Marathon is an important way to enrich the humanistic spirit of the city, an important carrier to build a harmonious society, and a new driving force for economic and social development. The connotation of marathon spirit is to challenge yourself, go beyond the limit, persevere and never give up. This marathon spirit not only honed many participants, but also infected more audiences, penetrated into the whole city, shaped the city marathon spirit and added vitality to urban development. Xiamen has a long history of sports activities. Famous figures such as Ji Xinpeng, Guo Yuehua and Luan Jin gallop in the international sports arena and are known as the "cradle of world champions". The Xiamen International Marathon has been held for three times, which further enriches the connotation of Xiamen's urban spirit and highlights the spirit of being a pioneer and striving for a first-class city.
It took Xiamen only 27 days to get the information of bidding for the World Congress of the International Marathon and Road Running Association, which is considered as a miracle. Xiamen International Marathon has been highly valued by the Xiamen Municipal Government. After several years' operation, Xiamen Marathon has experienced new content and excitement in each session, from "the merger of the first international competition and the national championship" to the later "one competition and two sessions". Now it has become a famous race brand in China, forming a trend of "one south and one north, alternating spring and autumn" with the Beijing Marathon founded by 198 1. Xiamen International Marathon, with its unique cohesion, makes people of different races, different colors, different religious beliefs and different social views join hands at the same time, which is full of passion. Time and again, on the beautiful track around Xiamen Island Road, a beautiful picture of mutual help, harmonious development, harmonious health and harmonious society was staged. Marathon has become a city card of Xiamen, which not only makes participants from all over the world feel the warmth and beauty of Ludao, but also constantly shows the unique customs and customs of Ludao and the spiritual outlook of Xiamen people to the whole country and the world.
The poetic, romantic and warm spirit is also unique to Xiamen. This spiritual trait is endowed by the famous Philharmonic Orchestra. Since the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra held its first concert in Gulangyu on September 9 1998, the city of Xiamen has added a philharmonic spirit. Zheng Xiaoying, artistic director and chief conductor of Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, pointed out, "Culture is priceless, money is not always the measure of art, and the achievements of spiritual civilization cannot be measured by materials. Therefore, to engage in culture in a commercialized society, we must also have a little dedication. " This is Zheng Xiaoying's explanation of "Philharmonic Spirit".
For a long time, Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra has made great contributions to building Xiamen into an "art city" despite its difficulties. Through the artistic journey of the Philharmonic Orchestra, it not only trained the team and popularized elegant art, but also publicized the achievements of Xiamen's three civilizations construction with vivid facts, enhanced the city image and cultural taste, expanded Xiamen's popularity, made the Philharmonic Orchestra a business card of Xiamen, and made the Philharmonic Spirit a unique condensation of Xiamen's urban spirit. The Philharmonic Orchestra has gradually become the spiritual mantle of Xiamen people, the poetic expression of Xiamen's urban soul, and the sublimation and embodiment of Xiamen's romance, warmth and poetry.
Philharmonic Orchestra brought Xiamen, a bright pearl on the southeast coast of the motherland, into people's field of vision and showed the world the warm side of Xiamen. Here, tradition and modernity are eclectic, and economy and environment develop harmoniously. The beautiful natural environment and warm human environment have made Xiamen a "most livable city". New Weekly even listed Xiamen as "the warmest city in China" and inadvertently became synonymous with Xiamen. "Philharmonic Orchestra" sublimated the romantic temperament of Xiamen. This kind of romance lies not in elegance, nor in deliberate, but in inner comfort. Wandering in Xiamen, the romantic feeling of walking under the trees sometimes takes only a moment to understand. Fresh, natural and romantic are the unique feelings of Xiamen.
Xiamen Spiritual Prose _ Chapter 2:
The spirit of moving mountains and filling the sea in Xiamen seawall was born in the 1950s. The brave and industrious Xiamen people, with the support of our compatriots in the whole country and the whole province, fought in the mountains and seas and crossed the strait to be alert to the Kuomintang's naval and air artillery attacks. From scratch, they built a long seawall between Jimei and Gao Qi with their hands and will, connecting Xiamen Island with the mainland. In the process of building seawalls, the builders of Xiamen seawalls showed the spirit of hard struggle, building the country diligently, being fearless of difficulties and obstacles, selfless dedication, and the heroic spirit of moving mountains and filling the sea, which was known as the "seawall spirit" at that time.
