[Editor's Preface] General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the excellent traditional Chinese culture.

There is a shocking epic, which the general secretary has mentioned many times, it is "King Gesar", and Xinhua News Agency "Learning in Progress" has sorted it out for you.

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the excellent traditional Chinese culture.

There is a shocking epic that the general secretary has mentioned many times, it is "King Gesar".

　　This epic has been passed down for thousands of years. It tells the story of the Tibetan hero King Gesar conquering demons and subduing demons, suppressing the strong and helping the weak, and leading all ethnic groups to live in harmony and build a beautiful homeland.

　　As early as 2011, when Xi Jinping visited the pictures and real objects of the prosperity and development of Tibetan cultural undertakings, he saw Tibetan operas, the epic "King Gesar" and other displays, fully affirming the protection and development of the excellent Tibetan traditional culture.

On October 15, 2014, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, presided over a symposium on literature and art work in Beijing and delivered an important speech.

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　　In October 2014, Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on literature and art work.

At the symposium, Xi Jinping listed a series of cultural celebrities and literary works in Chinese history, emphasizing that from Laozi, Confucius, Zhuangzi, Mencius, Qu Yuan, Wang Xizhi, Li Bai, Du Fu, Su Shi, Xin Qiji, Guan Hanqing, Cao Xueqin, to "Lu Guo" Maoba Lao Cao" (Lu Xun, Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, Ba Jin, Lao She, Cao Yu), to Nie Er, Xian Xinghai, Mei Lanfang, Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, from the Book of Songs, Chu Ci to Han Fu, Tang Poetry, Song Ci, Yuan Qu and Novels of Ming and Qing Dynasties, from "The Biography of King Gesar", "Manas" to "Jiangger" epic, from the New Culture Movement during the May 4th period, the founding of New China to the reform and opening up today, have produced brilliant literature and art The master left behind a vast sea of ​​literary and artistic works, which not only provided rich nourishment to the Chinese nation, but also contributed a colorful chapter to world civilization.

On March 20, 2018, the first session of the 13th National People's Congress closed in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping delivered an important speech.

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　　In March 2018, at the first meeting of the 13th National People's Congress, Xi Jinping praised the creative power of the people, pointing out that in the long history of thousands of years, the Chinese people have always worked hard, invented and created.

When enumerating a series of great achievements, he also mentioned great epics such as "King Gesar".

The general secretary emphasized that my country has produced world-famous great thinkers such as Laozi, Confucius, Zhuangzi, Mencius, Mozi, Sunzi, and Han Feizi, and invented papermaking, gunpowder, printing, compass and other great technologies that have profoundly affected the progress of human civilization. As a result, he has created great literary and artistic works such as the Book of Songs, Chu Ci, Han Fu, Tang Poetry, Song Ci, Yuan Opera, Ming and Qing Novels, inherited great epics such as King Gesar, Manas, Jianger, etc. The Great Wall, Dujiangyan, Grand Canal, Forbidden City, Potala Palace and other magnificent projects.

On September 27, 2019, the National National Unity and Progress Commendation Conference was held in Beijing.

General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping attended the conference and delivered an important speech.

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　　In September 2019, at the National Commendation Conference for National Unity and Progress, Xi Jinping again used works such as "King Gesar" as examples to illustrate that our splendid culture is jointly created by all ethnic groups, and Chinese culture is the culmination of the cultures of all ethnic groups.

The general secretary emphasized that all ethnic groups in our country have created great works such as the Book of Songs, Chu Ci, Han Fu, Tang Poetry, Song Ci, Yuan Opera, Ming and Qing Novels, and inherited the shocking great works of King Gesar, Manas, Jianger and others. Epic, the construction of the Great Wall, Dujiangyan, Grand Canal, Forbidden City, Potala Palace, Karez and other great projects.

From July 15th to 16th, 2019, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected Inner Mongolia and guided the development of the theme education of "not forgetting the original intention and remembering the mission".

On the morning of the 15th, Xi Jinping had a cordial conversation with the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of the classical national epic "Gesar (S)er" at the Chifeng Museum.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi

　　In July of this year, when he inspected Inner Mongolia, Xi Jinping also watched the rap show of this great epic live.

The performance was performed by a 9-member rap group from Bahrain Youqi. The youngest was 11 years old and the oldest was 86 years old.

The mix of old, middle and young is also a microcosm of the inheritance of this great epic from generation to generation.

After watching it, Xi Jinping said with great emotion that your singing made us feel the depth of history and culture.

The 56 ethnic groups have continuously communicated and blended, forming a diverse and unified Chinese nation.

Our Chinese civilization has a long history and is the only civilization in the world that has developed without interruption. We must attach importance to the protection and inheritance of the cultural heritage of ethnic minorities.

I came to see you today to show that the Party Central Committee supports and supports the protection and inheritance of the intangible cultural heritage of ethnic minorities.

　　As a living heroic epic and the longest heroic epic in the world, "King Gesar" is a shining pearl in the world's cultural treasure house and a major contribution of the Chinese nation to human civilization.

　　Unfolding the long scroll of history, the Chinese culture is so splendid and profound, which is the root of our strong cultural self-confidence.

This self-confidence is a more basic, broader, and deeper self-confidence, a more basic, deeper, and more lasting power.

This is also the deep meaning that the General Secretary attaches great importance to "King Gesar" and other treasures of Chinese culture.