Nanjing, a city of literature
Nanjing is rich in cultural resources, outstanding in literary achievements and rich in cultural celebrities, which has an irreplaceable position in the national literary world and is unique in Asian and even world literary circles.
Nanjing is the starting point for China literature to become independent and conscious, and the first "Literature Museum" in the history of China was established here. Nanjing is also the starting point of modern education in China. China's first monograph on poetry theory and criticism, the first monograph on literary theory and criticism "Wen Xin Diao Long", the first children's enlightenment book "Qian", and the earliest extant collection of poems and essays were all born in Nanjing.
Nanjing, 1800 years of continuous cultural context, is a bright pearl in the history of Chinese civilization. In history, literary masters have changed talents, and literary masterpieces have emerged one after another. According to the survey, there are more than 60 kinds of foreign literary works translated into Chinese in Nanjing. There are more than 10,000 literary works related to Nanjing in China. Chinese famous works such as A Dream of Red Mansions, Compendium of Materia Medica, Yongle Grand Ceremony and The Scholars are inseparable from Nanjing.
In modern times, literary giants such as Lu Xun, Ba Jin, Zhu Ziqing, Yu Pingbo, Zhang Henshui and Zhang Ailing are also inextricably linked with the hometown of Nanjing, where American writer Pearl Buck won Nobel Prize in Literature's masterpiece The Good Earth.
Nanjing, a city of creation.
The "Nanjing Writers Group" in China's literary world attracts people's attention. Since the founding of New China, a number of famous works have emerged in Nanjing, among which, Lu, Su Tong, Ye and Bi Feiyu are outstanding representatives. Many writers who have lived or lived in Nanjing, from poets and novelists to screenwriters, essayists and reportwriters, are full of talents and complete categories.
Over the years, Nanjing's literary works have won national awards, and the representative works of many writers have been translated into foreign languages, which has produced good international influence. Nanjing has a series of literary periodicals with wide influence in China, such as Zhongshan, Youth and Yuhua, which is the cradle and important town for cultivating contemporary China writers.
In order to encourage and promote literary creation, Nanjing has established a variety of awards such as Purple Mountain Literature Award, Jinling Literature Award and Nanjing Literature and Art Award, and has successively issued a number of policies, which not only effectively promoted the creation and production of fine masterpieces, but also effectively promoted the cultivation and introduction of cultural talents.
Nanjing, a city of communication.
Since the reform and opening up, relying on a long literary tradition, Nanjing has taken literary resources as the endogenous driving force for urban development, encouraged the development of cultural industry clusters, and built a complete cultural industrial chain from printing to publishing, from creation to creativity, and from real literature to virtual literature. By developing cultural industries, Chinese and foreign literature will spread faster, wider and deeper, carry forward Chinese civilization and learn from world civilization.
The economic scale of Phoenix Publishing Media Group ranks first in China's publishing industry for 8 consecutive years, and ranks sixth among the "Top 50 Publishing Industries in the World"; Yilin Publishing House is the most influential professional publishing house in the field of literary exchange between China and foreign countries, ranking first among similar publishing houses in China for seven consecutive years.
Nanjing has always been an important hub for literary exchanges between China and foreign countries, and a series of excellent foreign literary works have been translated into Chinese in Nanjing. At the same time, Nanjing is also the bridgehead for China's traditional literary masterpieces to enter the world stage. In the early 1960s, the former Deputy Secretary-General of Nanjing, Mrs. Yang Hefu, co-translated the whole novel A Dream of Red Mansions and the Scholars, which was widely praised at home and abroad. Among them, the translation of A Dream of Red Mansions is considered to be the best English version of the book.
In the printing industry and publishing design, Nanjing also has a large number of outstanding enterprises and famous artists. Nanjing Aide Printing Co., Ltd. prints a single Bible every year, and its products are exported to more than 60 countries and regions, winning the world printing award "Benny Award" for many times.
There are many literary designers in Nanjing, including outstanding works by book designers such as Su Taixi, Pan, etc. They have won many honorary titles such as "the most beautiful book in China" and "the most beautiful book in the world". Nanjing is at the forefront of the country in the fields of network literature originality, online reading and content distribution. There are several integrated platforms for online literature creation, reading, work processing and copyright development, including China. Jiangsu Network Literature Creative Industry Park, Jiangsu Network Literature Valley and other offline entity bases of network literature.
