China News Service, Hangzhou, September 5 (Wang Yifei, Zhang Yuhuan, Wang Xuying) On the 5th, the 6th Chinese Charity Culture Festival was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. By commending "2020 Chinese Charity People" and holding the 2020 6th Chinese Charity Culture Forum, it was a great contribution to the society. Establish a model of kindness and filial piety, discuss the topic of elderly care in the epidemic era, and promote the everlasting culture of kindness and filial piety.

The scene of the 6th Chinese Charity and Filial Piety Culture Festival.

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  Give an example to shine, and care for the elderly.

In the past six years, the Chinese Charity and Filial Piety Cultural Festival, which is the main content and format, has gradually evolved into a cultural exchange brand with a certain degree of influence at home and abroad, allowing the light of charity and filial piety to transcend identity and distance and reach people's hearts.

Lian Xiaomin, chairman of the Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese in Zhejiang Province.

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 10 individuals (groups) were awarded "2020 Chinese Characters of Mercy and Filial Piety"

  In the ordinary world, there is always some great love shining around.

  Based on the 60 benevolent figures selected in the previous five Chinese Cultural Festivals of Compassion and Filial Piety, another 10 (a) benevolent figures (groups) have been awarded the title of "Chinese Compassionate Figures" this year. They come from all walks of life at home and abroad in their respective fields. Inheriting and promoting the Chinese nation’s culture of kindness and filial piety.

Master Guangquan, deputy secretary general of the Chinese Buddhist Association and abbot of Hangzhou Lingyin Temple.

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  Among them, Liu Dewen, who has traveled across the Taiwan Strait for more than 10 years to complete the last wish of Taiwan veterans to "go home", used letters to help left-behind children open their hearts and resolve their confusion. Left-behind Children Care Center, and bought medicine for the elderly living alone during the epidemic Groups such as Wuhan Empty Nest Elderly Service Team for masks and daily necessities.

2020 Chinese Charity and Filial Persons Awards Ceremony.

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  The anti-epidemic retrograde group was also selected as the 2020 Chinese Charity Figure.

In the on-site awards session, representatives of anti-epidemic retrogrades-the leader of the second batch of Zhejiang aid to Hubei medical team, and Song Baishan, deputy dean and chief physician of Zhejiang Hospital, came to the stage to receive the award and told about the unforgettable support experience in Hubei.

"As a native of Hubei, I have a great responsibility when I return to Wuhan this time. I not only help my hometown to tide over the difficulties, but also bring the entire medical team back to Zhejiang safely."

  Self-sacrifice, love without boundaries.

As one of the benevolent figures, Zhang Junlan, who went to the mountain 33 times to help the poor in 23 years, is also a practitioner of this sentence.

In 1997, Zhang Junlan, a reporter from Tianjin Daily, went to the poorest area of ​​Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province for the first time to conduct research and interviews.

After seeing the shocking poverty, Zhang Junlan determined to use everything to help Liangshan get rid of poverty.

In the past 23 years, it has helped tens of thousands of beneficiaries in building schools, helping students, and creating orphan classes.

  "Now some of them have finished their Ph.D. studies, and some have become reporters or doctors." Zhang Junlan said, "I really expect these students to stick to their compassion and love and ignite the spark of poverty alleviation in Liangshan."

  Sometimes it is just a little hope that gives life infinite energy.

At the scene, in 2018, Li Enhui, a filial character "Watermelon Boy", returned.

At the beginning, he refused to donate money and sold melons to save tuition in return to his adoptive father. The story touched tens of millions of people. Now he is a junior at Zhejiang Police Vocational and Technical College.

"I want to be a special police officer, to repay my adoptive father and support my family while realizing the ideal and value of life."

 Kindness and filial piety in the great age: focusing on aging and elderly care issues

  When the culture of compassion and filial piety extends into daily life, how to achieve "the elderly have the support" and "the elderly have the medical treatment" has become a hot topic closely related to everyone, and has also become an important livelihood topic for building a well-off society in an all-round way.

  The tide of silver hair is coming, what impact will it have on society?

