【In this vast land 6】
The solemn and magnificent palaces and pavilions on the central axis, the simple and humorous Beijing rhythm in the courtyard, the singing, reciting and playing on the stage of Peking Opera, the inheritance of skills under the golden signboard, the red memory that can be seen everywhere, the scattered Olympic heritage... More than 3,000 years of building the city History, 860 years of capital history, brings together Beijing's unique ancient capital culture, red culture, Beijing-style culture and innovative culture.
"Culture is the biggest charm of Beijing." Liang Xiaosheng, a writer who has lived in Beijing for more than 50 years, said with emotion!
Indeed, every brick, every hutong, every place name in Beijing has hidden stories.
How to polish the "golden business card" of culture, let the city retain memory and let people remember nostalgia?
Beijing, press the "fast forward button" for the construction of the National Cultural Center.
The red mark is deeply engraved in people's hearts
In 2021, the annual drama "Age of Awakening" will be popular all over the country, and the newly edited modern Peking Opera "Li Dazhao" and the drama "Night of Fragrant Mountain" will often be performed on stages around the world. of pride.
One hundred years ago, the red culture germinated and flourished in the city of Beijing; one hundred years later, the red "classroom" has attracted countless young people to visit and reminisce.
Red culture is the core and soul of contemporary capital culture.
"Marxism began to spread from the Red Tower of Peking University, the 'July 7 Incident' sounded the horn of the whole nation's bloody anti-Japanese war, and the Xiangshan Revolutionary Memorial Site witnessed the great victory of the Communist Party of China leading the people to liberate the whole of China..." said Zhao Weidong, Executive Deputy Director of the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee Positioning, "In order to make good use of red resources and continue the red blood, Beijing has made every effort to create the three major red cultural themed areas of 'the founding of the party', the war of resistance against Japanese aggression, and the founding of new China."
Focusing on the Red Building of Peking University, the Memorial Hall of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the Xiangshan Revolutionary Memorial Site, Beijing has made great efforts to promote the protection of contiguous clusters of old sites of revolutionary activities in Beijing.
The Red Building of Peking University, the former site of the editorial office of "New Youth", the former site of "Kang Muyi Zhai", the former site of Beijing Women's Higher Normal School... 31 important meeting places related to the early founding of the party, and places where major historical events occurred have been protected and repaired, and the plaques have been erected for memory.
Through the construction of the Party History Exhibition Hall, the red cultural value contained in major anniversaries and revolutionary historical events has been deeply excavated...
The former site of the Beijing News Office in Chunshu Street, Xicheng District, under the shade of green trees, is the place where Shao Piaoping, one of the pioneers of the Russian October Revolution, a legendary newspaperman and a Communist Party member, fought.
From 2021 to the present, there have been nearly 100 "Listening to Four O'Clock" Red Beginning Classes held here.
Groups of visitors come here to cherish the memory of the martyrs and relive the revolutionary years of pursuing the truth.
"I miss you, I pay tribute to you, and I believe in you, but I saw the dawn earlier..." Countless viewers, like this commenter, deeply engraved the red mark in their hearts.
Let the charm of the ancient capital remain in the memory of the city forever
Not long ago, Professor Lu Zhou, director of the National Heritage Center of Tsinghua University, received a request, which made him quite emotional. A group of students from Beijing Shijia Primary School wanted to make a short video reflecting the central axis of Beijing. Professional guidance.
The central axis is an important part of the culture of the ancient capital of Beijing, and it is applying for the World Cultural Heritage.
In the past, this seemed to be a matter of the professional sector, but nowadays, more and more citizens and even elementary school students are actively involved.
This reflects from one aspect that Beijing has spared no effort to promote the practice of ancient capital cultural protection in recent years, and the concept of ancient capital protection has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
The ancient capital culture is an important root of the capital culture.
In recent years, with the step-by-step implementation of the concept of "the old city cannot be demolished again", Beijing has paid more attention to the long-term and integrity of the protection and inheritance.
The Sanli River in Qianmen, Beijing, has a history of more than 500 years. There is a special record in the "History of the Ming Dynasty". The residents live along the river, and there are theaters and guild halls scattered among them.
