وفي سبتمبر 2020، أكد الأمين العام شي جين بينغ في الدراسة الجماعية ال23 للمكتب السياسي للجنة المركزية للحزب الشيوعي الصيني: “يجب أن نولي أهمية كبيرة للعمل الأثري، ونسعى جاهدين لبناء علم الآثار بخصائص صينية وأسلوب صيني وأسلوب صيني، وفهم أفضل للحضارة الصينية العريقة والعميقة، وتقديم دعم قوي للمضي قدما بالثقافة الصينية التقليدية الممتازة وتعزيز الثقة بالنفس الثقافية”. “يجب علينا تعزيز العمل الأثري والبحث التاريخي، حتى يمكن إحياء الآثار الثقافية التي تم جمعها في المتاحف، والتراث المعروض على الأرض الشاسعة، والكلمات المكتوبة في الكتب القديمة، وذلك لإثراء التغذية التاريخية والثقافية للمجتمع بأسره”. “
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The Wenzhou Dialect Library is a characteristic thematic library of Wenzhou City Library, with a collection of over 10000 books collected by Mr. Zheng Zhang Shangfang during his lifetime, hence it is also known as the “Zheng Zhang Shangfang Library”. In addition, there are about 1500 linguistic and historical books donated by Mr. Zheng Zhang’s friend, Mr. Wu Ruisong.
Zheng Zhangshangfang (1933-2018), originally named Zheng Xiangfang, was born in Yongqiang, Wenzhou. After graduating from high school, he worked as a geological and geophysical explorer, teacher, and worker. The difficult environment did not erase Mr. Zheng Zhang’s enthusiasm for knowledge. He has been persistent in self-study, especially taking the opportunity of working as a cataloger in Wenzhou City Library to systematically learn linguistic knowledge and write papers such as Wenzhou Phonology, which won the appreciation of linguists such as Lv Shuxiang and Wang Li, experts of the Institute of Language Studies of the Chinese Academy of Sciences at that time. Afterwards, he was admitted to the Language Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and embarked on a path of professional language research. He published a series of authoritative academic papers such as “Wenzhou Phonology”, and other highly acclaimed academic works such as “Upper Ancient Phonology” and “Wenzhou Dialect Chronicles”. He became an authoritative scholar in the fields of Chinese dialects, ancient Chinese, and Sino Tibetan language comparison. The Zheng Zhang Pan ancient Chinese phonetic system, which he collaborated with Mr. Pan Wuyun to construct, is currently one of the three most authoritative ancient Chinese phonetic systems in the world. The popular video on the domestic internet about “how ancient people recite poetry/speak” uses Zheng Zhang Shangfang’s ancient Chinese construction system.
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In 2018, Mr. Zheng Zhangshangfang passed away, which can be regarded as a huge loss for the Chinese linguistic community. In order to comfort Mr. Zheng Zhang’s love for his hometown and continue his inexplicable bond with Wen Tu, his son, Researcher Zheng Renzhao, generously donated more than 10000 academic books collected by Mr. Zheng during his lifetime to the Wenzhou Library according to his father’s wishes, establishing the “Zheng Zhang Shangfang Library”, laying a solid literary foundation for the establishment of the Wenzhou Dialect Library.
Mr. Zheng Zhang Shangfang was eager for knowledge throughout his life and had a fetish for books. The collection of books in Zheng Zhang Shangfang’s library includes books purchased by him at an off campus bookstall when he was in his teens, books bought by him on his shoulders after traveling to various places, books written by himself, and books gifted by scholars at home and abroad; There are books that he reads and writes with annotations every day, and books that he still remembers in his last moments. His collection of books is a treasure trove of linguistic knowledge, encompassing phonetics, dialects, phonetics, grammar, semantics, vocabulary, and writing; In addition to linguistics, it also involves history, philosophy, literature, ethnic anthropology, art studies, and even natural sciences; In addition to common modern printed materials, book formats also include thread binding, oil printing, hand copying, and so on; In addition to Chinese works, there are also many works written in foreign languages and minority languages. Throughout history, both at home and abroad, it is vast and boundless. After the opening, readers can enter and browse Mr. Zheng Zhang Shangfang’s collection of books, listen to the millennium echo of Wenzhou, and experience the style of academic giants.
