Since 2021, Chinese has officially become the official language of the United Nations World Tourism Organization.

  The reporter learned from the press conference held by the Ministry of Education today (2nd) that with the rising international status of Chinese, Chinese has officially become the official language of the United Nations World Tourism Organization since 2021.

  The number of people studying Chinese abroad exceeds 20 million.

  According to reports, by the end of 2020, more than 180 countries and regions around the world have carried out Chinese education, more than 70 countries have incorporated Chinese into the national education system, and the number of people studying Chinese abroad has exceeded 20 million.

  Online Chinese education is booming. The "Chinese Alliance" cloud service teaching platform provides more than 190 online courses on Chinese and Chinese culture for free around the world, benefiting more than 2 million overseas Chinese learners.

  In 2020, the global Chinese learning platform will develop and launch mobile phone software such as "translating Chinese", "knowing Chinese" and "learning Chinese for young children", and add channels from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to supplement targeted learning resources. By the end of 2020, the platform had accumulated more than 2.1 million users, covering nearly 170 countries and regions. (CCTV reporter Pan Hongxu Wang Youwen)

Seeking truth from online comments: strengthening the "four concepts" and deepening the reform of organizational work firmly

  Recently, the large-scale political feature film "Carry the reform to the end" has once again brought "reform" into the public eye. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that "there is no other way but to deepen reform and opening up." The organization department is an important functional department of the Party Committee, shouldering the important responsibility of managing and strictly administering the Party. Carrying out the reform to the end is not only a political mission but also a responsibility. It is necessary to firmly establish the "four concepts", take the initiative and make bold innovations, and effectively provide a strong organizational guarantee for economic transformation and development and win the battle against poverty.

  First, we must firmly establish the concept of "people-oriented" and reform the direction of quasi-organizational work

  Adhering to the concept of "people-oriented" is the goal and destination of doing a good job in organizational work. We should take educating people, respecting people and serving people as the fundamental purpose and earnestly reform the quasi-organizational work. First, we must deepen the reform of ideas. In accordance with the requirements of "stressing politics with a clear-cut stand", we should earnestly strengthen the ideological and political construction of leading bodies, thoroughly study party constitution’s party rules and series of speeches, consciously maintain a high degree of unity with the CPC Central Committee with the supreme leader as the core in ideological and political actions, and resolutely safeguard the authority of the CPC Central Committee and centralize and unify leadership; Team members, especially the leaders of Party organizations, should take the initiative to put themselves in, set an example first, educate and guide the broad masses of party member cadres, be politically sensible, have a clear-cut attitude in the face of right and wrong, and always listen to and follow the Party. Second, we must deepen the reform of methods. We should respect people’s wishes, conscientiously implement the principle of democratic centralism, strictly implement the institutional mechanisms such as "three majors and one big" collective decision-making, "four discussions, two openness and one supervision", and listen to opinions and suggestions from all walks of life on reform and development, poverty alleviation and grassroots governance; We should give full play to people’s role, establish and improve systems and mechanisms such as fault tolerance, error correction, incentive and guarantee, fully mobilize the enthusiasm of cadres in party member, give full play to the role of "farmers’ night school", educate and guide the masses to take the initiative and participate extensively in economic transformation and poverty alleviation. Third, we must deepen service reform. We should strengthen the construction of cadres’ work style,We will continue to thoroughly rectify the "four winds" problem of cadres, strictly supervise and manage cadres, and resolutely deal with cadres who have a weak sense of serving the people, a poor style of work, and poor feedback from the masses. It is necessary to educate and guide party member cadres at all levels, think about what the masses think and what they are anxious about, effectively solve the problems related to the vital interests of the masses, contact and serve the masses in the "last mile" issue, and "solve problems and do practical things for the masses sincerely".

  Two, we must firmly establish the concept of "open sharing" and expand the space for organizational reform.

  Adhering to the concept of "open cooperation" is the premise and foundation of doing a good job in organizational work. We should take resource utilization, complementary measures and information exchange as the fundamental goals and effectively expand the organizational work space. First, we should deepen "resource sharing". We should always focus on the "deep integration" of party building and economic and social development, make every effort to promote the construction of "precision party building demonstration county", firmly establish the three concepts of "precision, integration and demonstration", pay attention to precision and demonstration in "activity position", "infrastructure", "industrial development" and "interest connection", make every effort to build a comprehensive demonstration system combining "areas and groups" and effectively improve the overall function of grassroots organizations. Second, we must deepen "initiative sharing". It is necessary to establish a linkage mechanism between party building and economic and social development in the same deployment, promotion, supervision and evaluation, and deepen the overall linkage and coordination of all levels and departments; It is necessary to learn from good experiences and practices in different fields such as economy, society and culture, focus on cost-effectiveness, management and operation, and innovate the carrier mode of party building work; We should be good at promoting supply-side reform, e-commerce construction and other channel forces.Expand the working time, space and content of the organization. Third, we should deepen "information sharing". It is necessary to keep up with the new situation and new requirements in the information age, especially since the media age, make every effort to promote the interconnection and mutual enjoyment of organizational work, overcome the problems of closed operation, single-handedness, and self-entertainment, and make full use of resource platforms such as the Big Group Work Network, the Communist party member Network, and the Tianfu Pioneer Network to expand the thinking horizon of organizational work; Make full use of institutions of higher learning, scientific research institutes and leading enterprises, optimize organizational elements, and enhance the ability of coordinating human resources and material resources in organizational work.

  Three, we must firmly establish the concept of "seeking truth and being pragmatic" and clarify the task of organizational reform.

