The Qingming Festival has attracted many citizens and tourists to appreciate the beauty of Changsha, but there are also some uncivilized phenomena that have tarnished the city. Yesterday, reporters saw in the Clock Square of the Dezhiyuan Student Apartment of Hunan University that the iconic statue of Zhu (Xi) and Zhang (Shi) had been graffitied, and the eyebrows and lips were painted red.
Yesterday morning, students from the School of Foreign Languages ??and the School of Civil Engineering in the Dezhiyuan Student Apartment of Hunan University were surprised to find that the statue of Zhu Zhanghui they were familiar with was a bit strange. Taking a closer look, it turned out that someone had painted the statue with red paint. The face, fan and even the base were all stained with paint and could not be wiped off. Some students reported the situation to the property management unit and Hunan University Student Life Park Management Service Center, and the other party said they would immediately organize personnel cleaning.
When reporters arrived at the scene, staff were cleaning the damaged areas of the portrait of Zhu and Zhang Hui. But the effect is not very good, and red can still be seen vaguely. The staff said that it is still difficult to completely restore the statue's "innocence", but they will try their best. At 9 o'clock last night, Hunan University staff led student volunteers to use detergent and sandpaper to clean and polish the stained areas of the statue. The complete effect would not be visible until this morning.
The reporter learned that Yuelu Academy is the predecessor of Hunan University and one of the four major academies in ancient China. The historical "Zhu Zhang Hui Lecture" left a profound mark on the development of the academy. To commemorate this historic lecture, Hunan University designed the "Zhu Zhang Lecture" statue, which became one of the school's iconic statues.
Yesterday, when students in the Dezhiyuan Student Apartment of Hunan University walked out of the door, they found that the statue of Zhu Zhanghui that they were familiar with had been vandalized. It had been maliciously graffitied, and the eyebrows, beard, and lips had been painted. The red characters "Zhu Xi" and "Zhang Shi" were written on their foreheads with red pens. In this way, the statue looks extremely ferocious.
Hunan University has a great reputation not only because it belongs to the "985" and "211" university series, but also because it has a profound cultural heritage. Its predecessor was the world-famous Yuelu Academy, which founded different schools of thought. The first of "being able to speak". Zhu Xi and Zhang Shi once had a two-month-long academic competition here, arguing with each other and searching for true knowledge. This is the "Zhu Zhang Hui Lecture" that is known in academic history as having epoch-making significance. Therefore, in Hunan University, the "Zhu and Zhang Hui Lectures" series of statues are quite famous and have naturally become iconic statues.
Are some people unable to tolerate the "Zhu-Zhang Hui Lecture" which created a fierce collision between different academic schools and finally reached a unified academic exchange method? Or are they unable to understand the broad-mindedness of Huxiang culture that embraces all rivers? Are you dissatisfied with Huxiang Culture’s pioneering and innovative spirit of “dare to be the first”? I don't want to make malicious speculations. I would rather believe that this is just a "handicap" of individual tourists. Because, judging from the quality of this kind of people, they would not associate it with Hunan culture from "Zhu Zhang Hui Lecture". To be honest, their cognitive level has not reached this level, and they may not know what kind of person Zhu Zhang is at all. They are no different from all the tourists who like to inscribe "So-and-so was here".
This type of graffiti artist has produced a series of "masterpieces" in recent years. For example, the "Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage" sculpture by the moat of Xiangyang Park was completely painted over by Zhuge Liang; the statue of Fan Zhongyan in the Suzhou Railway Station Square, known as the "business card of Suzhou", was densely carved with various "calligraphy"; the Center of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts The statue of Lu Xun in the square was painted ugly. The reason why they enjoy doing this is just like naughty teenagers, peeing on the streets and making scratches on cars with razor blades.
When dealing with uneducated teenagers, of course we have to discipline and guide them, tell them the basics of right and wrong, good and evil, and hold their guardians accountable. So, when dealing with adults who graffiti at will, it may not be enough if we just teach them the basic principles of life and tell them that public facilities must not be damaged. Severe penalties must be imposed at the same time. If public facilities are damaged, the amount of compensation will be compensated.
Finally, we must help them establish a sense of awe and let them know that basic admiration is indispensable for those figures who have promoted the process of historical development.