During this summer's vacation, the Guangxi Museum of Nationalities ushered in a peak of visitor flow.
Between square inches, a thousand years at a glance. Zhuang, Han, Yao, Miao, Dong, Gelao, Maonan, Hui, Beijing, Shui, Yi, Gelao, the roots and inheritance, history and development of the 12 ethnic groups of Guangxi are condensed here.
Tourists visit the Guangxi Museum of Nationalities. Photo by People's Daily Reporter Zhu Xiaoling
More and more tourists follow the footsteps of General Secretary Xi Jinping and enter the Guangxi Museum of Nationalities to visit the "check-in", immerse themselves in Guangxi's colorful national culture, and enhance national pride and self-confidence. "We took our children to experience the national culture of Guangxi this time." Ms. Tang, a tourist from Hunan Province, said.
As the province with the largest minority population on the mainland, Guangxi is home to 12 ethnic groups and 44 other ethnic groups. All ethnic groups are brothers and sisters, watching over each other, hugging each other tightly like pomegranate seeds. Looking at the land of Bagui, a magnificent picture of prosperity, unity and harmony, openness and inclusiveness, civilized rule of law, livable and healthy life is being painted.
Plant pomegranate seeds and blossom unity flowers.
In April 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during his inspection tour of Guangxi: "Cherish national unity as you love your own eyes, so that the good traditions of heart-to-heart and hand-in-hand among all ethnic groups can be passed on from generation to generation." ”
From April 25 to 27, 2021, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited Guangxi. On the morning of the 27th, Xi Jinping had cordial exchanges with the people of all ethnic groups participating in the March 3 "Gexu Festival" ethnic cultural activities outside the Guangxi Museum of Nationalities in Nanning. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi
In April 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Guangxi again after four years. During his inspection, he came to the Guangxi Museum of Nationalities to visit the Zhuang cultural exhibition, and cordially communicated with the people of all ethnic groups participating in the "Gexu Festival" ethnic cultural activities on March 3 outside the museum. "Guangxi is a national demonstration area for ethnic unity and progress, and we must continue to play a good role in demonstration and leadership." The general secretary's earnest entrustment is full of beautiful expectations for the development of Guangxi.
When she met the narrator Li Ya at the Guangxi Museum of Nationalities, she had just received a group of tourists from other places, and she said, "The general secretary is very interested in Guangxi's national history and culture, and is very concerned about the development of ethnic origins. ”
Li Ya (right) introduces Guangxi's ethnic culture to tourists. Photo by People's Daily Reporter Zhu Xiaoling
This summer, in addition to being busy with daily explanations, Li Ya also had an additional training job. As the "museum fever" continues to heat up, Guangxi is also constantly expanding the path of national unity and progress education. In July, the Guangxi Museum of Nationalities undertook a public welfare training course on "Exploring the Magnificent Home, Red Scarf Docents". Under the guidance of Li Ya and her colleagues, 50 primary school students conducted a nearly one-month comprehensive practical training on theoretical knowledge learning and exhibition hall explanations of ethnic culture special exhibitions.
"Copper drums in different regions have different styles, now I will explain the eight types of copper drums..." Zeng Chutong, a student of Minzhu Road Primary School in Nanning, gave a detailed explanation, which attracted many tourists to stop and listen. She is proud to be a red scarf docent: "I am a Zhuang girl, and I am very honored to be able to tell you about the copper drum culture of my hometown. ”
According to Zhong Shuisheng, deputy director of the Guangxi Working Committee for Caring for the Next Generation, since its launch in 2019, the "Red Scarf Instructor Training" has trained more than 3,900 red scarf instructors, and more than 3,000 red scarf instructors have passed the assessment and held certificates.
As batches of red scarf docents have become a new force for telling national stories and Guangxi stories, the seeds of national unity have also taken root in the hearts of children.
Deepening the connotation, enriching forms and innovating methods, Guangxi is constantly giving full play to the demonstration and driving role of the "National Demonstration Zone for National Unity and Progress", and a number of "firsts" and "firsts" have written vivid footnotes for the cause of national unity and progress in Guangxi.
