He brought a lot of information, the main one being the previous county annals. Shangjiang City was upgraded from a county-level establishment to a prefecture-level city more than ten years ago.
Director Fan opened the yellowed books one by one, and then found for me the relevant records describing the temple.
After reading the materials, I found that there was no record of Zhang Xianzhong’s men burning the temple. However, the records of the temple in these materials were very simple. They mainly described the prosperity of the temple at that time. I guess he was facing me before.
What they are talking about are so-called legends or unofficial records.
But I didn't blame him anymore, but I was really interested in this matter, and then I asked him: "Where exactly is this temple? On which mountain? By the way, do you have a map here? Are you on the map?
Show me your finger."
He immediately took a map of the city, pointed to a place and said to me: "This is it. I have been to that place several times, but I didn't find any signs that there had been a temple. But there were several ancient trees there.
Judging from the position of those trees, they should be artificially planted, and that place should be the gate of the temple, because there is a cliff outside those trees, and the gate of the temple usually faces the opposite mountain peak."
I suddenly thought of the trees I saw when I went there with Zhong Feng, and I immediately felt that they were similar to what he described. At this moment, my heart suddenly became excited: Could there really be something out there somewhere?
Something like gods and Buddhas?
If that place really was a temple before, then Zhong Feng's dream would be incredible.
Therefore, I really want to find out about this matter, and if what is recorded in these materials is true, this is a huge business opportunity, and it is also a very good publicity entry point for Shangjiang City.
I recalled the direction Zhong Feng and I went last time, and it seemed to be the place Director Fan mentioned. I suddenly remembered the agreement between Political Commissar Liu and me, and thought we might as well go there on Saturday.
So I said to Director Fan: "Director Fan, are you free this Saturday? If you are free, let's go and visit this place together, okay?"
He was startled for a moment, then smiled, "Of course I'm free. I didn't expect Mayor Feng to be very interested in this temple."
I smiled faintly and then said to him: "Director Fan, let me tell you, if this temple really exists and is famous in history, it will be a very valuable asset to our city.
. Today’s people’s lives are getting better and better, but they are becoming more and more superstitious. This is because the pressure of competition is also increasing at the same time. Look at the famous temples today, which one is not very popular?”
He nodded, "That makes sense. I'll take you to see it then."
I said: "Okay. Then I will delay your weekend rest. I will pick you up then."
After I came out of the Municipal Affairs Bureau, I suddenly remembered a place, and immediately told Xiao Cui to drive to the Citizens' Religious Affairs Committee. The Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee specializes in managing issues related to temples and ethnic minorities. I think they should know something about this.
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When we were in the car, secretary Xiao Xu asked me: "Mayor Feng, why are you suddenly concerned about this matter?"
I replied: "Recently, Secretary Chen has given an instruction requiring us in Shangjiang City to pay attention to the simultaneous development of economy and culture in the future. Although our city has a long history, it is difficult to find a place that can be used as a landmark.
Something. A city needs a business card. This business card is very important. It is just like a person’s title. For example, my title is Executive Vice Mayor. If I go to Beijing, I will take a business card like this.
If I come out, not many people will be interested in me, because there are too many high-ranking officials in places like Beijing. But it would be different if I were Zhao Zhongxiang or a famous actor.
If this temple really exists and is really so famous in history, it would be incredible. It would not be as simple as a temple. It would make our Shangjiang City famous very quickly, which would greatly
, which drives the economy of our city very quickly. Look at Shaolin Temple, Wudang Mountain, and other well-known temples and Taoist temples across the country. There is no need to say more about how much impact they have on local economic development and popularity.
?What we have to do now is to tap into our various local resources, especially cultural resources, which is very important."
After arriving at the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee, I directly asked the director of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee about this matter, and he replied: "I seem to have heard of this matter before, and the municipal affairs office seems to have called the provincial cultural relics bureau.
Report and request them to do archaeological excavations. But they were not interested, or maybe we were unwilling to pay, so the matter was shelved."
I am very unhappy: these people are so insensitive to such an important matter. In the final analysis, this is the insensitivity of the cadres here to business opportunities and local history and culture. But it is impossible for me to show my inner unhappiness in this place, after all
This department is not under my jurisdiction. It is a unit under the Municipal United Front Work Department, and the Minister of United Front Work is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee.
I then asked: "Who in our city knows the most about this history?"
He shook his head and said, "I don't know about that. Mayor Feng, ask the Cultural Affairs Bureau, maybe they know."
I couldn’t help but smile bitterly in my heart: You are in charge of this area. Will the people in the Cultural Affairs Bureau understand things that you don’t even know about? Moreover, these people are in government agencies and have never cared about such things in depth, so they
Not knowing is not a surprising thing.
Ultimately, this is a cultural gap, and there are many reasons for this gap.
Some people believe that the fault line in Chinese culture began to appear after the May Fourth Movement, because the slogan of the May Fourth Movement was anti-imperialism, feudalism, and the promotion of democracy and science. At that time, people went to extremes and believed that all
All feudal things are bad and should be abandoned, including our traditional culture. The "Cultural Revolution" caused another greater disaster to traditional culture, causing traditional culture to be diluted again in the land we live in.
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I think these factors all exist, but I think modern society has a greater impact on Chinese culture, because people are becoming more and more impetuous, and many people have begun to accept Western culture, and at the same time, they have slowly abandoned our traditional culture.
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Only the culture of the strong can conquer others, and if you want to be strong, you must have your own culture.
The Mongols, Yuan, Manchu and Qing dynasties gave us a good warning - the Mongols took over the Central Plains, wore Han clothes, appreciated Han literature and art, and tasted Han food? Everything about China surprised this nomadic nation, and they were gradually assimilated by Han culture, so
The nomadic people with such powerful force were integrated by the Han people.
It was precisely because the Manchus and Qing Dynasties understood the power of culture that they cut off Chinese culture, which led to the collapse of the Han people to this day. Also, the Aryans entered India and fostered the Hindu caste system, which turned an ancient civilization into an Asan country.
.The Jews were able to recover after being exterminated for two thousand years. Doesn’t this illustrate the importance of national culture? This is like species invasion. Nature itself is balanced, but if alien species are not restricted by local species, they will quickly occupy local resources.
.This is a big technical problem in the world, let alone cultural invasion.
Therefore, tolerance without China as the center means being conquered by others. How can a weak country be tolerant? Doesn’t all the current Westernization mean that we have been converted by the West? The failure of the Revolution of 1911 was that the Tartars were expelled, but China was
It has not recovered. Because of the historical limitations at that time, everything was Westernized, which has led to the fact that the Chinese people have not cheered up until now. (To be continued)