  Adhering to the concept of "seeking truth and being pragmatic" is the core and key to do a good job in organizational work. We should take strengthening the foundation, solving problems and highlighting key points as the fundamental requirements, and concentrate our energy and wisdom on organizational tasks. First, we must focus on the organizational foundation. According to the requirements of the report, "focus on strengthening the foundation, adhere to the shift of focus and consolidate the grassroots foundation", we must earnestly do a good job in grassroots basic work. It is necessary to deepen the implementation of the system of "three sessions and one lesson", the system of democratic appraisal of party member, the system of democratic life meeting and organizational life meeting, and earnestly and seriously carry out political life within the party; It is necessary to standardize the system and mechanism of party organizations’ deliberation and decision-making, management and operation, supervision and guarantee, effectively carry forward grassroots democracy and improve the level of grassroots governance; It is necessary to increase the training of reserve cadres, activists and other personnel, and always ensure that there are successors. Second, we must focus on highlighting problems. It is necessary to focus on the problem of weak party spirit, deepen the interest connection, emotional contact and counterpart contact between the party and the masses, and make party member fully feel the warmth and care of the organization with practical and effective institutional mechanisms and measures to form a strong sense of organizational belonging; We should focus on the problem of weakness and laxity, make great efforts in gathering talents, encouraging and guiding, and ensuring funds, especially guiding social forces to participate in the construction of the party’s grassroots organizations; It is necessary to solve the problem of "being soft with one hand and being hard with the other", earnestly strengthen the education and guidance of grassroots cadres, and establish an institutional mechanism for the integration and interaction between party building and economic and social development.Put an end to the problem of "two skins" and "doing their own work". Third, we must focus on the overall situation. We must adhere to the concept of organizing the overall situation of the work service center, consistently and resolutely implement the spirit of the ministerial meeting of the Central Committee, the provincial party Committee and the municipal party Committee, which is closer to the reality than the requirements; It is necessary to focus on industrial transformation, investment promotion, project construction, etc., expand the working space in party building guidance, cadre training, talent gathering, etc., vigorously promote resource integration, and form a strong synergy for reform and development; It is necessary to focus on "getting rid of poverty and tackling key problems", deepen the "five ones" assistance work, and highlight the overall integration of strength and the superposition of resources, which not only ensures the problem of people getting down and squatting, but also requires doing a good job, satisfying the masses, and striving to achieve effective assistance.

  Fourth, we must firmly establish the concept of "fairness and decency" and condense the culture of organizational reform.

  Adhering to the concept of "fairness and decency" is the soul and guarantee of doing a good job in organizational work. We should take it as the fundamental orientation and always show the organizational work culture. First, we must treat cadres fairly and fairly. We should really care about cadres, establish institutional mechanisms in fault tolerance, error correction, incentives and guarantees, and vigorously encourage those cadres who adhere to principles, have the courage to take responsibility, and can think and do well; It is necessary to evaluate cadres fairly, adhere to both ability and political integrity, put morality first, regardless of background and personal considerations, and measure them with a ruler; We should use cadres fairly, at the right time and with their strengths. Second, we must serve the masses fairly and honestly. It is necessary to go deep into the party’s mass line, often go deep into reality, go deep into the grassroots, listen carefully to the voices of cadres and the masses, conscientiously implement the system and mechanisms such as the responsibility system for first asking questions and the time-limited completion system, resolutely put an end to the formation of interest patterns, infringe on the interests of the masses, and effectively solve the problems of doing things falsely and unfairly; It is necessary to educate and guide party member cadres to be down-to-earth, fair and decent in handling affairs for the masses, and treat the people who come to handle affairs fairly and decently, so as to be "the same when they are busy and idle, the same as strangers and acquaintances, and the same to themselves and others". Third, we must be open and transparent and strengthen supervision. It is necessary to strictly supervise the selection and appointment of cadres, conscientiously implement the system of checking, listening and checking every mention, strictly enforce the selection and appointment procedures of cadres, and refrain from "promoting with illness", "caring for relatives" and "organizing gangs"; We should strictly supervise cadres,We will not tolerate the problem of cadres who patrol, reflect from the masses, and report through letters and visits, and strictly implement supervision. In particular, we must fully listen to the opinions of the masses and always give them a good image of fairness and decency.

  (Author: Li Gang, Organization Department of Junlian County Committee of CPC)

Lippi is likely to sign a four-year contract with the national football team to qualify for the 2022 World Cup.

  [Global Times comprehensive report] "Compared with the repeated substitutions of Chelsea in the Premier League, the China national football team is not stable." On the evening of 28th Beijing time, Cannavaro, the acting head coach of the national football team during the China Cup, announced through social media that he would give up the coaching position of China men’s football team and focus on Guangzhou Evergrande. His statement also sparked heated discussion on the Internet.

  The professional football media "Goal Net" said that Cannavaro completely gave up the opportunity to coach the national football team because he was not qualified for the dual duties of the national football team and Evergrande head coach. On the 29th, Fox Sports published an article titled "Cannavaro resigned as the head coach of China men’s soccer team after two games", saying that the national football team lost to Thailand and Uzbekistan respectively in the two games he coached, and his coaching ability was obviously questioned by the outside world. "For China, which is aiming to hit the World Cup, a mature coach who can quickly lead the team to make a breakthrough may be more suitable."

  In the eyes of foreign media, the time node when Ka Shuai gave up the national football position is more worthy of attention. "His resignation will increase people’s speculation that his mentor Lippi will return to the national football team three months after his departure." AFP said that Cannavaro was appointed as Lippi’s successor in mid-March. At that time, the outside world speculated that the China Cup was an examination of whether the former could coach for a long time. Obviously, Card Shuai failed to pass. In contrast, Lippi’s on-the-spot command level has been tested in the top 12 of the last World Cup and the Asian Cup.

