【Great Bay Observation】
As the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area enters the fast lane, the value and significance of the construction of the Humanistic Bay Area has attracted more and more attention. The cultures of the three places in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area have the same origin and are inherited from the same origin. The three places are using culture as a link to promote people-to-people exchanges and cooperation and awaken common cultural memories.
Recently, Shenzhen's high-quality dance drama "Wing Chun" has a profound Lingnan cultural heritage and has attracted a large number of fans in Hong Kong, arousing strong cultural resonance. Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao should make full use of the precious resources of the Greater Bay Area where people share the same regional culture, further promote the construction of the humanistic Bay Area, use cultural integration to promote people-to-people connections, and further promote the integrated development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Fully understand the important value of jointly building a humanistic bay area
It is of great value and significance to jointly build the Humanities Bay Area and build the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area into a high-quality living area with flourishing cultural creativity, a complete cultural industry system, extremely high international levels of cultural exchanges, and sufficient motivation for cultural consumption.
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area encompasses both economic and cultural concepts. If the economy is the flesh and blood and the system is the bones and muscles in the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, then culture is the soul. The construction of the Bay Area requires not only the connection of flesh and blood, but also the strengthening of muscles and bones, and the interdependence of souls and souls. Strengthening the construction of the humanistic Bay Area and promoting cultural exchanges and integration will help promote the connectivity of people in the Bay Area, form a common spiritual home in the Bay Area, establish a common identity, and promote high-level coordinated development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Strengthening the construction of the Humanities Bay Area and promoting cultural exchanges and integration will also help deepen Hong Kong and Macao residents’ understanding of the profound historical and cultural heritage of the Greater Bay Area, strengthen their recognition of the excellent culture of the Chinese nation, strengthen cultural confidence, and forge a solid sense of the Chinese nation’s community. , promote Hong Kong and Macao to more proactively integrate into the overall development of the country, and make new and greater contributions to the country's modernization and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Hong Kong and Macao have always been a bridge for cultural exchanges between China and the West, playing an important role in the spread of Chinese culture to the outside world. Jointly build a cultural Bay Area, promote further exchanges and integration of multi-culturalism in the Bay Area, and make the Bay Area a highland for exchanges and mutual learning among world civilizations. It can not only effectively demonstrate the cultural soft power of the Bay Area and shape a good international image of the Bay Area, but also promote the integration of Chinese culture and Exchanges and cooperation between different cultures in other countries around the world allow the world to better understand China.
Comprehensively grasp the unique advantages of co-building the Humanities Bay Area
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has a long history, rich humanistic resources, and diverse cultures. The residents of the three places share a common historical and cultural foundation and have frequent exchanges and cooperation with each other. The joint construction of the Humanistic Bay Area has unique advantages.
Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao share the same culture and language. They have profound geographical, ethnic, historical and commercial ties. They share common historical genes and similar cultural endowments. Lingnan culture is the common historical and cultural gene of the three places. Cantonese opera, Cantonese songs, Lingnan School of Painting and other literary and artistic fields all carry a strong and rich common humanistic memory in the Bay Area, making it easier for various regions to form positive cultural identity and spiritual cohesion.
Since ancient times, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has been a place where cultures gather together, and diverse cultures have become the shining regional identity of the Greater Bay Area. The culture of the Greater Bay Area is based on Lingnan culture. It has both the cultural heritage of South Vietnam and the influence of Central Plains culture. It also integrates Western culture to present a cultural pattern of diversity and integration. Here, you can trace the footsteps of Liang Qichao, Ip Man, Bruce Lee and others, see Cantonese opera and lion dance performances that are full of the sense of the times, and also see the awe-inspiring red culture. It is on this basis that the cities in the Greater Bay Area, with their unique cultural endowments, provide a diversified resource base for the construction of the Humanities Bay Area and provide solid resource support for the innovative development of Lingnan culture.
In recent years, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have continued to carry out exchanges and cooperation in education, culture, art and other fields. From the mutual recognition of subjects in higher education institutions, the connection of library resources, the protection of historical monuments, the linkage of cultural and museum institutions, the sharing of cultural facilities, to the co-production of film and television and cultural and creative industries, and the connection of art exhibitions, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are at different levels, There is huge space for cultural exchanges and cooperation through different channels, which will help consolidate the humanistic foundation of the Greater Bay Area and enrich the cultural connotation of the Greater Bay Area. At the same time, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area also has the advantage of frequent exchanges between Eastern and Western civilizations. It can make full use of the three major regional language ties of Cantonese, English and Portuguese to promote exchanges and mutual learning between Eastern and Western civilizations.
Carefully plan ideas and measures to jointly build the Humanities Bay Area
The dance drama "Wing Chun" toured in Hong Kong and was very popular. It enhanced Hong Kong people's recognition of the Greater Bay Area and China's excellent traditional culture. It was a useful attempt to jointly build a humanistic Bay Area. Facing the future, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao can learn from successful experiences, carefully plan ideas and measures, and jointly promote the construction of the Humanities Bay Area.
On the one hand, we need to further deepen cultural exchanges and cooperation in the Bay Area. The dance drama "Wing Chun" has added fuel to the lively interaction between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and has become a successful model for cultural exchanges and cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. From this we can see that the construction of the Humanities Bay Area under "one country, two systems" must not only protect cultural diversity, but also deepen cultural exchanges, promote cultural integration, and enhance cultural identity. Jointly building the Humanities Bay Area can make full use of the regional advantages of the languages, cultural genes, cultural resources and cultural traditions of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, strengthen the "cultural symbiosis" and "cultural integration" of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and promote cultural exchanges and cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. Normalize, seek the greatest common denominator in the cultural value of the Bay Area, further bring the emotional connection and cultural blood connection of the residents of the Greater Bay Area closer, and enhance the sense of belonging and identity.
On the other hand, it is necessary to stimulate the cultural innovation vitality of the Bay Area. Why is the dance drama "Wing Chun" so popular? A very important factor is the creative transformation and innovative development of "Wing Chun" culture, effectively integrating the speed and power of Chinese martial arts with the flowing flow of modern dance, allowing the audience to see the momentum of the "offensive and defensive skills" of traditional martial arts, and also It shows the graceful and stretched body beauty of dance art. To jointly build the Humanities Bay Area, we need to always adhere to the enterprising spirit of being upright and not conservative, respecting the past and not retrospecting, and combining changes in new things to innovate ways and means of inheriting civilization and cultural continuation, so as to return to the roots of Lingnan culture and create something new.
The dance drama "Wing Chun" is not only popular domestically, but also sails overseas, achieving transnational and cross-cultural overseas dissemination, demonstrating cultural confidence and cultural self-improvement. To jointly build a humanistic Bay Area, we must also be good at using modern techniques to spread the excellent Greater Bay Area culture to the world on the basis of preserving the roots of Lingnan culture. It is necessary to give full play to the unique advantages and role of Hong Kong and Macao in cultural communication between China and foreign countries, promote exchanges and understanding between different cultures, and further enhance the international influence of Chinese culture.
(Author: Zhang Hao, executive director of the Institute of Party History and Party Building at Sun Yat-sen University and researcher at the Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era)