On March 11th, Haining City held a symposium on the inheritance and development of Buddhist celebrity culture. Lu Chunhao, member of the Standing Committee of the Haining Municipal Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. The relevant leaders of the United Front Work Department of the Municipal Party Committee (Minzong Bureau), the Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Municipal Federation of Social Sciences, and the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Tourism, and Sports, as well as relevant experts and scholars from Haining City, as well as representatives of the Buddhist community, attended the meeting.
We have conducted in-depth discussions and exchanges on efforts to build a demonstration province of Sinicization of Religion and Modernization of Religious Affairs Governance, highlighting the characteristics of Haining.
They stated that Haining has a profound Buddhist history and is also the hometown of Buddhist celebrities such as Taixu and Yinshun. They need to make breakthroughs in the inheritance and development of Buddhist celebrity culture, establish a brand of Haining Buddhist celebrity culture, and create a beautiful golden business card for the construction of Haining International Quality Chaocheng and the revival of Haining Chaocheng culture. We need to strengthen research on the ideological, academic, and historical backgrounds of Buddhist celebrities such as Taixu and Yinshun, and deeply explore their compatibility with modern social development and socialist core values; To highlight the patriotic sentiments, thoughts, and practices of Haining Buddhist celebrities in promotion and recommendation of cultural and tourism integration; We should use Haining Buddhist celebrity culture as a link to strengthen foreign exchanges and enhance friendly relations with both domestic and foreign countries; We need to innovate carrier platforms, gather resources, and establish a Haining Buddhist celebrity culture research organization on a higher platform to conduct higher-level research and exchanges; To highlight the characteristics of Haining in the construction of Chinese style demonstration venues, standardize venue construction, correct religious customs, inherit the concepts of Haining Buddhist celebrities, actively integrate into mainstream culture, and become a model of patriotism and love for religion.
Finally, Lu Chunhao gave a concluding speech. He pointed out that it is necessary to accurately grasp the target positioning of Zhejiang’s “one province, four districts”, further adhere to the direction of religious sinicization, and do a good job in promoting the research of religious celebrity culture. He requested that research should focus on three aspects: positioning, path, and support, focusing on specialized research topics, project-based planning, and node based work. At the same time, attention should be paid to higher-level recognition, borrowing wisdom and resources, and data collection. He stressed that Haining’s cultural circles, Buddhist circles and relevant municipal departments should unify their thinking, take the excavation and promotion of Buddhist celebrity culture as an important part of Haining’s cultural renaissance, establish corresponding working mechanisms, formulate specific plans and work responsibility lists, accelerate the progress of work, and produce a batch of cultural achievements of “Shanghai style, Jiangnan charm, and international model” as soon as possible, so as to contribute to creating a civilized model city, high-quality development, and building a model of common prosperity.
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