Guangxi pioneered the patriotic education brand "National Flag Project" in the country, and 1,513 "National Flag Project Points" covered the first line of land, sea and frontier, becoming a beautiful scenery for the people of all ethnic groups in Guangxi to guard the "southern gate" of the motherland in the new era;
Nanning established the country's first prefectural and municipal ethnic minority migrant population service center, established 362 ethnic minority homes, ethnic minority mobile personnel service stations, and 9 ethnic minority migrant business streets, and actively explored new ways of urban ethnic minority work;
Guangxi's first township-level ethnic and religious affairs service center was established in Guping Mulao Ethnic Township, Liucheng County, Liuzhou City, to further improve the level of ethnic and religious affairs management services, and promote the standardization and institutionalization of ethnic and religious affairs work...
"Pomegranate seeds" are planted, and "unity flowers" bloom. For a long time, the people of all ethnic groups in Guangxi have integrated national unity into their bloodline and cherished national unity as much as their own lives. Harmonious ethnic relations have always been one of the social development indicators with the highest satisfaction of the people of all ethnic groups in Guangxi.
Protect the interests of the masses of all ethnic groups in accordance with the law
Strike stones for fire, torches to repel pests, sacrifice cuckoos, smear faces, polish autumn... With the arrival of the Yi Torch Festival, Longlin Autonomous County of Baise City is bustling in August. Yi compatriots and tourists from all over the world sang and danced around the bonfire, and enjoyed a long table banquet to recount friendship.
The lively Yi Torch Festival. Photo by Wei Yu
Polishing autumn is a traditional Yi sports activity that combines strength, speed and endurance for hundreds of years. Ms. Luo, a tourist from Guangdong, and her friends experienced the pure Yi customs, "I didn't expect to feel such traditional folk customs in Longlin." The feeling of going up and down when polishing autumn is very exciting. ”
Longlin is one of only two autonomous counties of various ethnic groups in the country, inhabited by Miao, Yi, Gelao, Zhuang, Han and other ethnic groups, with ethnic minorities accounting for 79.11%. Since the establishment of Longlin Autonomous County 70 years ago, the party's ethnic policy and the system of regional ethnic autonomy have taken root and borne fruit. In addition to the Yi Torch Festival, the Miao Jumping Festival, the Gelao Taste New Festival, the Zhuang Song Festival, and the Han Robe Soup Festival are all well-known national cultural festival brands in Longlin.
Li Zhenlin, secretary of the leading party group and director of the Guangxi Minzu Committee, said that Guangxi has always firmly implemented the system of regional ethnic autonomy, adhered to the management of ethnic affairs according to law, formulated and implemented 4 local ethnic regulations in autonomous regions and 6 districted cities, 12 autonomous county autonomy regulations and 27 special regulations, and issued 67 government rules and normative documents related to ethnic affairs, covering various fields such as the protection of ethnic and folk traditional culture, ethnic education, Zhuang Yao medicine management, ethnic minority languages, and traditional sports of ethnic minorities. The interests of the masses of all ethnic groups are guaranteed in accordance with the law.
Bama Yao Autonomous County issued regulations to protect longevity resources, Buchuan Yao Autonomous County issued regulations to protect traditional villages, Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County issued regulations to protect the Dong Hundred Family Banquet, Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County issued regulations to protect the Fengtengshan ancient tombs... These regulations aim at the blocking points and difficulties in the development of national culture, and escort the high-quality development of ethnic areas with the rule of law.
The sound of the piano "ding-dong" Qingyue, the music is gentle and melodious. Zhuang Tianqin art is a representative item of national intangible cultural heritage, with great national charm. However, due to the lack of awareness of inheritance and development, insufficient capital investment, and lack of successors, many classic repertoire and performance skills of Tianqin art are at risk of being lost.
