China News Service, Beijing, July 25th (Du Yan Xujing) On July 25th, the first Beijing Cultural Forum opened in Beijing.
During the forum, Zhang Yimou, film director and chief director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, said that cultural self-confidence, cultural innovation, reflecting the times and reflecting the people are the keys to creating high-quality literature and art.
He also said that Beijing must work hard to build a world-class film and television highland, and the most important thing is talent.
Only good people can make good works.
It is understood that this Beijing Cultural Forum takes "Inheritance, Innovation and Mutual Learning" as the permanent theme and "Promoting Cultural Innovation to Empower a Better Life" as the annual theme.
During the forum, various exchange activities were splendid and interesting, including the opening ceremony and main forum, four sub-forums, on-site observation and related activities.
During the forum, when asked how to create fine literary works, Zhang Yimou gave three key words: cultural self-confidence, cultural innovation, reflecting the times and the people.
The first is cultural confidence.
Zhang Yimou said that as long as the literary and artistic creations about the country and the nation need cultural self-confidence, only cultural self-confidence can create good works.
The second is cultural innovation.
"Everything must be innovated." Zhang Yimou admires the spirit of innovation, and believes that only by innovation can the general public see new changes and new appearances, and can works present new content and forms, and can attract people.
The third is to reflect the times and reflect the people.
He believes that the works of any period must reflect the era, and at the same time, reflect the people's life in a popular form.
"We often say that art comes from life, and life is the source of art, so reflecting the times and reflecting the people is the main goal and task."
Talking about Beijing's promotion of the construction of film and television highland in recent years, Zhang Yimou believes that to build a world-class film and television highland, we must work hard in an all-round way, and the most important thing is to cultivate talents and introduce talents.
Only good people can produce good works.
If making a film about Beijing, what subject would Zhang Yimou most want to make?
He said that what he most wanted to shoot was the life of young people, a story about young people in Beijing, such as their joys, sorrows, joys, inspirational struggles, and their yearning for the future.
He said that he hopes to meet his favorite script, and hope to have this day.
It is reported that the first Beijing Cultural Forum will hold four sub-forums: historical and cultural inheritance and development sub-forum, culture and technology integration development sub-forum, literary and artistic creation and dissemination sub-forum, and cultural exchange and cooperation sub-forum.
In addition, the Beijing Central Axis, Shougang Park and the Grand Canal and other urban cultural landmarks with unique capital characteristics are also selected to design three on-site observation routes, and the "Atlas of Beijing's Achievements in Promoting the Construction of National Cultural Centers" will be edited and published, focusing on recent years. Vivid practice of cultural construction in the capital.
The Beijing Cultural Forum strives to become an important display platform for cultural construction achievements, an important exchange platform for cultural construction experience, an important cooperation platform for cultural innovation and development, and an important communication platform for telling Chinese stories well.
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