Why do Wenzhou people like Shanghai so much?

Over the years, when I was collecting and sorting out the development of Wenzhou literature and art over the past century, I was surprised to find that a large number of Wenzhou cultural celebrities started their careers in Shanghai. Throughout their lives, they not only established a close connection with Shanghai, but also wrote their names into the time of Shanghai.

For example, Zhao Ruihong, a poet and translator from Wenzhou, went to Shanghai to study in the summer of 1935. He was so enthusiastic that he frequently participated in revolutionary activities, wrote progressive articles with his classmates, secretly published the magazine "China Youth March", and even gave two issues to Mr. Lu Xun in person. Ask him for advice. Another example is the Wenzhou poet Moro, who also went to Shanghai to study after New Year's Day in 1936, participated in revolutionary activities, and began literary creation.

Tang Shi, a poet, translator and playwright from Wenzhou, also had an indissoluble bond with Shanghai. In 1946, when he was a student at Jinan University in Shanghai, he met Li Jianwu, Zang Kejia, Chen Jingrong and Cao Xinzhi. In the next two years, Tang Shi participated in the editing of "Poetry Creation" initiated and founded by Zang Kejia, and co-founded and edited "Chinese New Poetry" with fellow poets Cao Xinzhi, Xin Di, Chen Jinrong, Tang Qi, etc., experiencing thrilling and rewarding experiences. It contains a lot of idealistic beauty and warmth. In 1948, Tang Shi met Ba Jin in Shanghai and was introduced by Ba Jin and Li Jianwu to join the All-China Literary and Art Workers Association. At the end of 1951, Tang Shi accepted Ba Jin's invitation to work in the Foreign Literature Section of the Shanghai Literary and Art Association, translating Soviet short stories. Tang Shi has a special liking for Shanghai. He said that Shanghai is his second hometown.

In the 1930s, some young people from Wenzhou who loved art were admitted to Shanghai Art College to study, including Lin Fu, Ye Fu and Zhang Mingcao. They participated in social activities in Shanghai and had close contacts with Lu Xun. Under the influence and guidance of Lu Xun, they grew up to become the first generation of woodcut artists in China and the seeders of woodcut art in Wenzhou.

Those who went to Shanghai earlier than them include Zheng Zhenduo, a Wen-born writer who is one of the advocates of the New Literature Movement, Zhu Weizhi, a scholar and writer who has learned both Chinese and Western knowledge, and famous painters Ma Mengrong and Ma Gongyu. The two Ma Kunzhongs are known in Shanghai as "The Gemini Constellation of Shanghai Art Garden" shows its great influence. Progressive young people from Wenzhou, such as Hu Jingxuan and Zheng Jiazhi, established the Wildfire Reading Club in Shanghai, established relations with the Chinese Left-wing Writers Alliance under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and carried out revolutionary activities in Shanghai.

At that time, Wenzhou was still a small city in southern Zhejiang. It was surrounded by mountains and sea. It was a place that was both closed and open. A group of young people in Wenzhou who pursue ideals and revolution have set their sights on Shanghai.

At that time, Shanghai was already the birthplace of the New Culture Movement, the main frontier of the left-wing ideological and cultural front, and the center of the anti-Japanese and national salvation movement. Shanghai's diverse and coexisting "Shanghai Style" culture is radiant and attracts much attention. Groups of young people from Wenzhou came to Shanghai on sea ships with inexplicable yearning, one after another, seeking the truth and a way out.

At that time, Shanghai's social turmoil, inequality between rich and poor, and the transition between old and new also made Wenzhou young people see injustice, darkness and cruelty, which made their revolutionary ideas more firm and their life direction clearer.

Everyone from Wenzhou has their own reasons for going to Shanghai.

For many years, Wenzhou has always had a large number of writers and artists interested in Shanghai. For example, in May 1953, Wenzhou writer Zheng Boyong went to the East China Branch of the Chinese Writers Association in Shanghai to engage in professional literary creation, becoming one of the few people in the country with life experience in the revolutionary war. Professional party member writer. Contemporary Wenzhou writers and artists in Shanghai include actor and writer Huang Zongying, writer Ye Yonglie, painter Lin Ximing, sculptor Zeng Chenggang, etc. Their works have a strong Wenzhou flavor and also reflect Shanghai's urban style and daily life. People and cities complement and depend on each other. Wenzhou is the root of their literature and art, and Shanghai is the nest of their souls. Many Wenzhou-born writers and artists say that Shanghai is their second hometown.

After the reform and opening up, especially in Shanghai in the 21st century, urban construction has changed dramatically from "big demolition and big construction" to "fine embroidery". As the forefront of reform and opening up, Wenzhou has also undergone modern urban renewal over more than 40 years. Wenzhou people have gained a sense of gain and happiness from the development and prosperity of their hometown.

In recent years, as Wenzhou integrates into the national strategy of integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, its relationship with Shanghai has become closer and the distance has become closer. Last summer, Wenzhou launched the "The Opera Comes from Wenzhou" series of Southern Opera classics, and Shanghai was chosen as the first stop. Ou opera "The Killing of the Dog" with Wenzhou's local characteristics, Yongkun's "Zhang Xie Zhuangyuan" and Yue opera "The Story of the Jingchai" have landed on the Shanghai opera stage, showing the Shanghai audience the charm of the times in the hometown of Southern Opera.

Shanghai has cutting-edge markets, technologies and information, providing Wenzhou with greater room for development, enough to support the dreams of those with ambitions. At this moment, many Wenzhou students are furthering their studies in Shanghai; many Wenzhou literary and artistic workers are concentrating on literary and artistic undertakings in Shanghai; many Wenzhou entrepreneurs are linking up with high-end scientific and technological resources in Shanghai, "jumping out of Wenzhou and developing Wenzhou" to promote the transformation and upgrading of Wenzhou's industries; many People from Wenzhou came to Shanghai to buy property and settle down, becoming new Shanghainese and leaving traces of their lives.