Hundreds of thousands of students resonate with the culture of a city
2024-08-17
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In August, Beijing is in the thick of autumn. In the exhibition hall of Future Science City in Changping District, a group of young people gathered in front of the booth, focusing on the dialogue with the "future" and welcoming the collision of ideas and reality. Zhang Yiming, a 2023 science education student at Beijing Union University, stretched out his finger and gently swiped across the new energy display screen with soft blue light, wondering whether he could transform these technologies into vivid content in the future classroom, so that students can feel the rapid development of science and technology in the capital in the science classroom... This is a picture in the "Faith Journey" activity of the 2024 "Beijing Colorful Culture Youth Bloom" action plan. Beijing Youth Daily reporters learned that the 2024 "Beijing Colorful Culture Youth Bloom" action plan has been fully upgraded. Seven mechanisms, 25 projects, and 65 specific practical activities have led young students in the capital to help build Beijing's national cultural center. It is expected that more than 100,000 people from 26 universities will participate. Young students in the capital have written a chapter in the capital of the vivid practice of Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts.
Theory first
Firmly uphold ideals and beliefs and cultivate patriotic sentiments
Ma Jingming, a 2023 master's student at the School of Marxism at Beijing Union University, still clearly remembers the shock he felt when he first participated in the "Faith Walk" last year. It was a resonance from the depths of his thoughts. He and his classmates simulated a knowledge contest in the dormitory, and everyone asked each other questions to fill in the gaps. He went to participate in theoretical lectures and listened to famous teachers and experts explain the party's innovative theories in a simple and easy-to-understand way. Through repeated theoretical studies and knowledge contests, Ma Jingming has a deeper understanding of the party's basic theories and the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party.
The issue of youth belief is a fundamental and core issue concerning the fate of the country and the nation, and the development of youth groups and individuals. The 2024 "Beijing Colorful Culture Youth Bloom" action plan adheres to the moral education of people, arms youth groups with scientific theories, nourishes contemporary college students with red culture, strengthens the ideals and beliefs of the majority of young students, and cultivates patriotic feelings.
Only by building a solid theoretical foundation can we strengthen the soul of faith. In order to improve the theoretical level of the vast number of young students in the capital and deeply study and understand Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, this year's "Faith Journey" activity launched "'Reasoning' Praises Youth" - a project to improve the theoretical societies of college students. Through various forms such as famous teachers and masters entering campuses, youth reading club sharing sessions, face-to-face meetings with advanced figures, and collection and display of learning results, it guides college students to comprehensively and systematically study Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and feel the power of thought in learning, communication, and sharing.
This year, Ma Jingming listened to the report of the "Strong Country Rejuvenation, I Am the One" Municipal Demonstration Group of Beijing. The members of the group used plain language to talk about their original intentions in their posts, their original intentions and determination to serve the people. Ma Jingming found that the theories in the books were not boring, they had a realistic basis, which also made Ma Jingming, who studied Marxist theory, think about how to understand and practice the party's innovative theories and find his own position in this era.
"The knowledge in books is invisible and intangible, but the field visit allows students to have a real and tangible experience of the capital's scientific and technological development." During the visit to Future Science City, the team leader, Liu Bingjie, secretary of the Youth League Committee of the Department of Educational Information Technology, School of Education, Beijing Union University, said.
Firm beliefs need to be tempered in practice. In addition to theory, the "Faith Walk" activity organizes young people to go out of campus and visit the landmarks of the capital's new era development through activities such as "Vivid Practice Check-in Tour", "Youth Going to the Grassroots", and "Creating New Era Micro Videos", guiding students to deeply experience the development of the capital in the new era. The "Vivid Practice Check-in Tour" of the "Faith Walk" has added check-in points on the basis of 23 landmarks of the capital's development in the new era last year, and carefully planned 9 check-in routes. At present, 14 universities, 200 check-in teams, and more than 2,000 students have successively entered landmarks such as Shijingshan Shougang Park, Grand Canal Museum, Beijing City Library, and Pinggu District Agricultural Zhongguancun. They also followed advanced role models to the "Youth Going to the Grassroots" practice bases such as the 12345 Hotline Service Center, Liulihe Site, and Changxindian Erqi Memorial Hall.