At present, the online literature website Sweet Potato Network under Nanjing Publishing Culture has a total user scale of more than 25 million, with more than 8 million daily visits, 65,438+million resident writers and 7,300 contracted writers. More than 2,000 works are serialized on the sweet potato website every month, generating nearly 10 million words of content every day. There are more than 1000 online writers who pay the manuscript fee every month, and the annual manuscript fee exceeds 1 100 million yuan.
Nanjing, a city for studying.
Nanjing has been a city advocating reading since ancient times. Citizens' cultural literacy is generally high, and they generally like literature reading. Reading has become a distinctive symbol and unique element to interpret Nanjing, feel the pulse of Nanjing and feel the spiritual temperament of Nanjing city culture.
Wu once commented in his masterpiece "The Scholars" that in the Six Dynasties, there were "maidservants and bartenders, all of whom had cigarettes and water". There are thousands of literary societies and associations active in Nanjing, including more than 450 reading clubs. Many colleges and universities have become important positions of literary professional activities, and novels, dramas, poems and essays play an important role in urban cultural life.
The National Reading Service Center of Nanjing University of Group Studies, founded by Professor Zhou Xiaohong, a Changjiang scholar of the Ministry of Education, and Lu Yuan, a young scholar of Nanjing University, is the only non-governmental organization whose purpose is to promote national reading. The total reading volume of 20 18 in Qunxue College is nearly 7 million, and its influence exceeds 98% of the official WeChat account. The college organized more than 200 reading activities, and nearly 300 first-class writers and artists at home and abroad boarded the forum of the group school.
Qunxue academy
Up to now, Nanjing has successfully held the 23rd Nanjing Reading Festival, the 33rd Qinhuai Lantern Festival and the 8th Jiangsu Book Fair, and also launched activities such as "readers" to safeguard the culture and reading rights of the disadvantaged groups.
In recent years, the municipal government issued the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Scholarly Nanjing", which included the national reading funds in the annual budget and the government's guidance catalogue for purchasing public cultural services. Every year, the funds used for reading by the whole people in the city exceed10 million yuan, and the district finance has also invested corresponding funds to build a number of city bookstores. Known as the "Nanjing Literature Living Room", pioneer bookstore has been rated as the "most beautiful bookstore" in the world by CNN and BBC for many times, and the 24-hour bookstore has become a hot new place for cultural consumption.
Nanjing pioneer bookstore
Nanjing has built more than 50 reading spaces/kloc-0 in city walls, parks, scenic spots, sports venues, shopping malls, hotels, subways, communities and villages. In government agencies, enterprises and institutions, banks, hotels, postal outlets and other places, 292 "book drifting cultural stations" were set up, and more than 40,000 books were put in for citizens to read for free.
What is Nanjing in the eyes of ancient and modern scholars?
they say ...
Li Bai, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, said: Jinling controls Haipu, while green water brings Jason Wu.
Liu Yuxi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, said: There are wild flowers beside the Suzaku Bridge, and the sunset at the entrance of Wuyi Lane is oblique.
Xie Tiao, a poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, walked with green water and raised his hand to raise his Zhu Lou.
Cultural scholar Yu: In other ancient capitals, history was concentrated in palaces, while in Nanjing, history was dissolved in nature.
Famous writer Ye: Outsiders who come to hang out in Nanjing will be passed down from generation to generation if they are not careful. Classics will enter the history of art, cooking, literature and news. One side of the soil and water support one side. Isn't the so-called land and water the capital of literature?
Korean scholar Hong Tingshan: Nanjing, a city with short visit, has the beauty of short visit and the interest of long stay. She can always give us the gifts we deserve according to the length of time.
Lu Min, a famous writer: No matter from the perspective of time or space, Nanjing has special potential as a literary capital. The atmosphere of the whole city has a literary tone, which can be slow, elegant, lonely and even vicissitudes. Nanjing people not only have an international and open vision, but also can settle down to study and have heartfelt respect for writers.
The "capital of literature" is not only the accumulation of cultural celebrities, the construction of cultural sites, or the mass production of literary works.
It represents a city's citizens' participation in literature and emphasizes that a city's rich literary heritage nourishes people's hearts, influences society and promotes the development of the city.
Nanjing is worth having! Nanjing, we are proud of you!