A celebrity gift from Zong Shaoshan.

Author: Chang Xianglin

Keywords: | symbol | XiShen |

I have known Shaoshan for several years. I remember the first time we met at 1999, in a decent office building in Jiangzuikou, outside Andingmen, Beijing. At that time, "China Culture and Art Network" coincided with the initial stage. Zong Shaoshan and I were both hired as the founders of the website, and the honorary "director" is actually the actual operator who undertakes some specific affairs. According to the model of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the website set up corresponding art categories. At that time, it was a big net and a small net. On the battlefield, drama, music, movies, television, fine arts, calligraphy, dance, folk art, acrobatics and folk art are all-inclusive and spectacular. With the upsurge of construction, the minds of network leaders are also hot, such as religion, redology, literature, fashion and so on. Has been added to the already complex booth, giving a panoramic view of the country and the world. Almost every day, there will be a meeting attended by the heads of various literary and art categories, which is as lively as opening a pocket-sized "literary and art representative meeting" every day. I used to be deputy secretary-general of Chinese Quyi Artists Association and artistic director of Quyi.com, and my responsibility is clear. Shaoshan has changed a lot. It's a flying character. As the saying goes, it belongs to Mu Guiying. At that time, Zong Shaoshan was always gentle and cheerful when receiving people and things, and he was often willing to bear the pressure of public or friends' public welfare activities because of his short stature. Whenever I see him, he is a smiling face of charity. Wherever he is, he is always busy.

He can write and draw, and he can show his unique talent at once. He also has a pair of critical eyes to distinguish antiques from literary works. It is definitely not a joke in the Jianghu, but a national qualification that has been strictly examined. He is enthusiastic about many friends' business. In the circle, he has a good popularity and credibility. In his eyes, the environment is bright and friends are affectionate and righteous. It seems that he can never pay off his friends' debts or his buddies' feelings. Since serving as the director of the wedding committee of China Folk Writers and Artists Association, he has been nicknamed "XiShen".

XiShen, a folk god, is a title in charge of festive affairs. Giving Shaoshan this nickname, I think it is a completely public opinion-oriented reward for Shaoshan's decades of moral cultivation and personality cultivation.

As we all know, there are countless kinds of immortals in China. Although we have the imagination of "The Romance of Gods", we can walk on clouds, call it rain, move mountains and move seas, scatter beans to become soldiers, and there are also water escapes, earth escapes, hot wheels and muskets ... These series of stories have created various immortals such as the god of wealth, the god of wind, the god of rain and the god of land. Deify them by word of mouth. All immortals have one thing in common, that is, benefiting the people and keeping peace. People's worship of immortals is, in the final analysis, a demand for good fortune and avoiding evil, and an expression of a desire for harmony and happiness. In the era of agricultural civilization, our ancestors created many immortals. In modern society, doesn't anyone worship Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and other revolutionaries as immortals?

There are several theories about expert research. One is "take the happy side", that is, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, men and women go to the streets together to find a place where roosters crow, hoping to meet XiShen in order to achieve well-being and happiness in the coming year; Another view is related to the origin of four happy parties. "After a long drought, we meet an old friend in another country, and the wedding night is the first", especially when we get married, which is called "great joy". The wedding ceremony is a "small entrance examination", and it can't be done without XiShen's control. According to the old custom, new people must face the position of the Western God. So where is the position of the Western God? Is to give Mr. Feng Shui a chance to make money. They formed a set of theories and became established rules. In other words, the western gods constantly change the location of the venue with different time periods. Only when the bride's favored son aims at this position can he be blessed by the Western God. No one has seen what the Western God looks like. In the old days, there were "Tianguan" adults in folk pictures under the banner of "double happiness".

The uncertainty of XiShen's image reflects the diversity of our wedding customs. In some places, the wedding ceremony environment likes to post photos of Hehe Erxian, which is considered as a symbol of "harmony". Hehe, the two immortals are Hanshan and Picked, two monks in the Tang Dynasty. Because of their knowledge, morality and close personal relationship, they are admired by future generations, so they gradually become a symbol of unity, harmony and friendship.

After liberation, Mr. Hou, a crosstalk master, was once called "the drama god of China". His crosstalk has brought joyful laughter to thousands of families, and his art has become the ideal embodiment of crosstalk. His image is deeply loved by people. Unfortunately, due to the limited environment at that time, the name of the Western God did not spread and its influence was limited. In addition, crosstalk is an art form with irony as its means. In his laughter, it is ironic and sharp-edged, which is essentially different from the joy of real marriage. As a result, Zong Shaoshan was exposed. Otherwise, how could I have this honor?