The "Red Tour" uses red culture to nourish the hearts of young students. "As young people in the new era, we must strengthen our cultural identity and firm our ideals and beliefs." After listening to the lecture "On the Cultural Tradition of Chinese Modernization" by Xiao Weiguang, former chief editor of the Theoretical Department of People's Daily and professor of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Yinuo from the School of History of Capital Normal University said this.
Relying on the Memorial Hall of the Early Revolutionary Activities of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, the "Awakening Age" study tour held 11 special academic lectures here, recorded 6 Peking University Red Building reading clubs, and participated in the study teams of 19 universities such as Peking University and Beijing Normal University, teachers and students, and the public. A series of lectures have enabled students to better understand the red history and the great spirit of party building, and a series of study activities have also provided them with a red platform for practical growth. At the "Peking University Red Building Protection and Utilization and Academic Achievement Release Symposium" held on July 1, many monographs and papers such as the "Collection of Papers from the First Peking University Red Building and the Great Party Building Spirit Seminar" were released. This year's project has set up 6 new study topics such as "Research on Peking University Red Building and the Great Party Building Spirit", and a total of 22 study topics are being studied in depth.
Experience it yourself
Carrying forward the "four cultures" from a youth perspective
In Beijing, the heartbeat of this city is not only reflected in the grand buildings and bustling crowds, but also in the countless young volunteers. In every corner of this city, they silently contribute and add a touch of youth to the city with their actions.
During the May Day holiday this year, Chen Yao from Renmin University of China was helping citizens who came to read books at the Beijing City Library. Her tasks included maintaining order in the library and answering questions for readers. This is not an easy job, especially during the May Day holiday, when she needed to constantly answer questions from citizens who came to experience the "Forest Book Garden" in the sub-center. However, Chen Yao did not feel annoyed by this. On the contrary, she felt that this busyness made her feel the meaning of existence. She found that as a student majoring in English language and literature, this volunteer work not only exercised her communication skills, but also made her realize a sense of responsibility as a college student in the capital.
The number of organizing units of the 2024 "Beijing Colorful Culture Youth Blooming" action plan has increased significantly. Social science research institutions, patriotism education bases, various art troupes, publishing and distribution units, new era civilization practice centers in various districts, more than 100 cultural and museum venues, and dozens of cultural industry parks will provide college students with more diverse and higher-quality cultural resources. Young students in the capital are also experiencing and participating in it personally, writing new footnotes for the capital's "four cultures" from a youthful perspective.
In the "Volunteer Tour", young students participated in major events and daily volunteer services in the capital, showing the style of young students in the capital with their professional services and friendly smiles; in the "Ancient Capital Tour", young students walked through the fields to explore the secrets of Beijing and participated in the on-site excavation of many archaeological sites in the capital; in the "Literary Tour", young students walked into the China Film Museum, listened to the stories told by the famous filmmaker Jiang Ping in light and shadow, participated in the National Film Week of the Beijing International Film Festival, and forged a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation; in the "Park Tour", young students visited and investigated major cultural industry parks in Beijing, and offered suggestions for the development of the parks from a youth perspective; in the "Book Fragrance Tour", a cultural cycling team composed of young students shuttled through the modern and ancient Beijing city, and read the fragrance of books in the Chaoyang Book Market...
"Book Fragrance Tour" is a new action mechanism established in 2024. By organizing and guiding college students to participate in and experience intangible cultural heritage skills, visit physical bookstores, talk with cultural celebrities, participate in reading co-construction and copyright publicity innovation, it will enhance college students' cultural confidence and their sense of responsibility and mission in inheriting and innovating Chinese culture, promote the dissemination of China's excellent traditional culture, and assist in the construction of a national cultural center.
When the first rays of morning light shone on the streets of Chaoyang District, nearly 40 students from Tsinghua University and Beijing University of Science and Technology rode bicycles from the Jintai Xizhao Ancient Monument. This cultural cycling team will use their wheels and eyes to re-appreciate the profound history and culture of the thousand-year-old capital. When riding to the "Beijing Book Fair" in Chaoyang Park, the students listened to a special lecture on the skills of ancient book restoration. How to restore a damaged ancient book to its original state? What steps and skills are required for ancient book restoration? Following the teacher's explanation, the students seemed to travel back thousands of years with the ancient books.
