On the Relationship between Dragon Mother Belief and Xijiang Folk Culture?

Dragon Mother, the female leader of Baiyue nationality in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, was famous. According to legend, Dragon Mother did many good deeds for the people in Xijiang River Basin before her death, making contributions to the country, benefiting the people and the world. For thousands of years, people in the Xijiang River Basin have always believed in building temples to worship "water gods". In the Xijiang River Basin, there are more than 300 temples dedicated to the Dragon Mother. Dragon Mother Culture is the sum total of social and spiritual life forms based on the Dragon Mother Temple and the dragon mother totem worship as the driving force, and developed on the basis of the specific material production mode in Xijiang River Basin. Dragon Mother Culture is the core of Xijiang culture and one of the sources of loong culture. Its popularity and influence are no less than that of Mazu, the sea god. After thousands of years of historical and cultural precipitation, the powerful cultural power nurtured and produced by Dragon Mother Culture has been transformed into social productive forces, which has effectively promoted the social progress and economic development of Xijiang River Basin.

1. Dragon Mother Culture, with its profound historical and cultural background and rich cultural connotation, constantly activates the concept of "people-oriented", breeds and brings up generations of workers, and promotes the social progress of Xijiang River Basin.

Laborers created society. Looking back at the history of Xijiang River Basin, especially the social development history of Xijiang River Basin, we can see that it is the influence of Dragon Mother Culture that generations of workers in Xijiang River Basin inherit and carry forward the national spirit of Dragon Mother's self-improvement and kindness, create social wealth with wisdom and diligence, and promote social progress in Xijiang River Basin.

1. Dragon Mother Culture's totem worship of dragons promotes and cultivates the national spirit of unity, patriotism, love for home and self-improvement of Chinese people in Xijiang River Basin.

National spirit is the spiritual support for the survival and development of a nation. A nation, without inspiring spirit and noble character, cannot stand on its own feet among the nations of the world. Dragon mother culture is a typical embodiment of southern dragon culture, and the connotation of dragon mother culture is mainly dragon totem worship. The dragon mother's "mother instrument" is completely consistent with the great spirit of unity and self-improvement of the Chinese nation with patriotism as the core. The descendants of the Yellow Emperor in Xijiang River Basin, as descendants of the dragon, are influenced by the dragon mother culture, which makes this national spirit passed down from generation to generation. From the leader Wen of Baiyue, to Lin Zexu, and then to the opium eradication in Humen, Qing Dynasty, China people in the Xijiang (Pearl River) valley have made great feats in resisting foreign aggression and safeguarding national dignity. It is under the inspiration of this national spirit that the sons and daughters of all ethnic groups in the Xijiang River Basin have always maintained a high-spirited and uplifting state of mind, loving the motherland and hometown, uniting and striving for self-improvement, and making the Xijiang River Basin beautiful and rich.

2. The maternal characteristics of Dragon Mother Culture have promoted and cultivated the traditional virtues of "truth, goodness and beauty" of the Chinese nation and realized the harmony between people and society in Xijiang River Basin.

Dragon Mother is the maternal god in Xijiang River Basin. Besides dragon totem worship, its connotation is mainly maternal worship, which embodies the fundamental cultural consciousness advocated by the Chinese nation and is the root and essence of dragon mother culture. The dragon mother is the root advocated by the Chinese nation, the embodiment of beauty, the representative of goodness and the embodiment of strength. Influenced by the Dragon Mother's long-term cultural consciousness, the broad masses of people in Xijiang River Basin have inherited and carried forward the traditional morality of "truth, goodness and beauty" of the Chinese nation, set up a correct world outlook, outlook on life and values, be honest and trustworthy, abide by social ethics and professional ethics, abide by the basic code of conduct, help others and do more good deeds, and live and develop harmoniously in this vast land of Xijiang River Basin, realizing the harmony between people and society.

3. Dragon Mother Culture, with its unique art form loved by the masses, has educated and influenced generation after generation, providing spiritual motivation and intellectual support for the social development of Xijiang River Basin.

Dragon Mother Culture is a Lingnan culture with strong local color, which has the characteristics of various forms, easy to understand and strong flavor of life. Every "Dragon Mother's Birthday", various cultural activities held in various places are dazzling and colorful, attracting thousands of people. The book Dragon Mother Ancestral Temple in Yuecheng records that during the "Dragon Mother's Birthday", "the exact number of people who worship at each birthday cannot be estimated" and "from the pier outside the temple to every corner of the temple, people are crowded, especially on the eighth day of May. The temple is crowded with people, so people have to push it. "This shows the charm of dragon mother culture. Dragon Mother Culture educates people on ideals and beliefs, ideological and moral education, propagandizes scientific and cultural knowledge, improves people's ideological and moral quality and scientific and cultural level through entertaining, and provides strong spiritual motivation and intellectual support for the social development of Xijiang River Basin.

Second, Dragon Mother Culture has created the economic brand of Xijiang River Basin with its unique cultural effect and rich economic connotation, and promoted the economic development of Xijiang River Basin.

Dragon Mother Culture has formed its own cultural brand with strong competitiveness after more than two thousand years of historical precipitation. In thousands of years of social practice, the famous brand dragon mother culture in Xijiang River Basin has been consciously or unconsciously combined with economic activities, forming its own unique cultural effect and rich economic connotation, which is the historical necessity of cultural innovation and enhancing economic competitiveness with cultural power.

