Jiangbei District of Ningbo City has further promoted the construction of religious culture, and the religious work has shown a good situation of continuous improvement. The relevant work has been praised and affirmed by leaders at all levels, such as Wang Zuoan, deputy director of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee and director of the National Religious Affairs Bureau, and the relevant experience has been repeatedly reported by the central, provincial and municipal media.
First, “traditional culture+religious culture” increases the charm of inheritance. Relying on the thousand-year-old temple-Baoqing Lecture Temple, Ningbo landmark building, the national key cultural relics protection unit-the old Bund Catholic Church and other religious sites, we will innovate and carry out cultural activities such as the Christian literary and artistic creation performance and the Buddhist “National Famous Couplet Exhibition to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the Party” to promote the deep integration of religious culture and traditional culture. For example, Baoqing Lecture Temple was instructed to carry out the activities of “farming, meditation and ploughing” by monks, to create a “green forest and Futian” farming culture, to continuously expand and deepen the connotation and extension of the “green forest” cultural brand, and to enhance the status of Baoqing Lecture Temple in the religious circles of the whole city and the whole province, and achieved good cultural and social effects.
Second, “characteristic culture+religious culture” enhances brand tension. Advocate the construction of “one temple, one product” and create distinctive religious and cultural brands. It has successively launched distinctive Buddhist brand activities such as “Qing Lin Wen”, “Baoqing Series”, “Ci Yin Lan Ruo” and “Miao Fa Lian Hua Jing Lecture Hall” to encourage Hulong Temple to restore “Baofeng Academy” and Puzhao Temple to sort out the literature and history materials of “Xiawei Academy”, thus creating a strong atmosphere for religious and cultural construction. For example, since 2015, the Buddhist community in this area has insisted on carrying out the “double-speaking and double-observing” activities with the theme of “stressing doctrines, teaching principles, observing precepts and observing laws”, guiding and promoting the abbots and backbone sangha and believers of Buddhist temples to learn Confucian classics, giving lectures and understanding the law, and studying and holding the law. Over the past five years, more than 20 events have been held, and more than 6,000 people have participated in the activities.
Third, “charity culture+religious culture” unites love and synergy. Encourage religious circles in the jurisdiction to extensively carry out social charity, participate in key tasks such as poverty alleviation, counterpart assistance, rural revitalization, and epidemic prevention and control, and serve the society and transmit positive energy through religious unique ways. Since 2019, the religious circles in Jiangbei have donated more than 2 million yuan to the old revolutionary base areas in Jiangxi, the earthquake-stricken areas in Sichuan, the poverty-stricken mountainous areas in Guizhou and the ethnic minority areas in Xinjiang, helping more than 500 people in need. The District Buddhist Association set up the “Guanyin Lotus” charity fund to give full play to the unique advantages of the Buddhist community, accurately carry out the “culture+industry” assistance, raise 200,000 yuan to help build the first “smart classroom” in Yuexi County, Liangshan, Sichuan Province, and provide diversified teaching equipment and massive online course resources for the classroom based on Internet technology, thus solving the problem that the existing teaching facilities and equipment in Nancheng Primary School can not meet the needs of teachers and students’ learning and development.