A celebrity gift from Zong Shaoshan.
Symbol of Harmony-God of Great Joy
Author: Chang Xianglin
Keyword: | Symbol | XiShen |
I have known Shaoshan for several years. I remember meeting for the first time in 1999, in a very decent office building of the "three parties" in Jiangzhaikou, outside Andingmen, Beijing. At that time, the "China Culture and Art Network" coincided with the initial stage. Zong Shaoshan and I were both hired as the founders of the website, and what was the "director" in reputation was actually the actual operator who undertook some specific affairs. According to the model of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the website set up corresponding art categories, which was a big net and a small net at that time. On the battlefield, drama, music, movies, television, fine arts, calligraphy, dance, folk art, acrobatics and folk art are all-encompassing, which is spectacular. As the construction boom heats up, the minds of network leaders are also feverish, and religion, redology, literature, fashion, etc. have been added to the already complicated stalls, giving a panoramic view of the country and the world. Almost every day, there will be a meeting attended by the heads of various literary and art categories, which is as lively as holding a pocket-sized "literary generation meeting" every day. I was the deputy secretary-general of the Chinese Quyi Artists Association and the artistic director of Quyi.com, and my responsibilities were clear. Shaoshan, it's a big change. It's a full-court flying role. As the saying goes, it belongs to Mu Guiying. At that time, Zongshaoshan was always gentle and cheerful in receiving people and things, and his short stature was often willing to bear the pressure of public welfare activities of public or friends. Whenever he saw him, he was a smiling face of charity, and no matter where he was, he was always busy.
He can write and draw, and suddenly he can show his unique talent. He also has a pair of eyes to identify antiques and literary works. It is definitely not a joke in the Jianghu, but a national qualification that has passed strict examination. He is enthusiastic about the "idle things" of many friends. In the circle, he has a good popularity and credibility. In his eyes, the environment is bright and his friends are affectionate and righteous. He seems to never pay off his friends' debts, and he can't finish his buddy's feelings. Since serving as the director of the Wedding Committee of China Folk Writers and Artists Association, there has been another nickname "God of Joy".
XiShen, a folk god, is the title of the post in charge of festive affairs. This nickname was given to Shaoshan, and I thought it was a completely public opinion-oriented reward for Shaoshan's decades of moral cultivation and personality cultivation.
As we all know, there are countless kinds of gods and immortals in China. Although we have the imagination of "The Romance of Gods", we can walk on clouds, call for rain, move mountains and move seas, scatter beans to become soldiers, and there are also water escapes, earth escapes, hot wheels, fire-pointed guns, etc. This series of stories turns all kinds of immortals, such as the god of wealth, the god of wind and rain. Deify them by word of mouth. All immortals have the same characteristics of benefiting the people and protecting peace. People's worship of immortals is, in the final analysis, a demand for pursuing good fortune and avoiding harm, and an expression of the desire to pray for harmony and happiness. In the era of agricultural civilization, our ancestors created many immortals. In modern society, aren't there people who worship Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and other revolutionaries as immortals?
There are several sayings in expert research. One is "going to be happy", that is, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, men and women go to the streets together to find a place where roosters crow, hoping to meet XiShen in order to get well-being and happiness in the coming year; Another way of saying it is related to the origin of Four Joy Meetballs. "After a long drought, we meet an old friend in another country, and the wedding night is in to be no.1", especially when we get married, which is called "great joy". The wedding ceremony is a "small entrance exam", and it can't be done without XiShen's domination. According to the old custom, the new couple must face XiShen's position, so where is XiShen's position? Is to let Mr. Feng Shui have the opportunity to make money. They have formulated a set of theories, which have become the established rules. That is to say, XiShen keeps changing the location of the venue with different time periods. Only when the bride's favored son aims at this position can he be blessed by XiShen. No one has ever seen what XiShen looks like. In the old days, an "Tianguan" adult with the banner of "double happiness" appeared on the folk pictures.
The uncertainty of XiShen's image reflects the diversity of our wedding customs. In some places, the wedding ceremony environment likes to put up pictures of Hehe Erxian, which is considered as a symbol of "harmony and harmony". Hehe Erxian is Hanshan and Picked up, two monks in the Tang Dynasty. Because of their knowledge, morality and close personal relationship, they are admired by future generations, so they gradually become a symbol of unity, harmony and friendship.
After liberation, Mr. Hou Baolin, a cross talk master, was once called "XiShen of China". His cross talk brought happiness and laughter to thousands of families. His art became the ideal embodiment of cross talk, and his image was deeply loved by the people. Unfortunately, due to the limited environment at that time, the name of XiShen did not spread, which made its influence limited. In addition, crosstalk is an art form with irony as a means. In his laughter, it is ironic and sharp-edged, which is essentially different from the joy of real marriage. Therefore, Zong Shaoshan was exposed. Otherwise, how can I have this honor?
whether it's a gift, an endorsement or a self-styled, it's a very interesting thing to wear the crown of "God of Joy" on Shaoshan's head. Shaoshan's charming smile, naive and helpful spirit, coupled with the title of director of the wedding Committee, are also natural and logical to get this title of "God of Joy". I am as happy for him as many friends. Although wedding etiquette has a long history, it also needs to be integrated into the spirit of the times. This depends on the hard work and wisdom of "rejoicing God". On the chain of this festive cause, we should establish a wedding culture system, cultivate a professional team with literacy, innovate etiquette models, study the history and characteristics of weddings at home and abroad, and at the same time, we should also pay attention to the joy of family, nursing, reading, gathering, creation, recreation, food and sports, which are beneficial to building a harmonious socialist society.