  According to Italy’s "All Market" report, Lippi is likely to reach a four-year contract with the national football team, with the goal of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup finals. Italy’s "Gazzetta dello Sport" affirmed that Lippi’s return to the national football team was only to be officially announced. However, Agence France-Presse said that from the final results, during Lippi’s more than two years in charge, China’s progress was only minimal. "For this team that has repeatedly changed coaches, how to determine the personnel and play will become the biggest challenge." (Xu Yunfeng)          

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 in Changning, Sichuan Province has killed 11 people and injured 122 others.

  Cctv newsAt 8 o’clock every day, CCTV will sort out the big and small things that happened around us within 24 hours.

  [Focus]

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  ● At 22: 55 on June 17th, an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 occurred in Changning County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province, with a focal depth of 16 kilometers. Since then, at 23: 36, an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 occurred in Gongxian County, Yibin City. As of 5: 20 on the 18th, the earthquake has caused 11 deaths and 122 injuries. Relevant rescuers have arrived at the scene and are carrying out intense rescue work.

  ● On June 17th, the official website of the Ministry of Education released the List of National Ordinary Colleges and Universities in 2019. As of June 15, 2019, there were 2,956 institutions of higher learning in China. In the past two years, there have been 42 colleges and universities in China.

  ● By the end of May, the national courts had issued a list of 14.09 million people who had been executed for dishonesty, and restricted the purchase of air tickets by 25.04 million people and high-speed train tickets by 5.87 million people.

  ● The agreement to postpone the return of Xiangxiang, a giant panda living in Japan, came into effect a few days ago. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Lu Kang confirmed at a regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that she hoped this decision would make Xiangxiang continue to promote Sino-Japanese friendship and promote the healthy development of Sino-Japanese relations.

  ● The National Drug Control Office held a press conference on the 17th to release the Report on the Drug Situation in China in 2018. According to the report, at present, methamphetamine has become the "top drug abuse" and "internet plus logistics" has become the main way of drug trafficking.

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  ● According to the news from the Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, Ke Zhujun, a member of the party group and vice chairman of the Guangzhou Municipal Political Consultative Conference, is suspected of serious violation of the law and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.

  ● On the 17th, the Commission for Discipline Inspection of Zhangjiakou City and the Supervision Committee of Zhangjiakou City issued a notice saying that Zhangjiakou Qinfeng Labor Dispatch Co., Ltd. and other intermediary agencies have never been entrusted to recruit support workers, so please beware of being deceived!

  ● On June 17th, a new list of TOP500 global high-performance computers was announced at the International Supercomputing Conference held in Frankfurt, Germany. The number of shortlisted supercomputing systems developed by China manufacturers continues to increase, ranking first in the world by country.

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  ● On June 17, the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization issued a statement on the same day, announcing that Iran will break through the upper limit of 300 kilograms of low-enriched uranium before June 27.

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  ● On June 17th, local time, former Egyptian President Hosni Mohamed Morsi died at the age of 67. According to reports, Mursi fainted during the trial and then died.

  ● According to the Kyodo News Agency, on the 17th local time, Japanese defense minister Iwaya Yi apologized to Akita Prefecture Governor Keihisa Sasaki for the wrong investigation results of the land-based Aegis system.

  ● On June 17, local time, a bus accident occurred in Indonesia, killing 12 people. A passenger on the bus tried to forcibly control the steering wheel.

  ● Baolong Auction Company said that the first edition of British biologist Charles Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species sold for a record price of more than 500,000 US dollars.

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  ● Recently, seven hikers illegally walked through Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan, killing one person. On June 17, Wolong Nature Reserve issued a final announcement, and six survivors were severely criticized and educated, and each was fined 5,000 yuan; The expenses for transporting the remains up the mountain and handling the aftermath in Wolong will be paid in full by the families of the victims temporarily.

  ● On May 17th, during the rush hour, in order to shoot a small video and publish it on the Internet to earn popularity and click rate, the suspect Wu Mou Tao and other five people shouted "Everybody get down, be careful of mines" on the subway, and made corresponding actions to attract passengers’ attention, so as to shoot a spoof video. On June 17, Shenzhen Futian District People’s Procuratorate approved the arrest of five suspects according to law.

  ● On June 17th, a parent posted on the Internet that his child got zero points for moral cultivation when he participated in an interview with Xiaoshengchu of Binhe School in Xi ‘an Tieyi Middle School. The school responded that after the surveillance video was taken, the students who scored zero in moral cultivation did not answer the questions, not to evaluate the children’s poor morality.

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  ● Hebei Handan College retired 75 college students, 4 of whom have not finished their studies for 9 years.

  ● On the 17th, Didi announced the new rules of online car driving: drivers need to rest for 20 minutes every 4 hours.

  Visual sense

  ● Due to the continuous heavy rainfall in recent days, the lakes and marshes section of Yongwu Highway in Yongxiu County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province is close to the level of Poyang Lake, which looks like a "water highway" from a distance.

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  ● The staff of Sichuan Huanglong Nature Reserve Administration collected images of wild female giant pandas with cubs in three infrared cameras, and one set of photos recorded the life scenes of female giant pandas.

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  ● The increase in fruit prices is mainly related to the previous abnormal weather factors, and the increase is unsustainable.

  — — Meng Wei, spokesman of the National Development and Reform Commission, said on the 17th.

  ● Safety should not always be valued after paying the price of blood. Stop falling objects with the net of law!

  — — A Short Comment on CCTV News Channel on 17th

  ● Our ordinary people’s research on this breakthrough may only stay at the stage of "too much", and what kind of joy it is for patients who can really benefit.

  — — Netizen Sweet Lemon Workshop commented on the new achievements of Tu Youyou team.

