Lianyun District, Lianyungang City： Culture Benefiting the People and Refining the City Character

　　Members of the choir in red army uniforms are singing "Long March Songs". Photo by Xu Xiaojing

　　Get up early and run around the health trail of Beigushan for a few laps, and feel the hearty sweat; In the afternoon, after roaming the sea of books in the farmer’s bookstore, hide in the quiet little garden and breathe fresh air in the green oxygen bar; In the evening, walk into the people’s stage and watch a wonderful performance written and directed by the masses, so that the soul can enjoy the cultural journey … … In Lianyun District, Lianyungang City, the cultural benefit project allows everyone to enjoy the cultural dividend, and the people’s happiness and satisfaction have been effectively improved.

　　Huimin activities play a happy life movement for the people.

　　"We are walking on the main road, full of high spirits and high morale … …” A song was sung as a quotation, which focused the attention of the audience on the stage. On the evening of June 26th, a mass art performance celebrating the centenary of the founding of the Party in Lianyun District entered Xugou Street. Nearly 200 social workers, employees of enterprises and institutions, retirees and kindergarten children wrote, directed and performed the red song and dance Ode to Yimeng, instrumental performance of My People，My Country, paper-cut catwalk, China Red Flying on Paper, Communist Successor and other cultural programs for the public.

　　"The days are really good now. Cultural activities are one after another, and ordinary people can see high-standard performances for free at their doorsteps!" Wang Chunxia, a resident of Xugou Street, looks happy.

　　In April this year, Lianyun District officially launched a series of mass literary and artistic performances to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the Party. Relying on the new era civilization practice center (station), it adopted the organizational model of "the center takes the lead, the community sets the stage, and the masses take the lead", giving full play to the creative advantages of the masses’ literary and artistic backbones, arranging and staging a series of original literary and artistic works for the masses to learn from the history of the Party, so that the masses can deepen their understanding in creation, tour and watching.

　　"As an important part of the series of activities to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Lianyun District, the mass art exhibition will continue to tour other streets to guide the people to inherit the red gene and continue the red blood, so that ‘ Always follow the party ’ The concept is rooted in everyone’s heart. " Zhou Meng, head of the activity project of the New Era Civilization Practice Center in Lianyun District, said.

　　Combining the study and education of party history with the culture benefiting the people, up to now, the whole region has carried out the "Hundred Years Road, Mountain and Sea Love" — — Lianyun District celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party with a chorus competition, a large-scale red classic epic chorus concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party in Lianyun District, and an open theme party class in Lianyun District, with nearly 10,000 people participating in the performance. These cultural activities with rich connotations and distinctive features are welcomed and praised by the broad masses.

　　Students listen to the celebration of the centenary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Taoyuan Bookstore. Wang Chunshe

　　Farmhouse Bookstore to Build a "Cultural Granary" for Rural Revitalization

　　In the farmer’s bookstore in Huangya Village, Yunshan Street, there are all kinds of tables, stools and bookshelves in the small bookstore, and more than 3,000 books are neatly placed, emitting a strong book fragrance.

　　"Since the village has a farmer’s bookstore, to the bookstore ‘ Charging ’ There are more and more people, and many villagers spontaneously come to the farmer’s bookstore every day to choose books they are interested in, learn about getting rich information, and learn from knowledge. " When it comes to the improvement of rural cultural environment by farmer’s bookstore, the villagers have raised their thumbs.

　　In order to effectively solve the problems of farmers’ "difficulty in buying books, borrowing books and reading books", Lianyun District vigorously promotes the project of benefiting the people. At present, there are more than 59,000 books in 47 farmer’s bookstores in the whole region, and the farmer’s bookstores are open all day. Villagers can not only read books in the bookstores, but also borrow them home, and learn from books about breeding, planting, cooking, fitness, science and technology. Relying on the platform of farmer’s library, villages have also organized colorful reading activities, and insisted on combining the construction of farmer’s library with the construction of reading for the whole people and reading books, thus effectively enhancing the vitality of farmer’s library.

　　In the front line of study and education of Party history, one by one "farmer’s bookstore" has also become a "new position" for children to learn and a "charging station" for teenagers to supplement "red energy".

