of socialist development, guide the people to know and love the party, know history and love the country, and constantly strengthen the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It is necessary to persist in using the core socialist values to cast the soul and educate people, improve the ideological and political work system, promote the integration of ideological and political education in primary and secondary schools, educate and guide the vast number of young people to button the first button in life, and cultivate generation after generation of socialist builders and successors. Adhere to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with ethics, strengthen educational guidance, practice cultivation, and institutional guarantees, and integrate the core socialist values into the construction of the rule of law, into social development, and into daily life.
(3) Raise the level of civilization in the whole society. Civilization is the distinctive hallmark of a modern nation. We must regard the enhancement of social civilization as a major task in building a culturally powerful country, persist in focusing on construction, take establishment as the foundation, persist in making contributions for a long time, and persevere in doing so, and strive to promote the formation of ideological concepts, spiritual outlooks, civilized customs, and behavioral norms that meet the requirements of the new era. It is necessary to carry out the project of building civic morality, focus on strengthening the building of social morality, professional ethics, family virtues, and personal morality, carry forward traditional Chinese virtues, strengthen the building of family tutors and family style, strengthen and improve the ideological and moral construction of minors, promote the enlightenment of great morality, abide by public morality, and strictly observe private morality, and raise the people’s moral standards and civilized literacy. It is necessary to take the implementation of the project of building civilization as the starting point, make overall plans to promote the cultivation of civilization, the practice of civilization, and the creation of civilization, promote the integrated development of urban and rural spiritual civilization construction, carry forward the spirit of labor, struggle, dedication, creativity, diligence and thrift in the whole society, and cultivate a new style and new appearance of the times. Strengthen national science popularization capacity building and deepen reading activities for all. Improve the volunteer service system and work system, and widely carry out volunteer service and care actions, so that everyone for me and everyone for me will become a common practice in the whole society. Promote a culture of creditworthiness, completing long-term mechanisms for establishing creditworthiness. Give play to the spiritual guidance and exemplary role of the party and the state’s meritorious honors and commendations, and promote the whole society to see the wise and think together, advocate heroes, and strive to be pioneers.
(4) Prosperous development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries. Developing cultural undertakings and cultural industries is the basic way to meet the people’s spiritual and cultural needs and protect their cultural rights and interests. It is necessary to put the development of literary and artistic undertakings in a prominent position, adhere to the people-centered creative orientation, launch more outstanding works that enhance the people’s spiritual strength, and cultivate a large number of literary artists with both virtue and art and a large-scale contingent of cultural and artistic talents. It is necessary to persist in putting social benefits in the first place and integrating social benefits with economic benefits, deepen the reform of the cultural system, and improve cultural and economic policies. Efforts should be made to improve the level of public cultural services, implement the national cultural digitization strategy, improve the modern public cultural service system, innovate and implement cultural benefit projects, and let the people enjoy a fuller, richer and higher-quality spiritual and cultural life. Efforts should be made to improve the quality and level of cultural industry development, improve the modern cultural industry system and market system, and implement the strategy of driving major cultural industry projects. Strengthen the protection of cultural relics and cultural heritage, strengthen the protection and inheritance of history and culture in urban and rural construction, and make good use of national cultural parks. Adhere to the use of culture and sculpture tourism and tourism to promote the in-depth integration and development of culture and tourism, so that people can understand the beauty of culture and cultivate the beauty of the soul while appreciating the beauty of nature. Extensively carry out fitness activities for the whole people, strengthen youth sports work, promote the all-round development of mass sports and competitive sports, and accelerate the construction of a strong sports country.
(5) Enhance the influence of the dissemination of Chinese civilization. In the long history of civilization development for more than 5,000 years, Chinese people have created a dazzling Chinese civilization and made significant contributions to the cause of human civilization and progress. The process of building a culturally powerful country is not only a process of inheriting and promoting Chinese culture, enhancing its vitality and influence, but also a process of absorbing the essence of foreign cultural civilizations and promoting the continuous enrichment of Chinese culture. It is necessary to adhere to the position of Chinese culture, refine and display the spiritual symbols and cultural essence of Chinese civilization, accelerate the construction of Chinese discourse and Chinese narrative system, tell Chinese stories and disseminate Chinese voices well, show credible, lovely and respectable Chinese images, show the long history and humanistic heritage of Chinese civilization, and urge the world to understand China, the Chinese people, the Communist Party of China and the Chinese nation. It is necessary to strengthen the capacity building of international communication, focus on improving the influence of international communication, the appeal of Chinese culture, the affinity of China’s image, the persuasiveness of Chinese discourse, and the guidance of international public opinion, comprehensively improve the efficiency of international communication, and form an international discourse power that matches China’s comprehensive national strength and international status. It is necessary to carry out in-depth cultural exchanges and cooperation with other countries, extensively participate in the dialogue of world civilizations, deepen exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, and promote the better development of Chinese culture to the world.
(People’s Daily, November 10, 2022, 6th edition, Li Shulei)