1. Dragon Mother Culture has greatly improved the cultural taste and social popularity of Xijiang River Basin, attracted a large number of domestic and foreign investors, and presented unlimited business opportunities in Xijiang River Basin.

Dragon Mother Culture is a wonderful flower in China's historical and cultural heritage. Dragon Mother Culture, a well-known cultural brand, makes Xijiang River Basin a famous investment hotspot at home and abroad. Wuzhou City in Xijiang River Basin formulated the strategy of "enhancing Wuzhou's historical and cultural taste and popularity with dragon mother culture" as early as the 1990s, and invested heavily in building a large number of cultural facilities such as "Dragon Mother Ancestral Hall" and "Cultural Center". Since 2000, Dragon Mother Culture and Art Festival has been held regularly, which greatly improved the cultural taste and popularity of the city and attracted a large number of merchants. In June 2000, Wuzhou held the first Dragon Mother Culture and Art Festival and Economic and Trade Fair. In just a few days, 33 investment projects have been signed with foreign investors, with a total investment of more than 80.5 million US dollars, which has achieved the development of culture, economy and trade.

2. Dragon Mother Culture has created a tourism brand in Xijiang River Basin, which is dominated by tourism and promotes economic development.

The rich connotation of Dragon Mother Culture, numerous historical and cultural sites and colorful folk cultural activities have deeply attracted many tourists from home and abroad, especially from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and promoted the development of local economy. For example, Deqing County, Guangdong Province, uses dragon mother culture to build a tourism brand and uses tourism to promote social and economic development. Projects such as "Dragon Tour" and "Three Points and One Line" special tourism in Deqing, the hometown of Dragon Mother, were launched. Only the Dragon Mother Ancestral Temple in Yuecheng receives more than 1 10,000 visitors every year. The development of tourism has promoted the development of the tertiary industry such as transportation and catering, and attracted a large number of investment projects. From 1993 to 2000, more than 50 foreign investment projects were added in Deqing, with a total investment of over 500 million yuan.

3. Dragon Mother Culture promotes investment attraction and economic and trade development in Xijiang River Basin by "building a stage with culture and singing opera with economy".

In today's world, economic competition can be said to be brand competition, and products without brands are not competitive. In a sense, brand economy is cultural economy. It is based on this consideration that many places in Xijiang River Basin rely on the brand of Dragon Mother Culture to carry out economic and trade activities by means of "setting the stage with culture and singing opera with economy". In June this year, Deqing County, the hometown of Dragon Mother, took advantage of the successful opening of the "Dragon Journey" and "Three Points and One Line" tourism projects in the hometown of Dragon Mother to hold large-scale cultural activities of Dragon Mother. With the help of the platform of Dragon Mother Culture, an investment fair was held, which attracted a large number of merchants to attend, and 29 investment projects were signed on the spot, with a total investment of 328 million yuan, including 3160,000 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. Dragon Mother Culture has been developed in Xijiang River Basin, Pearl River Basin and even Pan-Pearl River Delta, which has promoted the economic and cultural exchanges in Xijiang River Basin.

Dragon Mother Culture, as a valuable historical and cultural heritage, has exerted a far-reaching influence not only in Xijiang River Basin, but also in Pearl River Basin and Pan-Pearl River Delta, and has become a cultural resource enjoyed by these areas. It is precisely because of this resource sharing and geographical connection that the Xijiang River Basin and these areas develop together economically.

In the first half of this year, Wuzhou, Zhaoqing, Deqing, Hezhou and * * * reached an understanding to jointly build the Dragon Mother cultural tourism brand. Guangdong, Guangxi and Hezhou will take dragon mother culture as a link, fully tap the historical details of dragon mother culture, realize the enjoyment of resources, make dragon mother culture a well-known tourism brand in Guangdong and Guangxi, jointly develop the golden route of "Dragon Journey" and jointly hold dragon mother.

5. Dragon Mother Culture makes the cultural industry in Xijiang River basin bigger and stronger by building its own cultural brand, making it a highlight of local economic development.

Long-standing and profound dragon mother culture has gradually formed a cultural industry with its own characteristics in the process of building cultural brands. Relying on the brand of Dragon Mother Culture, the cultural industry in Xijiang River Basin is getting bigger and bigger, and it has become a new economic growth point of local economy and a "sunrise industry" with unlimited business opportunities. Deqing Yuecheng cultural industry, with the development of Long Mu ancestral temple as the main body, has become the main local economic growth point. Long Mu Ancestral Temple alone receives more than 6.5438+0 million tourists every year, calculated by per capita cultural consumption (tickets, books, souvenirs, photos, etc.) 1 100 million yuan. ) per person, excluding transportation, accommodation, meals and other expenses. It can be seen that the cultural industry built with dragon mother culture as the brand has broad prospects for development.

In short, the dragon mother culture has played a self-evident role in promoting the social and economic development of Xijiang River Basin, especially since the reform and opening up. So it can be said that the dragon mother culture is also a kind of productivity. When we attach great importance to and subjectively and actively use dragon mother culture as productive forces to build the cultural economy of Xijiang River Basin, it is the day when the social economy of Xijiang River Basin takes off.