How to understand the role of rural sages in rural construction

Xiangxian culture is an integral part of Chinese excellent traditional culture, and Xiangxian culture is a local culture rooted in China's hometown.

In the long historical process of China, some squires who have contributed to rural social construction, customs education and rural public affairs are all called "rural sages", thus forming a rural sage culture. [ 1]

In the Tang Dynasty, Shi Tong Miscellaneous Notes recorded that "county books praised their rural sages and beautiful people". In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zeng (16), the son of Zhu Yuanzhang, wrote Annals of Ningxia and listed "sages in his hometown", and began to build temples of sages in his hometown. Anyone who enters the Xiangxian Temple should not only "benefit politics" but also reflect the will of the local people; In the Qing dynasty, not only the temple of rural sages was built, but also the rural sages were recorded in local chronicles. [2] "Xiang Xian" is a virtuous, talented and prestigious saint who is deeply respected by the local people in China. [3]

Rebuilding traditional rural culture needs a group of dedicated rural sages. Elite people who go out from the countryside, or those who go to study or do business and return to their hometown, participate in the construction and governance of new countryside with their own experience, knowledge, expertise, skills, wealth and cultural accomplishment. Their cultural and moral strength can educate the villagers, feed back the mulberry, cover the countryside and warm their homes, which is of great benefit to rallying people's hearts, promoting harmony and reconstructing rural traditional culture. [4]

Xiangxian culture is a cultural bond that unites Chinese people at home and abroad. Xiangxian culture is a symbol of a region's spiritual culture, a spiritual bond that connects homes and maintains nostalgia, and a spiritual driving force to explore cultural blood and publicize inherent cultural traditions. [