  ● "At present, the production and operation of various parks in Foxconn mainland are carried out in an orderly manner, and no divestment has occurred."

  — — Foxconn refuted the information that "Foxconn withdrew from the mainland" circulated on the Internet before.

  ● "When it was very dangerous, I even wrote a suicide note in my heart, but I never regretted it."

  — — Anti-drug policewoman tells about going out on a mission

  The year of 2019 is a milestone, a weathervane and a watershed in the history of building economy development, and it is also the year of the opening of a new era in the history of building economy development in China.

  — — Xia Xiaohong was compiled by the Blue Book of Building Economy in China.

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  ● There is a primary school in Qingshanyan Mountain, Taiping Town, Xingwen County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province. Yang Shaocheng is the only teacher in the school. He has trained more than 200 students in 39 years.

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  See you at 8 o’clock tomorrow!

  Editor: Zhao Jin Qian Jingtong

Oracle Bone Inscriptions, shining with the light of Chinese civilization for more than 3,000 years.

  ▲ This is the China Literature Museum in Anyang, Henan Province (taken by drone on October 18th).

  ▲ Tourists watch the exhibition of Bu Jia at Yinxu Museum in Anyang, Henan Province (photo taken on October 12, 2018).

   Chen Nan, a professor and doctoral supervisor of Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts, shows the Oracle Bone Inscriptions emoticon he designed and released in his studio in Tsinghua University (photo taken on September 24th).

  ▼ Archaeologist Liu Yiman pointed to the restored Oracle bone pit in the East of the Garden Village in Yinxu Museum, Anyang, Henan Province, and introduced the situation during the excavation (photo taken on October 14, 2018).

  Xinhua News Agency reporter Ang Lee photo

  On the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the discovery of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, a remarkable commemorative activity was held in the Great Hall of the People.

  "Today’s mountains and rivers are effective, and it has been leaked for three thousand years, and it is suitable for my life. Therefore, it is my responsibility to spread it and stay away." More than a century ago, when Luo Zhenyu, a scholar, first saw Oracle bones, he was shocked and delighted, and his feelings reflected the aspirations of China intellectuals. Since then, generations of Oracle Bone Inscriptions researchers have been searching up and down, determined to crack the code of ancient civilization.

  After 120 years, the value of Oracle Bone Inscriptions’s and later generations’ characters is being cherished more and more. As the carrier and witness of the inheritance of Chinese civilization, Chinese characters have evolved for more than 3,000 years without changing their shape. With strong national cohesion and endless history, they have confirmed the footprints of the Chinese nation’s progress and demonstrated its outstanding wisdom and great innovative spirit.

  The origin of Chinese characters

  Inheritance of Chinese genes

  Located in Anyang, Henan, China Chinese Language Museum, a Chinese character class for kindergarten classes is going on.

  On the screen, several Oracle Bone Inscriptions characters such as "Man", "Day" and "Tian" are displayed, which are very close to modern Chinese characters in terms of glyphs, and some children hesitate to read them out one after another. When the teacher told them that it was written by their ancestors more than 3,000 years ago, with a pair of eyes that widened instantly, the whispers merged into a neat "wow".

  "Since the Oracle Bone School was opened, similar scenes have occurred repeatedly regardless of whether the participants are adults or children." Yang Junhui, head of the Oracle Bone School of China Literature Museum, said that many people discovered the magic of Chinese characters here for the first time, and it was the original intention of this public welfare class to let the public know about Oracle Bone Inscriptions and understand the inheritance and history of Chinese characters.

  When foreigners visit Anyang, apart from the famous Yin Ruins at home and abroad, the China Literature Museum has increasingly become another must-see.

  As the first national museum with the theme of characters in China, relying on the essence of thousands of cultural relics, it systematically interprets the configuration characteristics and evolution of China characters, which can be called "a landscape-style writing ceremony for the world to appreciate Chinese civilization".

  Feng Qiyong, the first curator, once commented on the establishment of the China Literature Museum. In many people’s minds, as the hometown of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Anyang deserves to be the home of Chinese characters in China.

  In 1899, Wang Yirong, a drink offering in imperial academy, found a mysterious symbol on the bones sold by antique dealers, which was Oracle Bone Inscriptions in the Yin and Shang Dynasties. Today’s people are familiar with this story for a long time, but it is difficult to understand how a piece of Oracle bones shocked the world from a few narratives.

  Luo Zhenyu, the founder of Oracle bones, commented on Oracle Bone Inscriptions’s birth after three thousand years. At a time when the national fortune was declining and western learning was spreading to the east, some scholars even began to doubt Chinese civilization, and the voice of "abolishing Chinese characters" was rampant. Oracle Bone Inscriptions’s discovery made the wandering intellectuals see a glimmer of light.

  From Dong Zuobin, who presided over the excavation of Yin Ruins for many times, to Wang Guowei, who verified the Wangshi family of Shang Dynasty, to Hu Houxuan & Hellep, the editor of Oracle Bone Inscriptions Collection, which is a masterpiece of Oracle Bone Inscriptions research; … Generations of scholars have gone wave after wave, and their lifelong mission is to unlock the ancient code of civilization.

  "Yin ruins unearthed a wealth of cultural relics, but Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the heaviest category. Because it is a reflection of people’s thoughts and a direct record of history, it allows us to understand many events and figures in the Shang Dynasty, and also allows us to directly face the civilization height of the Shang Dynasty. " Tang Jigen, who presided over the archaeological excavation of Yin Ruins for more than 20 years, said that Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Yin Ruins completely confirmed the legendary Shang Dynasty, and China’s written history advanced for a thousand years.

