Describe the relationship between Dragon Mother belief and Xijiang folk culture?
Long Mu was the female leader of the Baiyue tribe during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Her surname was Wen and her given name was Fengjiao. It is said that Dragon Mother did a lot of good things for the people in the Xijiang River Basin during her lifetime, which made her great contributions to the country, her virtues to the people and benefited the world. For thousands of years, people in the Xijiang Basin have believed in it as the "Water God" and built temples to worship it. In the Xijiang River Basin, there are more than 300 temples dedicated to the Dragon Mother. Dragon Mother culture is the sum of social and spiritual life forms that occur and develop based on the specific material production methods and foundations of the Xijiang River Basin, relying on Dragon Mother temples and motivated by the totem worship of Dragon Mother. Dragon mother culture is the core of Xijiang culture and one of the sources of Chinese dragon culture. Its spread and influence are no less than those of Mazu, the goddess of the sea. The powerful cultural force nurtured and generated by the Dragon Mother culture formed through thousands of years of historical and cultural accumulation has been transformed into social productive forces, effectively promoting the social progress and economic development of the Xijiang River Basin.
1. With its profound historical and cultural heritage and rich cultural connotation, Dragon Mother Culture continuously activates the concept of "people-oriented", nurtures and cultivates generations of workers, and promotes the social development of the Xijiang River Basin. progress.
Workers create society. Looking back at the history of the Xijiang Basin, especially the social development history of the Xijiang Basin, we can see that it is the influence and subtle influence of the Dragon Mother culture that generations of workers in the Xijiang Basin have inherited and carried forward the Dragon Mother’s self-improvement and virtue. The national spirit of Zaiwu, using wisdom and diligence, has created social wealth in the Xijiang Basin and promoted social progress in the Xijiang Basin.
1. The Dragon Mother culture’s totem worship of dragons promotes and cultivates the national spirit of unity, patriotism, love for family, and constant self-improvement among the people of Yan and Huang in the Xijiang River Basin.
The national spirit is the spiritual support on which a nation depends for its survival and development. A nation without an inspiring spirit and noble character cannot stand on its own among the nations of the world. Dragon Mother culture is a typical embodiment of dragon culture in southern China. The main connotation of Dragon Mother culture is the worship of dragon totem. The Dragon Mother's "Mother's Moral Dragon Virtue" is completely consistent with the great spirit of the Chinese nation of unity, unity and self-improvement with patriotism as its core. As the descendants of the dragon, the people of Yan and Huang in the Xijiang River Basin are influenced by the dragon mother's culture, allowing this national spirit to be passed down from generation to generation. From Wen Fengjiao, the leader of the Baiyue ethnic group, to Lin Zexu in the Qing Dynasty, who destroyed opium in Humen, the people of Yan and Huang in the Xijiang (Pearl River) Basin have performed countless feats in resisting foreign aggression and safeguarding national dignity. It is under the inspiration of this national spirit that the children of all ethnic groups in the Xijiang River Basin have always maintained a high-spirited mental state. They love their motherland, love their hometown, unite and strive for self-improvement, and build the Xijiang River Basin into a beautiful and rich place.
2. The fundamental maternal characteristics of Dragon Mother culture carry forward and cultivate the traditional virtues of "truth, goodness and beauty" of the Chinese nation, and realize the harmonious coexistence of people and society in the Xijiang River Basin.
The Dragon Mother is the maternal god in the Xijiang River Basin. In addition to the worship of the dragon totem, its connotation is mainly the worship of motherhood, which embodies the fundamental cultural consciousness advocated by the Chinese nation. This is the core of the Dragon Mother culture. The root and essence are there. The Mother of Dragons is the root that the Chinese nation admires. The Mother of Dragons is the incarnation of beauty, the representative of goodness, and the embodiment of strength. Influenced by the long-term cultural awareness of Dragon Mother, the people in the Xijiang River Basin have inherited and carried forward the traditional morality of the Chinese nation of "truth, goodness and beauty", established a correct world view, outlook on life and values, be honest and trustworthy, and abide by social ethics and professional ethics. Abide by the basic code of conduct, help others, do more good deeds, and live in harmony and unity in the vast land of the Xijiang River Basin, achieving a harmonious and harmonious coexistence between people and society.
3. With its unique art form that is loved by the masses, Dragon Mother Culture educates and entertains, subtly educating and influencing generations of people, providing spiritual motivation and intellectual support for the social development of the Xijiang River Basin.
Longmu culture is a Lingnan culture with strong local color. It has various forms, is easy to understand, and has a strong sense of life. Every "Dragon Mother's Birthday", various cultural activities held in various places are even more dazzling and colorful, attracting thousands of people.
The book "Yuecheng Longmu Ancestral Temple" records that during the "Dragon Mother's Birthday", "the exact number of birthday groups and worshipers every year cannot be estimated", "from the pier outside the temple to every corner of the temple, they are all crowded. The crowds, especially on the eighth day of May, are so huge that they are so crowded inside and outside the temple that one has no choice but to let the flow of people push them." This shows the allure of Dragon Mother culture. Through entertaining and entertaining, Dragon Mother Culture provides people with ideals and beliefs, ideological and moral education, publicizes scientific and cultural knowledge, improves the ideological and moral quality and scientific and cultural level of the people, and provides a strong spiritual power and spiritual power for the social development of the Xijiang River Basin. Intellectual support.
2. The Dragon Mother culture has created the economic brand of the Xijiang River Basin with its unique cultural effect and rich economic connotation, and promoted the economic development of the Xijiang River Basin.