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Li Fangxi, Deputy Director of Wenzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism, said in his speech that Wenzhou dialect is still an active part of the people’s “Tang and Song Dynasty legacy”, an important carrier of Wenzhou’s history and culture, and a unique identity symbol on Wenzhou people. The emergence of a large number of well-known linguists from Wenzhou at home and abroad has formed the “Wenzhou phenomenon” in the linguistic field. Wenzhou dialect has previously achieved important research results such as the “Wenzhou Dialect Literature Collection” and “Wenzhou Dialect Dictionary”, and has also cultivated a group of Wenzhou dialect learning teams from all walks of life, covering the three generations of the elderly, middle, and young. We will take the official opening of Wenzhou Dialect Museum as an opportunity, take inheriting Wenzhou spirit as our responsibility, promote Ouyue culture, practice the purpose of “protecting high-level academic and cultural resources, consolidating high-quality historical and cultural themes, and innovating high-level public cultural services”, and make positive contributions to the revitalization of Wenzhou culture.
Mr. Pan Wuyun, a former friend of Mr. Zheng Zhangshangfang, a professor at Shanghai Normal University, and chief researcher at the E-Research Institute of Comparative Linguistics at Shanghai University, pointed out in his speech that language is the most important carrier of culture, and the Wenzhou Dialect Museum is an important construction project of Wenzhou culture. Mr. Zheng Zhangshangfang is the first person to study Wenzhou dialect, and the Zheng Zhangshangfang Library is an important wealth of Wenzhou culture. He hopes that the Dialect Museum can devote itself to the digital reform of Wenzhou dialect materials, in order to conduct research based on modern linguistics and open the door to Wenzhou culture.
Mr. Zheng Renzhao, son of Mr. Zheng Zhangshangfang, researcher at the Institute of History of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and director of the Department of Ideological History, delivered a congratulatory speech through video format. He deeply reviewed Mr. Zheng Zhang’s book collection and academic journey, summarized the important value of his library, and expressed sincere congratulations and gratitude to the Wenzhou Library. He said that he believed his father would be pleased to see his collection finally meet with readers.
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Mr. Shen Kecheng, a former friend of Mr. Zheng Zhangshangfang, a member of the Zhejiang Cultural and Historical Library, an expert in Wenzhou dialect, and the editor in chief of the Wenzhou Dialect Dictionary, published a report on the theme of “How to Inherit and Protect Wenzhou Dialect”. He recalled his early acquaintance with Mr. Zheng Zhangshangfang at the Wenzhou Library, as well as his influence on his own path of dialect research. It was precisely due to the enthusiastic encouragement of Mr. Zheng Zhangshangfang that Mr. Shen Kecheng made the study of Wenzhou dialect his academic goal after the age of fifty, and spent twenty years diligently studying it, becoming a great master of Wenzhou dialect research. He said that establishing a dialect museum is a meaningful way to bring dialect research back to the common people, and to let them understand the important academic value and noble academic status of our mother tongue. Mr. Shen proposed several suggestions for the construction of the Fang Yan Library: not only should books and literature be provided, but also audio and video; To equip certain personnel and resources, do a good job in professional consulting work, and continue to do a good job in organizing dialect literature; Consciously organize teenagers to learn and visit, hold more activities, and promote the Wenzhou dialect.
Finally, the on-site guests had a warm exchange on how to inherit and protect the Wenzhou dialect and build a good dialect museum.
The Wenzhou Dialect Museum officially opened to readers on Friday, May 13th. Citizens can visit from Tuesday to Sunday to experience the immortal charm of Wenzhou dialect and culture.