I hope Shaoshan will cherish the title of "God of Great Joy" and cherish the purity and sacredness of "God of Great Joy". Because this title is not like a commodity, you can buy it with money, which is a kind of social moral recognition. It is a crystallization of sacrifice and dedication. Since we have stepped onto the high position of "God", we should live up to expectations, be not afraid of hardship and death, and serve the people wholeheartedly. Play an irreplaceable role in the wedding career that I originally loved.
When people mention "Happy God", they immediately have a kind of kindness and beauty, and their faces are full of joy. In that case, "God of Joy" will certainly be expected to become the image symbol of a harmonious society.
Welcome to "Happy God"-send a letter to Mr. Zong Shaoshan, director of the Wedding Committee of China Folk Writers Association
Author: Cui Zimo
Keyword: | XiShen | Folk Literature | Zong Shaoshan | Cui Zimo |
I have known Mr. Zong Shaoshan for ten years. At that time, he was participating in the establishment of a network of China culture and art. At an expert meeting, we met by chance. After that, there were some interactions, such as making a phone call from time to time, or occasionally meeting when there were activities in the art circle of calligraphy and painting.
In the circle of calligraphy and painting, Mr. Shaoshan is very influential. Apart from his versatility, he certainly has a lot to do with his good popularity. Art is character, and both morality and art can broaden the road to success.
Last year, we had frequent contacts. Apart from our business with the Printing Committee of China Folk Writers Association, we often went to the "Four Kingdoms Art Garden" in Guigongfu, Yimingtang, Yalong Bay and Jianwai SOHO in Qing Dynasty for tea, tea and elegant collection, and discussed all aspects of the contemporary art market with many celebrities in the art world. Mr. Shaoshan is enthusiastic, frank and loyal, and often calls for friends to build a platform for the interaction between friends. In his words, he is "integrating resources".
one day last year, Mr. Shaoshan invited me to have tea. After the meeting, Brother Shaoshan mentioned one thing, saying that he accepted a task of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles: to set up a wedding professional committee of the China Folk Writers Association of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, with him as the lead; Responsible for sorting out and excavating intangible cultural heritage, protecting the excellent traditional culture of ethnic people, especially promoting the development of wedding and happy event cultural industry. I said it was a good thing and I congratulated him. His round face was full of laughter, saying that his friends began to praise him as a "god of great joy", and he was willing to accept it and bring great joy and good luck to people. In some large-scale wedding activities, people warmly welcomed him as "overjoyed".
"If you are happy together, beginning of life will also be happy"-Wen Huaisha Weng, a master of Chinese studies, presented Zong Shaoshan with this eight-character book, which has far-reaching implications. God-given marriage, falling in love and getting married, is a big dream and happy event in one's life, and the wedding ceremony can not be hasty; Then, the bridal chamber was filled with flowers and candles, and the happiness of harmony became the beginning of the birth of new life and the reproduction of mankind. Throughout the ages, as a cultural heritage, wedding is deeply rooted in people's minds and of great significance.
history is advancing. Today, people's material life is becoming richer and richer, and wedding ceremonies are becoming more and more serious and grand, and they are constantly being endowed with new contents and forms. How to sort out and excavate the meaningful things in the tradition, carry forward and bring forth the new, and create the material civilization and spiritual civilization of the new wedding culture is of practical value for contributing to the main theme of a harmonious society.
The wedding economy, as a service industry, seems ordinary, but it involves huge capital flow, covering wedding services, advertising media, wedding photography, jewelry, hairdressing and beauty, flowers, bedding, household appliances, restaurants and restaurants, tobacco, alcohol and sugar, tourism and entertainment, gifts and other links. Therefore, how to guide consumption and realize the "marriage" between culture, art and industrial market is indeed a scientific development.
as a cultural industry project, the wedding ceremony is a big culture, a big topic, a big market and a big industry. At present, the wedding market in various places is in the ascendant, and wedding culture has become an important part of economic construction and cultural construction. Mr. Zong Shaoshan is determined to concentrate, adjust his thinking and do a good job in the wedding culture industry. In August, 26, the first national wedding artists summit forum was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, which actually promoted the wedding culture and art, made the development pace of industry management, industry norms, industry ethics and industry culture, and promoted the wedding host and wedding deacon to the concept and level of wedding artists. As one of the important contents of the protection of national folk culture, he is going to organize systematic research, show the wedding aesthetics with China characteristics, and write a "wedding history of China".
It is encouraging that the wedding culture industry in China is facing the new consumption concept period of "innovation economy", "experience economy", "service economy" and "attention economy", and has become a happy sunrise industry full of infinite business opportunities and bright prospects in China. It is a long way to go to lead China's wedding fashion, establish a civilized wedding consumption view and wedding values, and create a frugal, civilized, concise and healthy social atmosphere. Mr. Shaoshan will use practical actions to develop in a personalized, international, brand-oriented, fashionable, entertaining and large-scale way to create the designated products and artworks of China wedding industry and write a contemporary wedding cultural history of China.
It's easier said than done. The "God of Joy", who has always taken pains, will make a wish to help, and will surely show beautiful scenery before our eyes.