“Museums are important places to protect and inherit human civilization, and cultural and museum workers have a glorious mission and great responsibility.” On July 8, General Secretary Xi Jinping replied to the old experts of the National Museum of China, encouraging the majority of cultural and museum workers to adhere to the correct political direction and be firm. Cultural confidence, deepen academic research, innovate exhibitions, promote the activation and utilization of cultural relics, promote exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations, protect, inherit, and display the outstanding achievements of Chinese civilization, and make new contributions to the development of cultural and motto and the construction of a socialist cultural power. .
Cultural relics carry splendid civilization, inherit history and culture, and maintain national spirit. They are the precious heritage left by our ancestors and the profound nourishment for strengthening the construction of socialist spiritual civilization. Bamboo slips and wooden slips that record ancient history, Qin bricks and Han tiles that have gone through thousands of years of vicissitudes, exquisite Dunhuang frescoes, exquisite ceramic utensils… Precious cultural relics are not only cultural relics that witness history, but also precious nourishment for spiritual blood. wealth. “Dialogue” with cultural relics can not only enrich people’s spiritual and cultural life, but also make us feel the continuous inheritance of string songs, arouse the mind of thousands of years, touch the broad and profound civilization, and strengthen cultural confidence. We should give full play to the role of museums as “big schools”, so that cultural relics can be better integrated into daily life.
Strengthen cultural self-confidence and demonstrate cultural charm. From the popularity of programs such as “If National Treasures Can Talk” and “National Treasures”, to the popularity of cultural and creative products in the Forbidden City, and then to the vigorous development of the Cloud Museum, each cultural phenomenon has inspired us. To protect from generation to generation, it is even more necessary to keep pace with the times and be brave in innovation. Actively promote the activation and utilization of cultural relics and make more cultural relics come alive. This is the voice of the times and the expectation of the masses.
Source: People’s Daily Online – People’s Daily
Author: Chen Ling
Editor: Chen Gang