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Why do people commemorate Qu Yuan?

Why should we commemorate Qu Yuan today and hold Qu Yuan and Dragon Boat Festival with great fanfare? What can Qu Yuan bring us today? To this end, the reporter interviewed a number of experts and scholars who studied Qu Yuan.

Qu Yuan's spiritual legacy shines with the sun and the moon.

Cai Jingquan, a professor at Huazhong Normal University, believes that Qu Yuan is not only the first great poet in China, but also the first great patriotic poet in China. He was also a great historical figure who had a great influence on the history of China, and was recognized as the father of China's poetry, the soul of China's poetry, the soul of China and the soul of the nation. Judging from the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, it was not designed for Qu Yuan, but since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Qu Yuan has gradually become the protagonist of the Dragon Boat Festival sacrifice activities in China. He said with emotion, "Dragon Boat Festival, New Year's Day (renamed Spring Festival after liberation) and Mid-Autumn Festival are three traditional festivals in China. A major traditional festival of a country and a nation has actually become a festival to commemorate a poet. This cultural phenomenon is also extremely rare in world history! "

From 65438 to 0953, Qu Yuan, together with Copernicus and other cultural giants, was named one of the four cultural celebrities in the world by the World Peace Council. After more than 2,000 years of dedication along the Miluo River, this great poet and historical man, who was commemorated by China people for generations, led China culture to the world. Liang Qichao once said that if he was born in China, he would be a native of China if he could not read and understand Chu Ci. Cai Jingquan said that for thousands of years, Qu Yuan culture and Qu Yuan spirit have nourished generations of Chinese sons and daughters and groups of national elites and cultural elites, and created brilliant history and culture. As a huge and precious cultural heritage of our nation, today, we still commemorate this great man in such a traditional and grand way, so that we and our descendants can inherit and carry forward Qu Yuan culture and Qu Yuan spirit forever and create a more splendid culture and history.

Contemporary Significance of Qu Yuan's Personality Paradigm

Professor Meng from the College of Literature of Yangtze University believes that Qu Yuan's personality spirit is an ideal paradigm strongly advocated by the Chinese nation for thousands of years, which is mainly manifested in three aspects: political rationality, moral spirit and poetic wisdom. He is a great man in the cultural history of the Chinese nation, born from the soil of Chu culture, and his spirit has been integrated into our nation's psychological quality, aesthetic consciousness, ethical concepts and other aspects, which has important enlightenment significance for future generations.

Li Zhonghua, a professor at Wuhan University, said: "Today, we solemnly commemorate Qu Yuan, not for nostalgia, but to re-recognize and explore the enlightening things in Qu Yuan's culture and spirit from the perspective of contemporary people." He believes that more than two thousand years ago, Qu Yuan's political thoughts and lofty political ambitions still deserve our attention and inheritance. For example, his concern and concern for the people, whether as a member of the ruling class or in exile, always pays attention to the people's living conditions and sympathizes with the people's suffering again; And his legal thoughts. In his political opinions, he urgently hopes that the country can move forward according to the rule of law. For another example, he advocated selecting meritocracy, opposed cronyism, and proposed that there is no limit to meritocracy regardless of people's status. These political thoughts constitute the core of Qu Yuan's humanistic rationality and the embodiment of his American political ideal.

"The road is long, Xiu Yuan, Xiu Yuan, and I will go up and down." . Li Zhonghua emphasized: "Qu Yuan's political thoughts and ambitions are not rigid dogmas, but his tenacious spirit of seeking, which shows that he is trying to explore the social form of human existence, the ideal mode of human spiritual habitation, and the American political goals in his mind and the ways to achieve them. Although he failed, his spirit will never be erased, which has positive practical significance for today's political civilization construction and social construction. "

The Eternal Charm of Patriotism Banner

"One of the important reasons why we commemorate Qu Yuan today is to carry forward his patriotic spirit. Patriotism is the deepest affection for the motherland and people formed for thousands of years, and it is the deepest foundation of Chinese national culture. Qu Yuan is a great banner of Chinese patriotism. " He, a researcher at Hubei Academy of Social Sciences, said: "In the evaluation of Qu Yuan's thoughts and feelings,' patriotism' is a word frequently used by modern and contemporary people. In the early 1980 s, some people put forward different views on Qu Yuan's patriotism, which aroused enthusiastic response, but was finally affirmed. "

In his view, although the "Chu State" that Qu Yuan loved at that time was not a concept with China now, or Qu Yuan was just a "patriotic complex" at that time, from the perspective of historical development, his unswerving patriotic feelings are still the cultural prototype and spiritual model of the Chinese nation's patriotic tradition for thousands of years. Qu Yuan's patriotism and concern for the country and people are not limited to general beliefs and words, but are combined with his dedication to "die without regret". His works and his life constitute the traditional patriotism of China, which is the root and cornerstone of our nation. Today's China needs not only a large number of outstanding talents, but also people with lofty patriotic feelings in Qian Qian. 2 1 century today, we still have to hold high the banner of patriotism, cultivate the patriotic feelings and hearts of the whole people, and realize the rise and take-off of the Chinese nation at an early date.

The whole society should carry forward the spirit of seeking.

"Under the background that many people only pay attention to immediate interests and are impetuous, it is necessary for us to explore and advocate Qu Yuan's personality spirit and original spirit through commemorative activities." Gu Jiuxing, a professor at Huazhong Normal University, and what an expert think: "I can't change my mind and be vulgar, but I will die of poverty." Qu Yuan's personality spirit of sticking to the truth and not being afraid of difficulties is not only worthy of imitation and learning, but also worthy of publicity and inheritance. Qu Yuan is the pioneer of the era of individual independent creation in the history of China literature. His "Songs of the South" created a new cultural tradition of poetry and made literature truly show the writer's spiritual world. The influence of this original spirit on later generations, whether from the perspective of literature or on literati, is epoch-making