Xiamen seawall is a great feat of repairing seawalls across the sea in the history of the Chinese nation, a monument in the history of Xiamen's construction, and a magnificent triumph for Xiamen people to move mountains and fill the sea, transform nature and benefit future generations. At that time, more than 10,000 builders were able to overcome difficulties and obstacles and accomplish this almost "impossible" task, relying on a high degree of patriotic enthusiasm and enthusiasm for building the motherland, and relying on the fighting spirit of not being afraid of hardship, fatigue and bloodshed. It is this fighting spirit of seawall that forged a high-quality cadre team and industrial workers' army in party member, laying a foundation for Xiamen's industrial development and party building.
Xiamen seawall is an eternal monument, which is not only the pride of all seawall people, but also the pride of every Xiamen people and even Minnan people. At the same time, it also left a precious "seawall spirit" to Xiamen, which deserves to be cherished forever and passed down from generation to generation. To carry forward the spirit of seawall, we must be fearless, tenacious and determined not to relax, just like seawall builders; We should, like fishermen in the sea, be determined to reform, be brave in innovation and be the first, and strive to continue to be at the forefront in reform, opening up and institutional innovation; We should work as hard as seawall builders, talk less empty words, and strive for practical results. Anyway,
The seawall spirit is a valuable and huge spiritual wealth, which inspires generations of Xiamen children to work hard to build a new Xiamen.
Xiamen Spiritual Prose _ Chapter III:
Urban spirit is a specific spiritual pillar of a city. Its content is the idea and creed extracted from the spiritual life of the city, the high generalization of the philosophy of urban development, and the true portrayal of the folk customs and civic spirit condensed by the historical situation and tradition of the city. For example, the spirit of "getting rich through hard work" in Shenyang and the spirit of "pioneering cattle" in Shenzhen all reflect the spiritual images of these specific cities.
Jiageng spirit is the most representative of Xiamen city spirit. The basic connotation of Jiageng spirit is rich and varied. To sum up, it refers to a series of noble qualities and noble spirits formed in Mr. Chen Jiageng's life. In the new historical period, the spirit of Jiageng has become the lofty spirit and noble quality of Chen Jiageng, a representative of Xiamen overseas Chinese, who loves his country and hometown, is willing to contribute, saves the country through industry, and is enthusiastic about public welfare undertakings and benefits the mulberry. As Liao Chengzhi, former director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council and vice chairman of the Fifth National People's Congress, emphasized, "Overseas Chinese have passed down from generation to generation, and there are many fine traditions, such as the fine tradition of patriotism and love for their hometown, the fine tradition of unity and mutual assistance and hard work, the fine tradition of being enthusiastic about culture, education and social welfare undertakings, and the fine tradition of being hardworking, brave and unpretentious." These fine traditions embodied by overseas Chinese are in the same strain as the "Jiageng spirit" in Xiamen.
Patriotism is the essential feature of Jia Geng spirit. In his early years, Chen Jiageng took saving the nation to survive as his own duty, determined to save the country through industry, educate and rejuvenate the country, and actively supported the democratic revolution led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen. War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China and Chen Jiageng joined forces with overseas Chinese to shout for support for the motherland's war of resistance and the implementation of a lasting all-round war of resistance. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Jiageng unequivocally supported the People's Liberation War led by the Producers' Party, and was invited to return to China to attend the 1949 preparatory meeting for the new CPPCC. From then on, he treated each other with sincerity, shared weal and woe, and became an active builder of the new China. His patriotism was enriched, sublimated and dazzling. Like Mr. Jia Geng, overseas Chinese in Xiamen who always believe that "only when the motherland is strong will they not be discriminated against and abused abroad" are eagerly looking forward to the prosperity of the motherland. Therefore, although the overseas Chinese groups represented by Chen Jiageng are overseas, their childlike innocence has always been closely linked with the fate of the motherland. In China's century-long history, they have served the motherland with practical actions and always exuded a strong patriotism and lofty national integrity. Overseas Chinese in Xiamen are also enthusiastic about investing in the economic construction of their hometown, trying to enrich the country and strengthen the people by setting up industries. From the early commercial trade in my hometown, to the investment in railway, highway and shipping construction, and then to Xiamen as the window of reform and opening up, the wave of investment from overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao swept through Xiamen, bringing advanced technology, equipment and management experience to Xiamen, prompting Xiamen enterprises to speed up technological transformation and learn advanced management methods, bringing new development opportunities to all undertakings in Xiamen, accelerating Xiamen's economic development and urban prosperity, and improving the living standards of Xiamen people.
Today, although Mr. Jia Geng has long passed away, his patriotic spirit and noble qualities of loyalty to the country and dedication to his post are still shining in the new era, inspiring everyone's patriotic enthusiasm. It is more like a banner, leading overseas Chinese delegations from generation to generation in Xiamen, and constantly marching along the "road" of patriotic rejuvenation of ancestors.