Follow the general secretary to learn history | look at the cultural heritage from the "Han" in Hanzhong, learn from the past and know from the past | Hanzhong | learn from the past and know from the past

At the center of China's geographical map, Hanzhong, located north of the Qinling Mountains and south of the Bashan Mountains, is not only the birthplace of the Han River but also the birthplace of Han culture.

The Baoxie Road witnessed the struggle between the Chu and Han dynasties, where the ancient Han platform laid the foundation for more than four hundred years of the Han dynasty's glorious legacy. After experiencing the Qin wind and Han rain, as well as the legends of the Three Kingdoms, whether it is the strategic planning of the golden army and iron horses, or the galloping of the rivers and lakes with clear blood and heart, the day and night flowing river of Han is a witness to countless historical changes.

On the 29th, General Secretary Xi Jinping, who was inspecting Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, came to the Hanzhong City Museum to visit the exhibition of historical relics and learn about the protection of Hanzhong's history, culture and cultural relics. Following in the footsteps of the General Secretary, we will watch the legacy of the Han style, taste the character of Chinese characters, start from the "Han" in Hanzhong, and understand the endless history of the historical context.

The Han style in the high platform

Walking in Hanzhong is like walking through history books, where one can meet history from head to toe.

This is the hometown of the Han Dynasty envoy Zhang Qian, who chiseled through the Western Regions. He "held onto the Han Festival without losing it" and wrote a vivid and colorful stroke in the long scroll of the Silk Road. This is also the main battlefield for the military confrontation between Wei and Shu. Huang Zhong attacked Xiahou Yuan with his sword at the foot of Dingjun Mountain, Zhao Yun defeated Cao's army on the Han River, and Zhuge Liang led his army to settle in Hanzhong for 8 years to "revive the Han dynasty". He "died before winning the battle, causing tears to fill the hearts of heroes".

Flipping the scroll of time forward, after the Hongmen Banquet in 206 BC, Duke Pei Liu Bang was enfeoffed as the King of Han by Xiang Yu. Liu Bang built an altar here and worshipped Han Xin as the Grand General. He marched out of Chencang Road, pacified the Three Qin, chased deer from the Central Plains, and laid ambushes on all sides. He trapped the Chu hegemon in Gaixia and eventually unified the country, naming it "Han".

The story of the Red Emperor's rise to the throne has already passed, and the consolidation of the terraces is as good as new. The ancient Han Dynasty's Taiwan calendar has been recognized as a symbol of the foundation of the Han Dynasty. In 1958, the Hanzhong Municipal Government renovated the ancient Hantai site into the Hanzhong City Museum, where one can still trace the Han style and charm of a thousand years ago in deep thoughts.

However, considering the path of origin, the vast expanse of green and verdant scenery, the Qinling Mountains in the northern part of Hanzhong are "the ancestral lineage of the Chinese nation and an important symbol of Chinese culture.".

Chinese characters on cliffs

The seven ancient boardwalks in Hanzhong record the vicissitudes of the struggle for supremacy, as well as the profound talent of singing and acting. Here are the Tang Dynasty's Yuan Zhen Jing's poem "Spring in Luogu is deep and there is no spring", as well as the Song Dynasty's Lu You's poem "Riding a donkey in the light rain into Jianmen". Day and night, year and year after year, the sound of hammers echoes the chanting of sounds, leaving inscriptions everywhere in the mountains and flowing water, sealing the elegance and elegance of Chinese characters on the immortal stone wall for thousands of years.

During the Yongping period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Baoxie Road excavated the Shimen Tunnel, leaving behind 178 types of cliff carvings and stone tablets near the Shimen by literati and calligraphers throughout history. The "Thirteen Grades of Shimen" is the most famous and can be regarded as a vivid material of the evolution history of Chinese calligraphy. From the "ultimate masterpiece of Han Li" in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the "Ode to the Stone Gate", to the "Inscription on the Stone Gate" with typical Wei stele characteristics in the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, the beginning of the writing is profound and the ending is timeless, embodying the beauty of Chinese characters in beautiful mountains and rivers, which is itself a "Chinese style romance".

Chinese characters nurture cultural genes, calligraphy carries cultural confidence. Horizontal and vertical symbolize standing tall and upright, showing tolerance and restraint in movement and change. From one stroke to one stroke, all embody the long-standing memory of Chinese civilization. Faced with the impact and challenges of the information age, the Chinese character laser typesetting technology system has bid farewell to lead and fire, and entered into light and electricity. The Chinese high-quality font library project provides a new attempt for the "revitalization" and "digitization" of calligraphy cultural relics, promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture, which cannot be separated from the generation after generation's adherence to tradition and innovation.

In May 2014, in the ink rhyme hall of the Nationalities Primary School in Haidian District, Beijing, General Secretary Xi Jinping told children who were practicing calligraphy, "Chinese characters are a symbol of Chinese cultural heritage. The Yin Ruins oracle bone inscriptions are more than 3000 years away from now, and the structure of Chinese characters has not changed for more than 3000 years, and this heritage is the real Chinese gene." In October last year, the General Secretary pointed out during an inspection of the Yinxu ruins in Henan that "Chinese characters are very remarkable, and the formation and development of the Chinese nation cannot be separated from the maintenance of Chinese characters." The ancient Chinese characters are writing a new chapter of the times for the Chinese nation.

Sinology worldwide

Hanzhong, located between the Qinling Mountains and the Bashan Mountains, has been known as the "land of the world's situation" and a place with accessible mountains and rivers since ancient times.

The thousands of miles of winding boardwalks on the cliffs have made Hanzhong the starting point of the ancient tea horse road in the north, and there are also echoes of multicultural exchanges amidst the galloping horses.

From the opening of the Silk Road in the Western Han Dynasty to the door of cultural dialogue and friendly exchanges, to the multiple large-scale missions sent by Japan to the Tang Dynasty from the early 7th century to the end of the 9th century, and from Marco Polo's Travels to the West's yearning for the East, to Luo Mingjian and Matteo Ricci paving the way for cultural exchanges between China and the West For thousands of years, the wind of Chinese culture has already spread to various parts of the world, and Sinology, as a discipline for foreign scholars to study and introduce Chinese culture, is providing enlightenment for the contemporary world to learn from each other.

On July 3, General Secretary Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the Third Dialogue on Civilization Exchange and Mutual Learning and the First World Congress of Sinologists, expressing the hope that sinologists from all countries will serve as messengers of Chinese and foreign civilizations to communicate Chinese and foreign cultures and enhance understanding, friendship and cooperation. Make more active efforts.

Rooted in China and developed overseas, Sinology itself is a window for seeking cultural identity. From the prevalent "Chinese fever" to the "Chinese culture fever", the continuously expanding influence of Chinese culture enables the world to better understand China. In the process of creating new forms of human civilization, China has also shaped a new pattern of world civilization and enriched the garden of world civilization.

Author: Kuang Xixi

School inspectors: Yu Ronghua, Cao Lei

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