  As the earliest mature script used by the Chinese nation, although it has been buried deep underground for thousands of years, Oracle Bone Inscriptions can be partially read as soon as it is unearthed. In the past 120 years, about 4,500 non-repetitive Oracle characters have been found, about one third of which have been read, and the rest are mostly names and places. It seems incredible, but it is the uniqueness of Chinese characters.

  "Unlike the cuneiform characters in the two river basins, the sacred script characters in ancient Egypt, the seal characters in the ancient Indian River basin, and the Mayan characters in Central America, Oracle Bone Inscriptions did not die and has been passed down and evolved into the Chinese characters that are popular today." Song Zhenhao, director of the Research Center for the History of Yin and Shang Dynasties in Oracle Bone Inscriptions of China Academy of Social Sciences, said that as one of the oldest self-generated scripts in the world, Chinese characters are the only ones that have been used to this day, which can also play an important role in decoding other ancient scripts.

  Song Zhenhao and Oracle Bone Inscriptions have been attached to each other for more than forty years. Most of the time, they are sitting on the bench, but they enjoy it. He said: "Oracle Bone Inscriptions is still alive today. This is a great thing. If we don’t do research, who will?" There is a sense of pride and mission of scholars in it. "

  After more than 3,000 years of elutriation, Chinese characters are constantly challenged, but each time they can resolve the crisis and improve themselves, showing strong vitality and stability.

  "In the word-making stage, Chinese characters have broken through the form to express meaning and embarked on ‘ Phonetic ’ Road, heaven and earth is one of the wide; The emergence of official script broke through the dilemma of low efficiency in writing ancient seal script; In the 20th century, Chinese characters abandoned the road of pinyin and completed the modern transformation. " Huang Dekuan, a professor at Tsinghua University and director of the China Literature Museum, said that poverty means change, change means communication, and the general rules last for a long time. Chinese characters are constantly adapting to the needs of social development, and Chinese character civilization is the embodiment of the wisdom of Chinese civilization.

  From Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bronze inscriptions to the big seal script, small seal script, and then to official script and regular script, the structure of Chinese characters has not changed for thousands of years, and people have been able to break through the limitation of time and space to communicate. This inheritance is the real Chinese gene. It has written down the dreams of Shang kings, Confucius’ thoughts and Sima Qian’s history books. It has recorded the charm of Tang poetry and Song poetry and the suffering and glory of Chinese civilization, and will continue to write chapters of the new era.

  Soul of Chinese characters

  The root vein of Chinese civilization

  As the curator of the China Literature Museum, Huang Dekuan was asked the same question by young people on different occasions: "In the information age, just talk to your mobile phone if you want to communicate. Voice and video can be stored for a long time. Is the text still so useful?"

  Even though he has already answered many times, Huang Dekuan is not stingy with repetition. He believes that the value of words needs to be examined, and it is even more necessary to face up to it. "The information stored in language and words can best stand the test of history. The Internet is a new technology for transmitting information and cannot replace the function of language and words. From the birth and development of Chinese civilization, Chinese characters have played a key and fundamental role. "

  Before Oracle Bone Inscriptions was unearthed, the existence of Shang Dynasty was an unsolved mystery. Where did China come from, and where is the credible beginning of China’s history? This topic, which concerns the origin of civilization and national identity, dawned because of Oracle Bone Inscriptions’s rich records. The victory of war, the escape of slaves, the king’s dream, the outbreak of meteor shower … … Oracle Bone Inscriptions restored a vivid Shang world.

  "Oracle Bone Inscriptions has great cultural relics value, historical data value and academic research value, and is an important material for rebuilding the ancient history of China and seeing through the social life of Yin and Shang dynasties three thousand years ago." Song Zhenhao said that Oracle Bone Inscriptions is not only a material and cultural relic that can "prove classics and supplement history", but also a common cultural memory of the Chinese nation.

  From Oracle Bone Inscriptions to the present, Chinese characters in the same strain have kept the inheritance of Chinese civilization uninterrupted, and the stability and continuity of Chinese civilization have made Chinese characters more vital. Li Yunfu, a professor at Beijing Normal University and director of the Chinese Character Civilization Research Center of Zhengzhou University, said: "Chinese characters are not only the symbol of the formation of Chinese civilization, but also the carrier of recording Chinese civilization, and also the root vein and link to trace the origin of Chinese civilization."

  Today, in China’s vast land of 9.6 million square kilometers, no matter how different dialects, accents and customs are, people can communicate their thoughts and feelings without any obstacles through common characters. This seemingly ordinary scene is backed by Chinese characters, a cultural cornerstone accumulated for thousands of years. Historically, Chinese characters have also contributed to promoting multi-ethnic unity and become a symbol system with strong national cohesion.

  "The unique features of China’s historical memory and the formation of Chinese character cultural circle and Confucian cultural circle in East Asia are closely related to Oracle Bone Inscriptions and the Chinese character system developed from it." At the recent international symposium to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the discovery of Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Anyang, a speech by Gao Xiang, vice president of China Academy of Social Sciences, was warmly responded by the participants.

  China has been in a leading position in the history of human civilization for a long time, and has profoundly influenced many neighboring countries such as Korea, Japan and Vietnam, forming a "Chinese character cultural circle". These countries and regions not only used Chinese characters to write their history, but also their own characters, cultures and customs were influenced by Chinese civilization.

  Today, Chinese characters still attract the attention of the whole world with their unique charm. With the promotion of China’s international influence, more and more foreigners have embarked on the road of learning Chinese, and the "Chinese fever" has become popular in many parts of the world. Some of them are completely interested in Chinese characters.