But by the end of the Qing Dynasty, with the increase of population and the formation of new flood discharge channels, it had been filled.
In 2016, Beijing launched the Sanli River greening and landscape project to bring the Sanli River back to the world.
"Look, the ancient slate, the century-old toon tree, the meandering stream water..." Zhou Li, an old resident who has worked and lived here for nearly 50 years while walking on the river bank, praised repeatedly, "'The water runs through the streets' and 'the courtyard people'. The sight is back!"
The ancient capital is restored with its historical features, and the citizens are restored to the memory of the old days.
In Beijing, not only more "Sanli River Views" are returning to citizens, but there are also many back streets and alleys. Through renovation and improvement, the impression of being dirty and messy has been changed, and the simple and clean style has been restored. Quiet net red punch card place.
"A city's historical relics, cultural relics, and cultural heritage are part of the city's life," said Chen Mingjie, director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics.
At present, Beijing is striving to explore the "Beijing Path" for the inheritance and development of history and culture. The work pattern has shifted from the city site to the capital site, the work concept has shifted from the renovation of the old city to the protection of the old city, the work object has shifted from key protection to global protection, and the focus of work has changed from Static protection turns to active utilization, and strives to show the style of the capital, the style of the ancient capital, and the style of the times.
Activating innovation vitality with rich cultural supply
"If you don't enter the garden, how can you know what spring looks like..." On August 5, in the newly renovated Zhengyi Temple Theatre, the Kunqu Opera "Peony Pavilion" was being staged.
As Du Liniang danced with long sleeves, the audience was immersed in the poignant and moving story.
The Zhengyi Temple Theatre, located along the Xihe Street in Qianmen, has a history of more than 300 years and is known as the "Living Fossil of Chinese Theatres".
Here, three generations of Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang's ancestors and grandchildren have performed on the stage, leaving behind a peerless figure.
In 2021, after in-depth research, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism will hand over the Zhengyi Temple Theatre to the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre for repair, operation and use.
Today, it has become a new space for performing arts that is "small but refined", "small and elegant" and "small and beautiful".
"It is an innovative move for the capital's cultural construction to have a performance by a literary and art troupe entering the former site of the guild hall. It is a unique cultural enjoyment to savor the beauty of art in a building with a sense of time." Yang Shuoshen, director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism Feeling.
The foundation of culture is to serve the people.
In order to allow ordinary people to meet poetry and distant places at their doorsteps, Beijing has made every effort to promote the "literary capital", and has built 2,000 brick-and-mortar bookstores in recent years;
In order to allow historical relics to infiltrate daily life and "live", Beijing has accelerated the construction of a "city of museums", so that the system layout of various museums can be perfectly matched with the development of urban space;
In order to allow the audience to enjoy a high-level cultural feast, Beijing has made great efforts to create a cultural brand of "Watch Beijing in a big drama". The theaters of different sizes have their own beauty. department.
In order to overcome the impact of the epidemic, Beijing has created a new "cloud" performing arts space.
Not long ago, the 70th anniversary edition of "Tea House" was staged at the Capital Theater, and the academy started live 8K high-definition live broadcast, setting a record of 50 million plays for a big show.
The just-released "Beijing Cultural Industry Development White Paper (2022)" shows that in 2020, Beijing's cultural industry will achieve an added value of 377.02 billion yuan, accounting for 10.5% of the regional GDP. more than 10%.
This proportion ranks first in the country…
"Beijing is continuing to promote the high-quality development of culture through the comprehensive integration of technology, finance, tourism and education," said Liu Shaojian, director of the Beijing Cultural Resources Center. Important driving force. In 2021, Beijing's new cultural business enterprises will achieve operating income of 1,024.65 billion yuan, accounting for 25.9% of the national cultural new business enterprise income. The combination of cultural content and digital technology has become a new cultural industry in Beijing. important parts of."
Beijing, the pace of building a national cultural center is still accelerating!
(Our reporter Zhang Jinghua Dongcheng)