　　On the morning of July 1st, I walked into Taoyuan Bookstore in Baoshan Village, Sucheng Street, and books were neatly placed in the reading area of Party building, covering the history of the party, policies and regulations within the party and party affairs knowledge. Twenty left-behind children in the area are watching the celebration of the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and listening to the important "July 1st" speech by the Supreme Leader General Secretary.

　　This year, Lianyun District innovatively carried out reading practice activities such as "Red Bookstore My Dream" and "New Era Rural Reading Season" with the farmer’s bookstore as the carrier, guiding and encouraging rural children to read more and better books, cultivating and practicing socialist core values, and inspiring rural children’s feelings for home and country and patriotic enthusiasm.

　　Let the study and education of party history leave no "dead ends". At present, Lianyun District has upgraded all the farmer’s bookstores in its jurisdiction into red "post stations" for the study and education of party history, set up a study area for party history, enrich books on party history, and make farmer’s bookstores a new position for learning party history, understanding ideas, doing practical things and opening up new opportunities.

　　Students from Haizhou Bay Primary School visited the theme exhibition hall in Lianyun District New Era Civilization Practice Center. Photo by Huang Chuyu

　　Cultural venues become the landscape of mass culture and education.

　　"Rich in books and elegant environment, reading here is a pleasure. Instead of going to tourist attractions to see people crowded, it is more meaningful to study and charge. " On the morning of June 20th, in the reading area on the second floor of Lianyun District Library, Jiang Wei, a citizen, was fascinated by the silent Don River. In the classroom next door, his 5-year-old son is experiencing handcrafting. The novel way of activity makes the little guy dance with excitement.

　　In the Science and Technology Experience Center, Cai Ziyao, who is only 9 years old, stopped in front of the Sun-Earth-Moon Running Instrument and listened carefully to the narrator’s story. "Every time I make new discoveries, I can learn new knowledge every time. It seems that the door of knowledge is opening to me here." Cai Ziyao said excitedly.

　　Cultural venues are an important symbol of a city’s cultural development level, the core of urban civilization, recording the massiness of history and leading the forefront of science and technology culture. In recent years, Lianyun District has invested more than 15 million yuan to build a district-level new era civilization practice center with a total of four floors and nearly 14,000 square meters, providing citizens with a comprehensive place integrating learning, leisure and practice.

　　Lianyun District New Age Civilization Practice Center will integrate cultural centers, libraries and gymnasiums, move into the Civic Ethics Hall, and build new functional rooms such as moral lecture hall, theoretical workshop, volunteer home, juvenile class and civilized Lianyun Exhibition Center, so as to achieve perfect positions, proper management, meet the demand, and realize the sharing, openness and networking of position construction. At the same time, in combination with reality, we will integrate all kinds of resources, promote the establishment of new era civilization practice stations in 9 townships and streets, set up new era civilization practice stations in 46 administrative villages (communities), set up 6 new era civilization practice bases in scenic spots and square parks, and set up new era civilization practice points in 216 organs, enterprises, institutions and civilized units, extending the reach of culture and education to the masses.

　　It is reported that during the summer vacation, Lianyun District will also rely on the New Era Civilization Practice Center to launch a "colorful summer" around the theme of "Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC)" — — The "Little Red Army" red practice series activities offer colorful interest classes and hold a series of cultural activities for young people. "I hope to cultivate children’s aesthetic taste and cultivate their artistic interest and feelings of loving their hometown and motherland through a series of red activities." Zhou Meng, head of the activity project of the New Era Civilization Practice Center in Lianyun District, said.

　　With the continuous improvement of the supply system of public cultural products and services, Lianyun people’s mental outlook has taken on a new look. In rural areas, rich cultural and recreational activities have changed the people’s concept of life, with more harmonious neighborhoods, simpler rural customs and more modern pursuits; In the city, with the rise of cultural landmarks and the improvement of cultural facilities, reading has begun to integrate into life, and watching performances has become a fashion. Culture benefiting the people is condensing the positive character of this city. (Huang Chuyu)