  "Many people learn Chinese characters by rote. In fact, each component has the source of hieroglyphics. I want to find the original intention and logic of this hieroglyph. Every Chinese character has a story." Richard sears, an American who is called "Uncle of Chinese Characters" by netizens, has been obsessed with the study of Chinese characters for decades, and has also set up a website of Chinese characters etymology with all his money, which is available to people who like Chinese characters all over the world for free.

  While attending an international symposium commemorating the 120th anniversary of Oracle Bone Inscriptions’s discovery in Anyang, richard sears visited the China Literature Museum. Facing Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Jinwen and other ancient characters at close range, he praised: "Chinese characters are the ones that have been used for the longest time and still exist today, which is very remarkable!"

  Richard sears moved to China to study Chinese characters. Now, he is not only a Chinese character researcher, but also a disseminator of Chinese character culture. He has set up a WeChat official account to analyze Chinese character glyphs in both Chinese and English, and he has also appeared on TV programs such as Chinese Bridge to tell Chinese character stories, hoping to tell the world the beauty of Chinese characters.

  Beauty of Chinese characters

  Rediscover Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

  Like richard sears, beyond practical functions, countless people are captured by the inherent beauty of Chinese characters.

  As a hieroglyph, Oracle Bone Inscriptions has been the carrier of beauty since its birth, providing a broad space for artistic creation. For thousands of years, with the evolution of Chinese characters, a unique and long-standing calligraphy art has been formed, such as han li’s vivid and fluent, Wei Bei’s majestic atmosphere, Tang Kai’s solemn statutes, Wang Xizhi’s elegant and elegant show, and Yan Jinliu’s vigorous and free and easy … … It edifies the sentiments of Chinese from generation to generation.

  "Both horizontal and vertical are strong, and Chinese characters contain the spiritual temperament of the Chinese nation, conveying Chinese’s unique personality style and temperament interest." Li Yunfu said that it is gratifying that the extensive and profound Chinese calligraphy art is still increasing its categories and enriching the connotation of the beauty of Chinese characters.

  Recently, oracle calligraphy, who made a concentrated appearance in Anyang, Henan Province, made people shine. An exhibition of oracle calligraphy seal cutting with 116 masterpieces at home and abroad showed the unique charm of Yin Qi, and 120 calligraphy lovers demonstrated their creations on the spot.

  "Different sizes, different titles, and the word" all "can better reflect the beauty of managing and receiving each other. This is the essence of Oracle Bone Inscriptions’s aesthetics." Qiao Yanqun, vice president of Oracle Bone Inscriptions Research Institute of Tang Yin Shang in Jingshi University, who has works in the exhibition, said that to inherit and carry forward Oracle Bone Inscriptions, it is necessary to explore its beauty deeply and pass this aesthetic feeling on to more people.

  Chen Nan, a professor and doctoral supervisor of Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts, endowed this ancient writing with fashionable beauty in a more fashionable way. He has successively launched Oracle Bone Inscriptions animated film Shooting the Sun, the world’s first set of Oracle Bone Inscriptions design fonts, Oracle character paintings, Zodiac Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Oracle Bones Panda Man and other mobile phone expression packs with different themes, which made the words sleeping in Oracle bones and books come alive, and many of them became "explosions".

  "Oracle Bone Inscriptions is mostly pictographic ideographs close to pictures, with the pure visual aesthetics of ancient humans, and it will be more interesting to design it." Chen Nan said frankly that in the past, the spread of traditional characters was somewhat rigid and daunting. At the beginning of creating Oracle Bone Inscriptions’s works, they considered the needs of ordinary people and paid attention to the lively and modern design context.

  "Oracle Bone Inscriptions is not only an excellent traditional cultural symbol, but also a creative character that conforms to the current trend. Integrating it into modern design is the inheritance of historical civilization and the progress of human spirit, far exceeding the meaning of words and fonts themselves." Chen Nan said.

  With the ignorance of ordinary people and the initiation of interest, Oracle Bone Inscriptions’s professional research has also stepped onto a new level. It is found that in the past 120 years, Oracle bone inscriptions have developed into an international discipline, with researchers all over China, the United States, Japanese and other dozens of countries, and become an important tool for understanding the early history and ancient civilization of China.

  Recently, "Yinqi Yuan Wen" Oracle Bone Inscriptions Big Data Platform was officially released. This Oracle Bone Inscriptions resource sharing platform, which is free and open to the whole world, plans to collect all Oracle Bone Inscriptions’s descriptions and documents. At present, more than 20,000 papers have been entered, and more than 246 kinds of Oracle bone inscriptions will be included in the later period, which can be queried and used by anyone interested in Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

  "This is a milestone in the study of Oracle bones." Song Zhenhao said that Oracle Bone Inscriptions’s materials were numerous and complicated, and it was very difficult to obtain them in the past. It took his teacher Hu Houxuan more than 20 years to compile a Collection of Oracle Bone Inscriptions in pursuit of Oracle bones. Now Oracle bones is welcoming more wisdom with a more open mind and more convenient conditions.

  Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Ding Guijuan Shuangrui

  (Xinhua News Agency, Zhengzhou, November 2nd)

  Xinhua commentary

  Baishi Oracle bone

  Chunqiu yongchuan

  Horizontal and vertical, iron-painted silver hook; Long Feihu lies down, and the phoenix flies back. Chinese characters are the oldest characters that are still widely used by human beings. They carry the Chinese civilization and cultivate the Chinese spirit. And 120 years ago, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, who reappeared on the "keel" of traditional Chinese medicine blindly, was an important stage in the development of Chinese characters, and it was an immortal mark engraved on the backbone of the Chinese dragon.

  As an important demonstration, Oracle Bone Inscriptions laid down some principles of Chinese characters, which provided an important carrier for the inheritance of ancient Chinese civilization. Oracle Bone Inscriptions recorded a great deal of information about the Yin and Shang Dynasties in ancient times, which made a solid link in the history of Chinese civilization. Attaching importance to recording and using history is also the ancient spiritual temperament of the Chinese nation.

