[Commentary] On September 22, the 2021 7th Ci Xiao Culture Festival kicked off in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
This year’s Mercy and Filial Piety Culture Festival created a series of activities such as the establishment of the Merci Filial Bus, the Commemorative Exhibition of Merci Filial Comics, commending the 2021 Merciful Filial Group, the appointment of the 2021 Merciful Filial Culture Ambassador, and the holding of Merci Filial Piety Forum for the elderly. Human heart.
At the opening ceremony of the event, Hou Jingjian, a young actor and young Mao Zedong actor in the TV series "The Awakening Age", was hired as the "2021 Mercy and Filial Culture Ambassador" to further promote the Chinese culture of mercy and filial piety.
[Concurrent] Well-known actor "Cultural Ambassador of Mercy and Filial Piety" at the 7th Mercy and Filial Piety Culture Festival Hou Jingjian
My first instinct since I was a child is to think of kindness and filial piety, that is, to be obedient.
Because my dad’s dream at the time was (yes) that I want to go to some professional colleges, but in fact, I have liked art since I was a child, so my father said that if you really like it, you must keep your cultural score. Very good.
Now I also feel that I have benefited a lot, especially as an actor (work) now. In addition to having my own acting skills, I also need to have a good cultural foundation, as well as a good adherence to and inheritance of Chinese cultural traditions, because In fact, I have filmed a lot of dramas in the past few years. Whether it is the main theme or modern drama, it is actually inseparable from family. When it comes to filial piety, it means filial piety to parents. In fact, I personally think that it is the spirit of filial piety. For example, we treat our teachers. Respect is also a kind of filial piety, so I don’t think that filial piety does not mean how great and grand things are to be accomplished. In fact, it means starting from small things bit by bit and waiting for every small thing to be done. It will complete a big thing when it is worn. The dream of kindness and filial piety.
Because I am particularly honored to be hired as a cultural ambassador today, I also hope that through my own efforts, these cultural heritages of kindness and filial piety can be carried forward and popularized.
[Commentary] "Old and old, and young, young and young, and young." Also the "Cultural Ambassador of Mercy and Filial Piety" of this year's Mercy and Filial Piety Cultural Festival, Olympic champion and table tennis grand slam winner Deng Yaping shared his family Comprehension of "kindness and filial piety" in life.
[Concurrent] Olympic champion table tennis grand slam winner Deng Yaping, "Cultural Ambassador of Mercy and Filial Piety" at the 7th Mercy and Filial Piety Cultural Festival
Our family is still a relatively traditional family, and respecting the old and loving the young is the most basic criterion.
I think that after living with the elderly, (children) can see how we treat the elderly. In fact, it is just a matter of hearing and teaching the children.
Maybe in a family like ours, the children themselves will be under a lot of pressure, and others will have a lot of comments or concern for him.
So in dealing with this issue, it’s not about who your parents are and how big your aura is, but that we are an ordinary family. You need to work hard to learn and play well, and do what you should do. I don’t want him to have any special feelings or special treatments.
I still hope that he can be down-to-earth and let him fight for the honor he deserves.
[Explanation] As one of the organizers of this event, Hangzhou Lingyin Temple has also carried out the practice of promoting the culture of "kindness and filial piety" for many years.
The abbot of Lingyin Temple, Master Guangquan, said that the culture of "kindness and filial piety" and Buddhist culture have many things in common. The practice of the concept of "kindness and filial piety" is also a manifestation of the sinicization of Buddhism.
[Concurrent] Venerable Guangquan, the abbot of Hangzhou Lingyin Temple, Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese Buddhist Association
Although being a monk is far from the crowd, the kindness of parents still cannot be forgotten.
Because the Buddha also taught us to repay the "four graces."
One of the "four kinds of grace" is to repay the kindness of parents.
So we started the (Culture of Compassionate Filial Piety) activities.
For example, at the beginning of each year, we do "begging for alms" (alms activity). "Begging for alms" is a traditional religious activity.
Now we are going to society more to spread this kind of compassionate concept and the spirit of compassion.
Combine religious activities with our ethics and morals, and then reflect our values.
So now we collect the (money) for this (activity), and after the collection, we donate it to some difficult mountainous areas, ethnic minorities, etc. (regions).
Therefore, this is also the practice of Buddhism's spirit of "not seeking happiness for oneself, but wishing all beings to be free from suffering".
So we feel that it is not only a Buddhist doctrine, but also a practice of Sinicization of Buddhism.
[Commentary] It is reported that the 7th Mercy and Filial Piety Culture Festival in 2021 will be hosted by China News Service and Hangzhou Lingyin Temple, and will be hosted by Hangzhou Lingyin Temple, China News Service Zhejiang Branch, Zhejiang Overseas Friendship Association, Zhejiang Returned Overseas Chinese Association and Zhejiang Min The Alliance Entrepreneur Association was organized and supported by China News Weekly, China Philanthropist Magazine and Hangzhou Yunlin Charity Foundation.
Zang Chengeng reports from Hangzhou, Zhejiang
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