Taking the promotion of Chinese culture as one's own duty - remembering a Spring Festival tea party held by senior citizens

Taking promoting Chinese culture as one's own duty - remembering a Spring Festival tea party held by senior elites. To say that the Senior Citizens' Club is a place where dragons and crouching tigers are hidden, you would disagree, thinking: Even when you are young...

To say that the Senior Citizens' Club is a place where dragons and tigers are hiding, you would disagree. You may disagree and think to yourself: Even if you were lively and vigorous when you were young, now you are in your seventies or eighty, even if it is "the sunset is infinitely beautiful", it is still "just near dusk"! Yes, age is not forgiving: aging, gray hair, wrinkles: this is a natural law that no one can change; but there you can see everywhere: singing, dancing, learning English and computers. With their determination to "live and learn", they continue their wonderful life and spend their old age happily.

On February 2, a Spring Festival tea party with the theme of "Promoting Chinese Culture" was held in the small classroom of the Senior Citizen Center. Eleven senior citizens with specializations in their studies gave splendid speeches. The content involves calligraphy, martial arts, architecture, aesthetics, traditional ethics and medical health care, etc. We reviewed the precious spiritual heritage and traditional virtues that our motherland with a history of five thousand years of civilization has left us in various fields. Inspired our national self-confidence.

The first speaker was Mr. Cui Zengqi, Vice Chairman of the Overseas Chinese Federation. He was originally the chief engineer of the China Coal Industry Infrastructure Department. In July last year, I was invited to Seattle and was cordially received by President Xi Jinping. His speech revealed his feelings for the motherland after eighteen years of living in the United States. Deeply touching. Mr. Yuan Qiming, who has practiced Tai Chi for 56 years, gave us a lecture on "Thoughts from the Tai Chi Fever in the World" based on his many years of practice and speculation. It introduces the philosophy and origin of Tai Chi, a branch of Chinese martial arts. Also, Mr. Pan Zhihong, a retired cadre, introduced us to the traditional calligraphy art known as "the flowing clouds and flowing water on the tip of the pen." We brought calligraphy and postcards by famous artists, and also displayed the ink ink of Mr. Ma Ying-jeou and Ms. Zhang Wenhua, the center’s director. Aroused strong interest from everyone. He ingeniously formulated the title of his speech "Tai Chi on Paper, Qigong in Ink". Everyone nodded in approval and thought it was exquisite and appropriate. It also echoed Mr. Yuan's lecture topic in both writing and martial arts.

Two sisters from Taiwan, Zeng Liqing and Xie Shuzhen, stated the consistent efforts made by the Taiwan government and people to inherit and promote national culture. The topic of Zeng Liqing’s lecture was “Education on Etiquette, Justice, Integrity and Shame Rooted in the Childhood Era”. It introduces how teachers and parents in Taiwan act as teachers and set examples to educate their children on etiquette, justice and shame, so that they can develop noble moral character and basic courtesy from an early age. Very inspiring to everyone. What is even more unusual is that Xie Shuzhen, as an ordinary teacher, has done a great job: In the early years, two languages ​​were circulated in Taiwan, Hakka and Japanese. Xie Shuzhen was one of the first teachers to introduce "Mandarin" to Baodao. She not only taught students, but also trained teachers so that people can speak standard Mandarin. It is of great significance and is a pioneer in inheriting culture. Everyone was in awe.

Li Mingfang, a senior teacher from Nanjing, is dedicated to the research of aesthetics for young people in China, and has carried out many effective aesthetic lectures and extracurricular activities to root the concept of 'beauty' in people's hearts. After retiring to the United States, my love for "beauty" remains unchanged. She gave a speech on "The sunset is infinitely beautiful—let us grow old gracefully" based on her own life experience. Dr. Yang Jiqun also reminded everyone to pay attention to the emergence of various geriatric diseases based on his many years of medical experience and personal experience, prevent them in advance, and treat them in time to ensure a good quality of life.

The topic of traditional Chinese architecture rich in folk customs and residences was taken up by two talented men and women who graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University: Li Xuchang from Beijing introduced "Beijing's Siheyuan"; Wude Zhong from Shanghai introduced "Shanghai's Shikumen". They made full preparations, downloaded historical materials and pictures from the Internet, and explained them to everyone on TV (due to time constraints, they will be completed in the next class.

The last speaker was Mr. Sun Ruxin. He has been in the United States for many years and has been concerned about and thinking about major events in China, the United States and the world. His speech has appeal: telling us that many international problems must be solved by "fist-strength". Only when a country is prosperous can it have an international status and the right to speak. I call on the Chinese people to unite and take action no matter where they live!

Hidden dragons and crouching tigers are still dormant in the Elders Association of Shandong. Their life experiences are extraordinary: one is the sage Mencius, Mr. Meng Linyuan, who was born in the 73rd generation of "Qing"; The other one is Mr. Yan Shishao, the 77th generation grandson of the sage Yan Hui. They are very happy to meet everyone at the tea party.

The climax of the tea party is that young guzheng player Ms. Wen Kunlu came to the scene with her beloved guzheng. She said that she wanted to use the sound of the guzheng to express her respect for the elderly uncles and aunts and express her New Year greetings. As an adult, she graduated from the Guzheng Department of the Normal University. After more than 20 years of hard work, she has become a profound guzheng performer and educator. She brought the passionate famous song "Zhan Tai Feng" and the traditional lyrical song "Mountain and Flowing Water". The sound of the piano was sometimes exciting and sometimes clear, allowing us to appreciate the high-end artistic enjoyment.

, left a lot of thoughts: The Senior Citizen Center is a stage for the elderly to sing and dance; it is a university where people learn all kinds of knowledge and keep making progress; it is a paradise for the elderly to communicate and spend their old age. Let each of us take our own responsibilities and make some efforts for the prosperity of the motherland and the inheritance and promotion of the national culture. ! (Written by Ha Xiuhuai)

Wen Kunlu plays "Mountains and Flowing Waters"

Moral education comes first

Displays students' calligraphy

The descendants of two Shandong Han men - Mencius and Yan Hui