  It has been 120 years since Oracle Bone Inscriptions was discovered, but it has not been far away from us. Regardless of whether ancient scholars are still trying to decipher it or calligraphers are still trying to copy it, teachers will use some simple Oracle Bone Inscriptions to explain Chinese characters to students in the enlightenment Chinese class, and they will know that it is still lively and interesting. Culture is such a long river that comes from ancestors and flows to the future.

  The history of Oracle Bone Inscriptions’s discovery and protection tells us that it is Chinese’s cherishment of Chinese culture from generation to generation that has kept the long river of Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years pregnant with the vitality of the gathering of hundreds of rivers. Even in the troubled times of the Chinese nation more than 100 years ago, there were a group of masters who worked hard for Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

  Cultural inheritance needs relay from generation to generation, and what can make relay persist requires far-reaching cultural self-confidence and pragmatic scientific attitude. It has been the 120th anniversary of the discovery of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, but our knowledge of it and even the origin of Chinese characters is far from enough. We still need to explore and crack the cultural codes left by our ancestors with our heart, so as to realize the inheritance and development. Only with firm faith and scientific spirit can the inheritance and development of culture be carried forward step by step.

  Xinhua News Agency reporter Feng Yuan

  (Xinhua News Agency, Hangzhou, November 2nd)

List of 100 candidates for 2023 "China Intangible Cultural Heritage Person of the Year"

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Wang Wenli’s national intangible cultural heritage representative project oolong tea making skill (Tieguanyin making skill) is a national representative inheritor.


Wang Yu, representative inheritor of drawnwork skill in Tianjin municipal intangible cultural heritage representative project.


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Wang Zhenfang national intangible cultural heritage representative project Ru Ci firing skill provincial representative inheritor.


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Deputy Director of Suzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection and Management Office, Yan Wang


National representative inheritor of Mongolian medicine (Zanbaladorjiwen acupuncture and fire acupuncture therapy), a representative project of Wulan national intangible cultural heritage.


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Elias Gayiti national intangible cultural heritage representative project Xinjiang Uygur Maixirefu (Xinjiang Uygur Dao Lang Maixirefu) national representative inheritor.


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Ye Qingfeng Fuliang county-level intangible cultural heritage representative project Chengjiashan Ye family tree compilation custom county-level representative inheritor.


Ye Weizhang’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project Mulan Legend National Representative Inheritor


The representative inheritor of Bihong National Intangible Cultural Heritage Project at Jingxiu District level.


Tursun Roustan National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project National Representative Inheritor of Uyghur Molding Pottery Burning Technique


Curator, Lv Junjie Zisha Art Museum, Lv Yaochen, Lv Junjie


Zhu Weikang is the representative inheritor of Zhu’s internal medicine therapy, a representative project of Jing ‘an district-level intangible cultural heritage.


Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Ethnic Literature, China Academy of Social Sciences, Zhu Gang


Qiao Lanrong’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project Taohuawu Woodblock New Year Pictures Municipal Representative Inheritor


Qiao Guiqing’s national intangible cultural heritage representative project Zhenjiang Hengshun balsamic vinegar brewing technology national representative inheritor.


Former Director of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Center of Ryan. Qiao Central Academy of Fine Arts.


Ren Xinghang is the national representative inheritor of Jun porcelain firing technology, a representative project of national intangible cultural heritage.


Liu Weixiang is the provincial representative inheritor of Tujia Brocade "Xilankapu", a representative project of Hubei provincial intangible cultural heritage.


Liu Nengfeng is the representative inheritor of stone carving (Dazu stone carving), a national intangible cultural heritage representative project.


Liu Xicheng, researcher of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles


Guan Jinfang’s national intangible cultural heritage representative project Oroqen folk songs (Oroqen Zandaren) is a national representative inheritor.


Jiang Fan Professor of Folklore, Liaoning University


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Sun Jun, Representative Project of Zhengzhou Municipal Intangible Cultural Heritage, Henan Province, Zhengzhou Kiln Celadon Burning Technique, Representative inheritor at the municipal level.


Sun Shuchun’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project-Traditional Chinese Medicine Orthopedic Therapy National Representative Inheritor


Ji Xiaoming, a representative project of national intangible cultural heritage, is a provincial representative inheritor of black tea making skills (Xianyang Fucha making skills).


Yan Shaoying’s national intangible cultural heritage representative project Longquan celadon firing technology municipal representative inheritor.


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Li Yunxiao, Zhejiang Xiaobaihuayue Troupe Actor


Li Fangxi, Deputy Director of Wenzhou Culture, Radio, Film and Television Tourism Bureau, Zhejiang Province


Director of dadukou district Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center, Chongqing, Guo-hong Li


Li Mingyan’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing Technology (Wuyi Shouxian Valley Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing Technology) is a national representative inheritor.


Li Zhiyang’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project: Municipal Representative Inheritor of Miao Folk Songs


Director of lin li Sichuan Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center


Li Fuming’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project Silver Forging Technique (Heqing Silver Forging Technique) is a provincial representative inheritor.


Yang Lihui Professor, Institute of Folk Literature, School of Arts, Beijing Normal University


Yang Jun’s national intangible cultural heritage representative project Huangmei Opera national representative inheritor.


Yang Zhijian, the representative inheritor of Shanghai-level intangible cultural heritage representative project, Guqin’s craftsmanship.


Xiao Junjing’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project Green Tea Making Skills (Xinyang Maojian Tea Making Skills) is a district-level representative inheritor.