This experience made Lu Hanxinyang, a student at the School of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Science and Technology Beijing, feel that culture is not only a static existence, but also a dynamic inheritance. As a science and engineering student, she used to pay more attention to technological innovation, but the experience of this book tour made her realize that the power of culture cannot be ignored. She began to think about how to combine her major with cultural heritage and contribute to the future of this city.
Working together
Contribute youthful strength to the cultural construction of the capital
"As the lights, sounds, costumes and props were put in place one after another, we seemed to have really become old neighbors of the Wotou Guild Hall. Under the spotlight, we spoke familiar lines and performed our tasks skillfully. We are no longer strangers who didn't know where to put our hands and could only look at the ground when we went on stage. It seemed as if two months had overlapped at this moment." On May 24, a drama rehearsed by the Li Tian Drama Club of Capital Normal University was staged at the People's Art Theater Small Theater. As the spotlight came on, Qiu Feiyang, one of the main creators of the play and a student at Capital Normal University, said.
Driven by the 2024 "Beijing Colorful Culture Youth Blooming" art tour mechanism, 11 universities in the capital and the Beijing People's Art Theater have formed a partnership through the "big and small groups hand in hand" form. Under the guidance of the professional team of the People's Art Theater, university student clubs brought 10 dramas created by university students, which were performed in turn at the Beijing International Theater Center·People's Art Theater Small Theater and the Beijing People's Art Theater Experimental Theater, bringing a wonderful "youth drama" to the audience.
Not only Beijing People's Art Theatre, but also nearly ten municipal professional performance groups, including Beijing Peking Opera House, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Northern Kunqu Opera House, and Beijing Opera and Dance Theater, have joined the "Art Tour", providing professional guidance to young students and giving college students the opportunity to step onto a broader stage, amplifying and seeing the voices of young people. The "'Beijing' Colorful Culture Youth Bloom" action plan builds a bridge between college students and the highest hall of drama, giving them the opportunity to tell the voice of youth to the times, feel the infinity of life through drama, and let drama and youth collide to create a more dazzling light.
During the "Literary and Art Tour", college students participated in film dubbing, inheriting the red gene and praising the feelings of family and country through the power of sound; they stepped onto the stage of the New Era Beautiful Youth Campus Song Conference, wrote and performed their own songs, and sang new era songs from the eyes of young people; in the "72 Hours to Search for the Beauty of the Grand Canal" event, they will use the method of field trips + creation to show the beautiful scenery and cultural heritage of the thousand-year-old canal.
During the "Volunteer Journey", college students appeared in every corner of the city. At the China International Fair for Trade in Services, they provided guidance and service for guests from various countries; at the three major buildings in the city's sub-center, they guided the visitors to enter in an orderly manner... Whether it was a major event or an ordinary day, they used their youth and actions to inject new vitality into the city, and at the same time, they felt the pulse and temperature of the city in these actions.
During the "Park Tour", college teachers and students were invited to visit major cultural industry parks in Beijing, becoming "park experience officers" to personally experience the vitality and charm of the capital's cultural development in the new era, and to offer suggestions for the high-quality development of cultural industry parks. The "Beijing Colorful Culture Youth Bloom" action plan has built a bridge between the capital's colleges and cultural industry parks. The parks have widely issued invitations to heroes by "unveiling the list and taking charge", and cultural industry experts and scholars from various universities have "unveiled the list" to respond, regularly conduct research and guidance and special services in the parks, help solve the pain points and difficult problems in the construction and development of the parks, and empower the development of the capital's cultural industry with the power of universities.
Journalist's Notes
The power of youth: the future of cities
As night falls, the pace of the city gradually slows down. For many young people, this city is not only a place where they live and study, but also a stage for their dreams and struggles.
The "Beijing Colorful Culture Youth Bloom" action plan is not only a cultural feast, but also a continuous social experiment. In this experiment, 100,000 students interact with the city in different ways, driving the cultural pulse of Beijing with the power of youth.
