On December 14, the 11th National Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the 10th National Congress of the China Writers Association opened in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. "Adhere to the principle of innovation, and use the fine works that keep up with the times to open up a new realm of literature and art." It is the key content emphasized by the conference, and the importance of innovation for literature and art is strongly reflected.
The picture shows the 11th National Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, picture source: Beijing Daily
Chinese culture is broad and profound, with a long history, and the achievements of literature and art shine in the long river of history, and the slightest glow has not diminished. From the Book of Poetry, Chu Ci, Han Fu, Han Le Fu, Jian'an Poetry, Wei and Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties Folk Songs, Tang Poems, Song Ci, Yuan Qu, Ming and Qing Novels, to today's literature, drama, film, television, music, dance, fine arts, photography, calligraphy, qu art, acrobatics, folk art, literary criticism, mass literature and art, and art education, the variety of literature and art has become more and more abundant, and the literary and artistic undertakings have become more and more full of flowers and vitality. This is not only due to the improvement of the country's comprehensive national strength, the progress of modern science and technology, the development of Internet media platforms, but more importantly, the improvement of the people's education level and the strengthening of innovation awareness.
Innovation is to literature and art, and the magic medicine of rejuvenation is also.
If we say that literature and art are surging rivers, innovation is the source of the nine curves, ensuring that it "roars and touches the dragon gate"; if literature and art are the peaks and ridges of mountains and mountains, innovation is the sea of immortal clouds, setting off its "pillar of heaven and a peak of the sun and the moon"; if literature and art is the project of casting the soul, innovation is the trend of innovation, optimizing it as "plum blossoms are more and more fragrant through frost". Innovation is the life of literature and art. Every literary and artistic work, every art form, and every literary thought will change with the times, and in the social sense, at the ideological level, and in the value dimension, it will produce or conform to or deviate from the trend of the times. Just as Confucian culture hindered the rule of kings and eventually led to a book-burning Confucian movement that unified the minds of the people; for Han, its significance was that it became a tool for maintaining and consolidating rule. In modern times, with the development of innovative cultural activities such as the "Hundred Tribunes" - the contemporary interpretation of the Four Books and Five Classics, the Confucius Institute - the Confucian Academy at home and abroad, and the "National Treasure" - the Confucius Museum on the screen, Confucianism has long been completely separated from the imperial rule, taking its essence and removing its dross, becoming the core of traditional Chinese culture and the treasure house of cultural heritage of all mankind. Isn't innovation just going with the flow, taking its essence, removing its dross, and giving it a rejuvenating new life in the new era?
Pictured is a poster for the third season of National Treasures
In the new era, literature and art need to shed new blood and shine with new brilliance. As Meng Guanglu, vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Peking Opera performance artist, said: "Literature and art will never leave the times." Works of art are the works of the times, and literary and artistic creations must sing the spirit of the times. "And innovation is the magic that makes the new era works glow with new machines, and the magic medicine that makes the new era works return to the warm spring." How to inject the soul of innovation into the body of literature and art in the new era" is worth pondering.
Rooted in the people, serve the people
Art comes from life, and art comes from the people. Therefore, the vast number of literary and art workers need to actively participate in the fiery social practice, need to actively feel the bittersweet and bittersweet of the masses, and need to actively pay attention to the warmth and cold of the people around them. Born in the masses, immersed in society, deep into life. Only by resonating with the masses in life can the masses have unforgettable emotions in the works of art and touch the softness of their hearts. Rooted in the people, share weal and woe with the people; serve the people and understand what the people need and demand. The inspiration of innovation will carry the will of the people and the breath of life, and inspire the vast number of literary and artistic workers to create works full of spirit, grounded works, and popular works.
Follow your heart and don't succumb to the market
Reality is both material and cruel at the same time. This leads to the fact that art cannot rely only on "love" to generate electricity, and it will inevitably bring literary and art workers not only a sense of spiritual accomplishment, but also material wealth, so as to ensure the sufficiency of literary and artistic workers' creative motivation and the inexhaustible creative inspiration. When literary and artistic works enter the market and are controlled by the invisible hands of the market, this special commodity may produce literary and artistic creation phenomena such as "fast food consumption", "mass production" and "assembly line" where money flow is supreme. As Ye Qing, president of the Jiangxi Provincial Literary and Art Society, mentioned in his "Rethinking the Relationship between Literature and art and the Market", "The impetuous disease of shoddy manufacturing and lack of innovation has shown a trend of popularity and spread in contemporary literary and artistic creation." Exploring the reasons for this, "it is precisely because some of our literary and art workers only remember the commodity attributes of literary and artistic works, and one-sidedly pursue economic benefits and forget their responsibilities." "The original intention and social benefits of engaging in literary and artistic work should be the primary pursuit of literature and art." Only by following your own heart, not succumbing to the market, and not losing your way in the tide of the market economy can you create innovative products.
Study diligently and think hard, broaden your horizons
For literary and art workers, learning is not only a way to maintain the vitality of thinking, but also a good way to enhance their ability to innovate. Through extensive study and deep thinking, improving the depth of thought and broadening horizons can provide the soil for innovation for literary and artistic creation, let the seeds of innovation take root, and let the soul of innovation flourish in the creation of literary and artistic works. Jiao Mo's artistic transformation journey on behalf of the painter Tao Qingyou perfectly explains this.
The picture shows the famous artists Zou Jianping (right) and Tao Qingyou (left) communicating with the head of the Guge Dynasty (center).
In the contemporary art space where traditional ink painting lingers, Tao Qingyou, who has worked the jiaomo language, seems to be caught in a hopeless swamp and struggling to find a breakthrough. He made a profound reflection on the old art methods and expression methods, and after self-reflection, he resolutely opened the way of artistic self-challenge and self-redemption. He began to drive to western China for more than 30,000 kilometers, following the footsteps of history, exploring the atmosphere of art and capturing the afterglow of culture. From Guizi to Guge, learning and thinking have not stopped for a moment, Tao Qingyou has experienced many stages of depression, surprise, contemplation and epiphany, and finally his sleeping soul is awakened and he lives to death. The inspiration of innovation pours into Tao Qingyou's spiritual world like a spring, providing a steady stream of creative sources, adding bricks and tiles to his artistic hall, making it more sparkling and full of vitality.
"Prospering literary and artistic creation and promoting literary and artistic innovation" is the expectation of the party and the state for the vast number of literary and artistic workers, and at the same time they have considerable self-confidence. With the development and progress of the times, China's literary and artistic creation team continues to grow, and literary and artistic workers who are both virtuous and artistic have honed their character, forged artistic products, and innovated fine products in the process of practical creation. The importance of innovation is naturally, strongly and profoundly reflected in the field of culture and art, and only by firmly rooting the roots of artistic creation into the soil of innovation, connecting with the blood of the people, and being related to the original intention of literature and art, under the nourishment of the wind of learning and the rain and dew of thinking, even in the cold winter of creation, it will certainly be able to rejuvenate the trend of rejuvenation and create a vigorous and vigorous literary and artistic era. (Text/Grand Duke Hunan Zhao Xinyu)
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