On January 1 this year, the Regulations on the Inheritance and Development of Zhuang Tianqin Art in Chongzuo City came into force. The regulations specify the management of inheritors, the improvement of musical instruments, the construction of characteristic villages and blocks, the protection of regional public brands, and digital construction. Since then, the inheritance of Zhuang Tianqin art has a rule of law "talisman".
We will unite and progress together and prosper and develop together
"My grandparents, father and I are all Yao, my mother is Han, my husband is Zhuang, and our family relationship is very harmonious." Li Ya said, "Multi-ethnic families like ours abound in Guangxi. ”
There are as many as 1,636,600 households composed of two or more ethnic groups in Bagui, and the number of households composed of Han and ethnic minorities and multiple ethnic minorities increased by nearly 30% and 25% respectively over 2010.
It is a happy small family that constitutes the "big family" of national unity in Guangxi. Over the years, the sense of community of the Chinese nation has long taken root in the hearts of the masses of all ethnic groups in Guangxi, and the good tradition of heart-to-heart and hand-in-hand among all ethnic groups has been passed down from generation to generation.
Overlooking the standardized planting base of vanilla ridge Yao medicine. People's Network Qin Xin
In midsummer, walking into the standardized planting base of vanilla Ling Yao medicine in Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, Laibin City, with a breeze, bursts of medicinal fragrance come to the nose, refreshing people's hearts. "This is a seven-leaf flower, this is a multi-flowered yellow essence, this is an octagonal lotus..." Introducing the Chinese herbal medicines in the planting base, Li Fuquan, chairman of the Jinxiu Juyuan Chinese Medicinal Materials Planting Farmers Professional Cooperative, is a treasure.
In the past, Dayao Mountain was a representative of poverty. There are many mountains and few land, and most villagers have to leave their villages to work to make a living. In 2017, Li Fuquan, who was born into a Yao medical family, developed the Yao pharmaceutical industry with his brothers and sisters of the local Yao, Zhuang and Han ethnic groups. "If we can make a path, we will have one more choice in the future."
Now they have led 528 households to grow Chinese herbal medicines and become rich through the method of "company + cooperative + base + farmer". As the scale grew, Li Fuquan hired more than 60 villagers from different ethnic groups to work at the Vanilla Ridge base.
Riding the east wind of Yao pharmaceutical industry, Dayao Mountain has become a "gold mountain and silver mountain". "Now, people of all ethnic groups are twisting into a rope and working together to strengthen the characteristic industry of Yao medicine. In the past two years, Chinese herbal foot bath bags have become popular, and dozens of villagers are working together to grow and process Yao medicine bags for sale. Xiao Zhengyu, mayor of Jinxiu Town, Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, said.
Unity is solid, and all industries prosper.
A bowl of snail powder strung together a sense of national unity. In the "gene" of Liuzhou snail powder, there are not only the "sour food" culture of the Dong and Miao ethnic groups, but also the "rice crop" culture of the Zhuang and other ethnic groups, as well as the "snail" culture of the Liuzhou ancestors "Liujiang people", as well as the modern food culture.
Villagers pick beans at the planting base. Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Rongshui County Party Committee
The people of all ethnic groups work together to create the legend of snail powder, and the industrial chain of snail powder also feeds back and drives the people of all ethnic groups to start a business and get rich together. Thanks to the popularity of snail powder, beans, which is one of the ingredients, has also become a "fragrant glutton". During the bean harvest period, many bean planting bases in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County of Liuzhou City are a busy scene. "After transferring the land to the plantation base, I now work in the base and earn 100 yuan a day." Wu Ziliang, a villager in Xiaqin Village in Yongle Town, said.
The common unity and progress and common prosperity and development of all ethnic groups are where the life, strength and hope of the Chinese nation lie. On the new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, Guangxi will keep in mind the entrustment, forge ahead with gratitude, forge a firm sense of the Chinese national community, gather the powerful forces of all ethnic groups to unite and struggle, and strive to show greater achievements in promoting the high-quality development of border ethnic areas.
Source: People's Network