China News Service, Shaoxing, October 31st (Reporter Xiang Jing) October 31st is the 550th anniversary of Wang Yangming's birth, the culmination of Xinxue.
On the same day, the hometown of Yangming Yangming in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, which has been protected and developed for many years, was officially unveiled, including the rebuilt Bofudi on the original site of his former residence and the newly built Yangming Memorial Hall, adding a window for the world to understand Wang Yangming.
Wang Yangming and his ideas are well-known both at home and abroad.
Shaoxing is the place where Wang Yangming lived the longest and left the most relics.
At the foot of the ancient city of Shaoxing, the West River has been winding for thousands of years, giving birth to a long cultural context.
More than 500 years ago, Wang Yangming grew up here, preached Taoism, gave lectures, and was buried here, and his spiritual thoughts such as "unity of knowledge and action", "to conscience", and "mind is reason" have influenced generations after generations.
In order to deeply explore the history and contemporary value of Yangming culture, in 2019, Shaoxing started the construction of the Yangming Hometown Project, with a total investment of about 8 billion yuan and an area of about 40 hectares.
Among them, one of the core projects is to rebuild Yangming's former residence, Bofudi.
The first axis of Bo Mansion is divided into four entrances, including the entrance hall, the main hall, the back hall, and the auxiliary buildings.
The big port of Bofu, the remnants of the stone workshop, the stone door frame, the drinking pavilion... Walking into Bofudi, the scenes of Mr.'s life more than 500 years ago seem to be in front of you, which restores the authenticity of history to the greatest extent.
Photo courtesy of the Shaoxing Propaganda Department of the bronze statue of Wang Yangming
Beside the mansion, Yangming Memorial Hall and Yangming Square are also newly built. The above points together constitute Wang Yangming's life and lecture space, and together with the Yangming Dongtian and Yangming Tomb in Shaoxing, it has become a "Shaoxing" dedicated to building "" The Holy Land of Heart Learning".
"It can be said that the completion and opening of Yangming's hometown has added a highly recognizable cultural landmark to the thousand-year-old ancient city." On the 31st, at the 550th anniversary of Wang Yangming's birth and the opening ceremony of Yangming's hometown held in Shaoxing on the 31st, Shaoxing Municipal Party Committee Deputy Secretary , Mayor Shi Huifang said.
In this hot land, activities to commemorate Wang Yangming and promote Yangming's spirituality have continued. For example, the Shaoxing Wang Yangming Research Institute was established locally, the ceremony to worship Mr. Yangming and the Shaoxing Yangming Culture Week were held, and the Yangming Culture Database was established. Held the third Yangming Mind Research Conference, etc.
The local also launched the Yue Opera "Wang Yangming", the documentary "Wang Yangming", the cartoon "Junior Teacher's Ji Shan Yangming", "Speaking of Wang Yangming" series of short videos, and the release of "Knowledge and Action Unity Wang Yangming's 550th Birthday" personalized themed stamps, etc. Traditional culture realizes living inheritance.
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