After more than 2,000 years of historical accumulation, Dragon Mother Culture has formed a cultural brand with its own characteristics and is highly competitive. In thousands of years of social practice, Longmu culture, a brand that has spread throughout the Xijiang River Basin, has been consciously and unconsciously combined with economic activities, thus forming its own unique cultural effect and rich economic connotation. This is cultural It is a historical necessity to innovate economic competitiveness and enhance economic competitiveness through cultural power.
1. Dragon Mother Culture has greatly improved the cultural taste and social popularity of the Xijiang River Basin, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign investors, presenting unlimited business opportunities in the Xijiang River Basin.
Dragon Mother culture is a wonderful flower of the Chinese nation’s historical and cultural heritage. The well-known cultural brand of Longmu Culture has made the Xijiang Basin a famous investment hotspot at home and abroad. As early as the 1990s, Wuzhou City in the Xijiang River Basin formulated the strategy of "improving Wuzhou's historical and cultural taste and popularity with Dragon Mother Culture" and invested heavily in building a large number of cultural facilities such as the "Long Mother Ancestral Temple" and "Cultural Center" , the "Longmu Culture and Art Festival" has been held regularly since 2000, which has greatly improved the city's cultural taste and popularity, attracting a large number of merchants. In June 2000, Wuzhou City's first Longmu Culture and Art Festival and Economic and Trade Fair was held. In just a few days, 33 investment projects were signed with foreign businessmen, with a total investment of more than 80.5 million US dollars, realizing the simultaneous advancement of culture, economy and trade.
2. Dragon Mother Culture has created a tourism brand in the Xijiang River Basin, taking tourism as the leader and driving economic development.
The rich connotations of Dragon Mother culture, numerous historical and cultural monuments and a dazzling array of colorful folk cultural activities have deeply attracted many tourists at home and abroad, especially from Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Sightseeing and tourism drive the development of local economy. For example, Deqing County in Guangdong Province has built a tourism brand with Dragon Mother culture and promoted social and economic development through tourism. It has launched "Dragon Journey" and "Three Points and One Line" special tourism projects in Deqing, the hometown of Dragon Mother. Only Yuecheng Dragon The Mother Ancestral Temple receives more than 1 million tourists every year. The development of tourism has promoted the development of tertiary industries such as transportation and catering, and attracted a large number of investment projects. From 1993 to 2000, Deqing has accumulated more than 150 new foreign investment projects, with a total investment of more than 500 million yuan.
3. Dragon Mother Culture promotes investment attraction and economic and trade development in the Xijiang River Basin through "cultural stage and economic opera".
In today's world, economic competition can be said to be brand competition. Products without brands are uncompetitive. In a sense, brand economy is cultural economy. It is precisely based on this consideration that many places in the Xijiang River Basin rely on the brand of Longmu Culture to carry out economic and trade activities through "cultural stage and economic opera". In June this year, Deqing County, the hometown of Dragon Mother, took advantage of the successful launch of the "Dragon Journey" and the "three points and one line" special tourism project in Dragon Mother's hometown to hold large-scale Dragon Mother cultural activities. An investment negotiation meeting was held on the platform, attracting a large number of merchants to participate. 29 investment projects were signed on the spot, with a total investment of 328 million yuan, including 316 million yuan of foreign investment. In addition, 20 investment project contracts were signed before the meeting, with a total investment of 99.66 million yuan.
4. The Dragon Mother Culture carries out joint development in the Xijiang River Basin, the Pearl River Basin and even the Pan-Pearl River Delta, promoting economic and cultural exchanges in the Xijiang River Basin.
As a precious historical and cultural heritage, Dragon Mother culture has had a profound impact not only in the Xijiang River Basin, but also in the Pearl River Basin and the Pan-Pearl River Delta, becoming the most shared cultural resource in these areas. It is precisely because of this relationship of resource sharing and geographical connection that the Xijiang River Basin and these areas carry out joint economic development.
In the first half of this year, Wuzhou City and Zhaoqing, Deqing and Hezhou reached a consensus to jointly create the Dragon Mother cultural tourism brand. Guangdong, Guangxi and Guangxi will use the Dragon Mother culture as a link to fully explore The historical heritage of Dragon Mother Culture, to realize the full sharing of resources, jointly build Dragon Mother Culture into a well-known tourism brand in Guangdong and Guangxi, jointly develop the "Dragon Journey" tourism golden route, jointly organize Dragon Mother Culture and other various folk festivals, thereby promoting the development of culture, tourism and economy.
5. By building its own cultural brand, Longmu Culture will expand and strengthen the cultural industry in the Xijiang Basin, making it a highlight in driving local economic development.
Longmu culture has a long history, is extensive and profound, and in the process of building a cultural brand, it has gradually formed a cultural industry with its own characteristics. It is precisely relying on the brand of Longmu Culture that the cultural industry in the Xijiang River Basin has grown bigger and bigger. It has become a new economic growth point for the local economy and a "sunrise industry" with unlimited business opportunities. Deqing Yuecheng's cultural industry, which focuses on the development of the Dragon Mother Ancestral Temple, has become a major local economic growth point. The Longmu Ancestral Temple alone receives more than 1 million tourists every year. Based on the average cultural consumption of 100 yuan per person (tickets, buying books and souvenirs, photography, etc.), it is 100 million, not including transportation, accommodation, food and other other consumption. It can be seen from this that the development prospects of the cultural industry built with the Dragon Mother Culture brand are very broad.
In short, looking at the history of social and economic development in the Xijiang Basin, especially the development history since the reform and opening up, it is self-evident that the Dragon Mother culture has promoted the social and economic development of the Xijiang Basin. Therefore, it can be said that Dragon Mother culture is also a kind of productive force. When we attach great importance to and actively apply the productivity of Dragon Mother Culture to build the cultural economy of the Xijiang River Basin, it will be the day when the society and economy of the Xijiang River Basin take off.