In the "Faith Tour", they thought about the Party's innovative theories through theoretical learning and practical check-ins; in the "Red Tour", they took a mobile patriotism education class; in the "Ancient Capital Tour", they helped protect and spread historical and cultural heritage in museums and archaeological excavations; in the "Literary Tour", they polished the "Watch Beijing for Dramas" cultural business card with their youthful appearance; in the "Volunteer Tour", they served the society with their actions and felt the warmth of the city; in the "Park Tour", they became "Park Experience Officers" to promote the development of Beijing's cultural industry; in the "Book Fragrance Tour", they found themselves in the cultural edification and clarified their responsibilities in copyright protection. Through these experiences, young students not only enriched their life experiences, but also invisibly shaped the future of the city of Beijing...
The thoughts, actions and dreams of these young people are like drops of water, gathering into a stream and finally merging into the torrent of this city. Beijing is alive because of them, and they find themselves because of Beijing. This resonance is the most sincere symphony between a city and a generation of young people.
Specific activities
1. Faith in Action: The capital's universities participate in the research and promotion of the party's innovative theories
1. "'Logic' praises youth" - a project to improve the theoretical societies of college students
2. "Face-to-face with vivid practice" - students from the capital's universities experience the capital's development project in the new era
2. Red Line: Capital universities participate in the research and dissemination of red culture
1. "Age of Awakening" Study Tour - Capital Universities Participate in Red Culture Study Project
2. "Memorial Hall Star" Cultivation Plan - Implementation Plan for Capital Universities to Participate in the Red Story Propaganda Project
3. “Youth Photographer Show” – a creative photo-taking project by college students in the capital to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of New China
4. "Mobile Patriotism Education Classroom" - Beijing Patriotism Education Base Exhibition on Campus Project
3. Ancient Capital Tour: Capital universities participate in cultural relics research and revitalization
1. "Knowing Cultural Relics with Wisdom and Passing on Cultural Context in the Heart" - Capital Universities Participate in the Museum City Construction Project
2. "Exploring the Secrets of Beijing through the Fields" - Capital Universities Participate in Field Archaeological Project
3. “We are all cultural inheritors” - students from universities in the capital participate in the “Central Axis Cultural Heritage Inheritance” project
4. “We are all cultural inheritors” - “Three Mountains and Five Gardens Experience Tour” project
5. “We are all cultural inheritors” - “Campus Network Expert” project
IV. Art Tour - Promote the integration and interaction between "Watching Beijing's Operas" and universities
1. "Drama Gathering for Excellent Works in Colleges and Universities" - Excellent Performances Enter Colleges and Universities
2. "Big and small groups hand in hand" - a joint project between municipal art troupes and art societies of universities in the capital
3. "Golden Hedgehog College Student Drama Season" and "Campus Original Cultural Performance" Project
4. “Radio and TV Show” – Students from Beijing’s universities participate in the planning and recording of radio and TV programs
5. "Appreciate the Beauty of Light and Shadow" - Film Museum Campus Tour Project
6. "Light and Shadow Build Dreams, Youth Shines in Beijing" - Capital Universities Participate in Beijing International Film Festival Project
V. Volunteer Action - Capital Universities Participate in Volunteer Service
1. "Youth and Volunteerism" - Capital Universities Participate in Volunteer Service Projects for Major Events
2. "Cultural Volunteer Youth Smile" - Capital University's Daily Participation in Volunteer Service Brand Project
VI. Park Tour - Capital universities participate in the high-quality development of cultural industry parks
1. Tutors and teaching assistants enter the campus
2. The most beautiful park experience tour
3. I offer a proposal for the park
VII. Book Fragrance Tour: Capital Universities Participate in the Construction of “Book Fragrance Beijing”
1. "Skillful Hands Change the Book's Color and Pass on the Cultural Tradition with Fingertips" - Students from Beijing Universities Participate in the Ancient Book Restoration Project
2. "The Most Beautiful Bookstore Trip" - Students from Beijing's universities participated in a cultural event in a physical bookstore
3. "Books nourish youth and reading reveals the future" - Capital Famous Teachers and Masters Campus Tour Project
4. "Reading and Going Far Together" - A Reading Co-construction Project for Students from Capital Universities
5. "Protecting youth innovation, copyright creates value" - students from universities in the capital participate in copyright promotion project