Li Zhihong, director of the Policy Research Department of the China Association of Aging, judged that “in the post-epidemic era, the Yangtze River Delta’s elderly care service industry has ushered in an important period of opportunity.” He proposed that the Yangtze River Delta’s elderly care service industry will be equalized, functionally integrated, and elderly care services in the post-epidemic era. Development in six dimensions, including resource coordination, precise matching, improvement of quality and efficiency, and combination of health and wellness.

Song Baishan, the team leader of the second batch of Zhejiang aid Hubei medical team, the collective representative of the "anti-epidemic retrograde" came to the stage to receive the award.

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  Liang Chunxiao, director of the Pangu Think Tank Aging Society Research Center, director of the China Red Cross Foundation, and academic committee member of Alibaba Business School, specifically analyzed that the current Chinese society is facing the overall challenge of aging and aging society.

In view of the future pension issues in China, religious pensions, especially Buddhist pensions, are a choice that cannot be ignored, which provides another way to examine the ethics of pensions.

  On the topic of "kindness and elder care in the post-epidemic era", Zhuo Yongyue, chairman of the Integrated Medical Care Branch of China Social Welfare and Elderly Services Association, and Chen Xinyu, member and deputy secretary general of the Chinese Medical Association's Seniors Branch and director of the Medical Affairs Department of Zhejiang Hospital, had a dialogue.

  Chen Xinyu suggested that the country should establish and improve the relevant organizational structure, with the ultimate goal of returning the elderly to their families, and formulate an operational implementation plan.

Starting with mental health, nutritional health, and self-care ability, the elderly and their families will be cultivated in many aspects. After the elderly return to their families, their families can take over from the doctors for post-care.

Zhuo Yongyue said that elderly care should integrate inter-generational social resources, and mutual assistance can be promoted to allow young people to "live" in nursing homes.

 Six-year relay makes empathy and cultural identity reach people’s hearts

  From 2015 to 2019, China News Agency and Hangzhou Lingyin Temple have co-organized five Chinese Charity and Filial Piety Cultural Festival.

From the deep cultivation of Zhejiang at the beginning, to a foothold on both sides of the strait, and now to overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese, the Chinese Charity Culture Festival has gradually evolved into a cultural exchange brand with a certain degree of influence at home and abroad.

  Six years continue to move forward, six years of love relay.

2020 is the year of building a well-off society in all respects.

The abundance of spirit and the abundance of culture are the higher quality of well-off society.

  Xia Chunping, deputy director of the China News Agency, stated that under the special background of the year of the epidemic, an effective carrier that can promote the "Chinese spirit" and gather "Chinese power" is urgently needed to satisfy the greater spiritual culture released by the general public. demand.

The 6th Chinese Culture Festival of Compassion and Filial Piety was held at the right time, because the spirit of Compassion and Filial Piety has a huge appeal and "empathy" that directly reaches people's hearts.

  Lian Xiaomin, chairman of the Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese in Zhejiang Province, said that in the cultural genes of the Chinese nation, the word "kindness and filial piety" has been implanted in the blood.

"A great chivalrous man, loves the country and the people, do good deeds need to be practiced, no matter where you are, no matter what job you are in, as long as you have this heart, as long as everyone gives a love, the world will be extremely beautiful."

  "The Chinese Culture Festival of Charity and Filial Piety has been successfully held to the sixth, fully demonstrating the unique charm of Chinese excellent traditional culture and the cultural identity of the descendants of Yan and Huang at home and abroad." said Master Guangquan, deputy secretary-general of the Chinese Buddhist Association and abbot of Hangzhou Lingyin Temple.

  In order to let the "kindness and filial piety" reach the hearts of the people and infiltrate the people, the 6th China Charity and Filial Piety Cultural Festival also launched a theme event on the 7th bus with the longest history in Hangzhou.

On the No. 7 bus with a century-old history, the activity promoted the culture of charity and filial piety with the guidance of "giving seat + kind filial piety", calling on the public to give up their seats politely and ride the bus with courtesy to let filial piety travel through Hangzhou.

  It is reported that the 6th China Charity and Filial Piety Cultural Festival in 2020 is hosted by Hangzhou Lingyin Temple, China News Service Zhejiang Branch and Zhejiang Returned Overseas Chinese Association, supported by China News Weekly, China Philanthropist Magazine, Hangzhou Yunlin Charity Foundation.

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