Wu Zhenghui’s national intangible cultural heritage representative project Huizhou Three Carvings national representative inheritor.


Qiu Shuhua’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project Northeast Drum National Representative Inheritor


Zou Kunshan National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project Hunan Yugu National Representative Inheritor


Wang Haiyan national intangible cultural heritage representative project Shadow Play (Huaxian Shadow Play) district representative inheritor.


Shen Caihong’s national intangible cultural heritage representative project Luzhou Laojiao liquor brewing technology national representative inheritor.


Zhang Wennian’s national intangible cultural heritage representative project Xuanbi production skills national representative inheritor.


Zhang Yejin’s national intangible cultural heritage representative project Yuejiaquan national representative inheritor.


Zhang Xiaodong’s national intangible cultural heritage representative project Kite making skills (Weifang Kite) is a national representative inheritor.


Zhang Luqi, a representative project of national intangible cultural heritage, is a national representative inheritor of pottery firing technique (Yazhou pottery firing technique).


Zhang Qiang, Deputy Chief of Public Culture Unit of Zhungeer Banner Culture and Tourism Bureau, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region


Zhang Qing, Director of the Intangible Heritage Department of Chengdu Culture, Radio, Film and Television Tourism Bureau, Sichuan Province


Lu Dajie’s national intangible cultural heritage representative project Dragon Dance (Pudong Dragon Lantern) is a national representative inheritor.


Chen Leping national intangible cultural heritage representative project: the provincial representative inheritor of ancient stage construction skills.


Chen Xudong Zhejiang Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project Yuyue Soy Sauce Brewing Technology Municipal Representative Inheritor


Chen Lijun, Zhejiang Xiaobaihuayue Troupe Actor


Chen Mengli’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project Li Nationality Costume Municipal Representative Inheritor


Chen Hongru is the representative inheritor of folk snake wound therapy in Lujiao Town, a representative project of Chongqing municipal intangible cultural heritage.


The provincial representative inheritor of Shangdang Bangzi, a national intangible cultural heritage representative project in Chen Suqin.


Fan Weiqun’s national intangible cultural heritage representative project Yixing Zisha pottery production skills provincial representative inheritor.


Mao Weitao national intangible cultural heritage representative project Yue Opera national representative inheritor.


Changyangyang Henan Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project Folk Paper-cut (Mengjin Paper-cut) Provincial Representative Inheritor


President of Lijiang Folk Artists Association, He Wenguang


Yue Wenxiang’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project Manhandiao Municipal Representative Inheritor


Lang Jiazi’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project Mianren (Beijing Mianrenlang) District Representative Inheritor


Rong Bashina is a first-class actor of the National Culture Working Group of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province.


Hu Yiwei, founder and designer of Shanghai Weiyize brand consulting agency


Hu Mingrong Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Neighborhood Committee of Jiangxinyuan Community, Jiangdi Street, Hanyang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province


Ke Cuiling’s national intangible cultural heritage representative project Yugur national representative inheritor of clothing.


Duan Sixing National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project Woodcarving (Jianchuan Woodcarving) National Representative Inheritor


Jiang Zongde’s national intangible cultural heritage representative project Jianchuan Baiqu national representative inheritor.


Hong Jianhua’s national intangible cultural heritage representative project Bamboo Carving (Huizhou Bamboo Carving) is a national representative inheritor.


Hong Rongzeng is the representative inheritor of Yingge (Chaoyang Yingge), a national intangible cultural heritage representative project.


Aoqi Professor, School of Ethnology and Anthropology, Inner Mongolia Normal University


Yuan Xuejun Honorary President of Hebei Folk Culture Association


The national representative inheritor of Reheman Abdullah’s national intangible cultural heritage representative project, National Musical Instrument Making Skills (Uygur Musical Instrument Making Skills).


Gu Mingqi’s representative project of national intangible cultural heritage, Silk weaving skills (handmade skills of silk in Jili Lake), is a national representative inheritor.


Xu Xiaofeng Director of Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Department of Shanghai Pudong New Area Cultural and Art Guidance Center


Gao Bingzhong Professor, Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Normal University


Guo Li’s national intangible cultural heritage representative project cork painting municipal representative inheritor


Cao Baoming, Team Leader of Jilin Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Expert Group


Liang Hengyuan, representative inheritor of Xincheng Zhuang brocade skill autonomous region, a representative project of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region intangible cultural heritage.


Dong Meihua, General Manager of Yunnan Apenjie Culture Media Co., Ltd.


Han Xi, Deputy Director of Traditional Toys Committee of Beijing Toys Association


The representative project of Ji Xigui’s national intangible cultural heritage is the national representative inheritor of Yueyao celadon firing technology.


Party Secretary and President of Gemee Dong ‘e Ejiao Co., Ltd.


Fu Anping Research Librarian of Jiangxi Intangible Cultural Heritage Research and Protection Center


Dorg Nima National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project Jianggeer Autonomous Region Representative Inheritor


Wen Jianming, a representative project of Shanxi provincial intangible cultural heritage, is the provincial representative inheritor of Jinpai brick carving.


National representative inheritor of Jin Opera, a representative project of Xie Tao national intangible cultural heritage.


Representative inheritor of Zhuang embroidery autonomous region, a representative project of intangible cultural heritage in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Lan Lin


Pan Lusheng, Vice Chairman of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Chairman of China Folk Writers Association, and Deputy Director of the National Committee for the Examination and Approval of Intangible Cultural Heritage Terms.


Huo Junzheng, a representative project of municipal intangible cultural heritage in Xuchang, Henan Province, is the representative inheritor of traditional handcrafting skills of Huozhuang Shehuo props at the municipal level.


Wei Yonghong’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project Lanzhou Taiping Drum National Representative Inheritor


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