It is very interesting to put the crown of "God of Happiness" on Shaoshan's head, whether it is a reward, endorsement or self-styled. Shaoshan's charming smile, naive spirit of helping others, and the title of the director of the marriage Committee, it is logical to get the title of "God of Happiness". I am as happy for him as many friends. Although wedding etiquette has a long history, it also needs to be integrated into the spirit of the times. This depends on the efforts and wisdom of "Joy God". In this festive chain, it is necessary to establish a wedding culture system, cultivate a professional team with literacy, innovate etiquette models, study the history and characteristics of weddings at home and abroad, and at the same time pay attention to family happiness, nursing, reading, gathering, creation, entertainment, diet and sports, all of which are conducive to building a harmonious socialist society.

I hope Shaoshan will cherish the title of "God of Joy" and cherish the purity and sacredness of "God of Joy". Because this title is not like a commodity, it can be bought with money, which is a kind of social moral recognition. It is the crystallization of sacrifice and dedication. Since we have stepped onto the high position of "God", we should live up to expectations, not be afraid of hardships and death, and serve the people wholeheartedly. It plays an irreplaceable role in the wedding career I originally loved.

As soon as people mention the "God of Joy", they immediately feel kind and beautiful. Then, the "God of Joy" is bound to become the image symbol of a harmonious society.

Welcome to "XiShen" —— To Mr. Zong Shaoshan, Director of the Wedding Committee of China Folk Writers and Artists Association

Author: Cui Zimo

Keywords: | Xi Shen | Folk Literature | Zong Shaoshan | Cui Zimo

I have known Mr. Zong Shaoshan for ten years. At that time, he was participating in the establishment of China Culture and Art Network, and we met by chance at an expert meeting. After that, there are some interactions, such as making a phone call from time to time, or meeting occasionally when there are activities in the calligraphy and painting art circle.

In the field of calligraphy and painting, Mr Shaoshan is very influential. Apart from his versatility, his popularity certainly has a lot to do with it. Art is character, and both morality and art can broaden the road to success.

Last year, we contacted frequently. Apart from our business with the Printing Committee of China Folk Writers Association, we often go to the "Four Kingdoms Art Garden" in Guigongzi House, Yimingtang, Yalong Bay and Jianwai SOHO to have tea, tea and elegant collections, and discuss all aspects of the contemporary art market with many celebrities in the art world. Mr Shaoshan is enthusiastic, frank and loyal, and often gathers friends to build a platform for the interaction between friends. In his words, it is "integrating resources."

One day last year, Mr Shaoshan invited me to tea. After the meeting, Brother Shaoshan mentioned one thing, saying that he accepted a task of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles: to set up a wedding professional committee of the China Folk Writers Association of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, with him taking the lead; Responsible for sorting out and excavating intangible cultural heritage, protecting the excellent traditional culture of ethnic minorities, and especially promoting the development of wedding and happy event cultural industry. I said it was a good thing and I congratulated him. His round face was full of smiles, saying that his friends began to praise him as the "God of great joy", and he was willing to accept it, bringing great joy and good luck to people. In some large-scale wedding activities, people warmly welcomed him as "overjoyed".

"If you are happy together, the beginning of life will be happy"-Wen Huaisha Weng, a master of Chinese studies, gave these eight-word books to Zong Shaoshan, the "God of Great Joy", which had a far-reaching impact. God-given marriage, falling in love and getting married is a big dream and a happy event in life, and the wedding can't be hasty; Then, the bridal chamber was filled with flowers and candles, and harmonious happiness became the beginning of the birth of new life and human reproduction. Throughout the ages, wedding, as a cultural heritage, is deeply rooted in people's hearts and is of great significance.

History is advancing. Today, people's material life is becoming more and more abundant, and wedding ceremonies are becoming more and more solemn, and are constantly being given new contents and forms. How to sort out and excavate the meaningful things in the tradition, inherit and innovate, and create a new material civilization and spiritual civilization of wedding culture is of practical value for contributing to the main theme of a harmonious society.

As a service industry, the wedding economy seems ordinary, but it involves huge capital flow, covering wedding services, advertising media, wedding photography, jewelry, hairdressing and beauty, flowers, bedding, household appliances, restaurants, catering, tobacco and alcohol sugar industry, tourism and entertainment, gifts and other links. Therefore, how to guide consumption and realize the "marriage" between culture and art, industrial market and scientific development is indeed a university question.

As a cultural industry project, wedding is a big culture, a big topic, a big market and a big industry. At present, the local wedding market is in the ascendant, and wedding culture has become an important part of economic construction and cultural construction. Mr. Zong Shaoshan is determined to concentrate, adjust his thinking and do a good job in the wedding culture industry. In August 2006, the first National Wedding Artists Summit Forum was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, which actually promoted the wedding culture and art, made the development of industry management, industry norms, industry ethics and industry culture, and raised the wedding host and wedding deacon to the concept and level of wedding artists. As one of the important contents of the protection of national folk culture, he is going to organize systematic research, show the wedding aesthetics with China characteristics, and write a History of Chinese Wedding.

Fortunately, the wedding culture industry in China is facing the new consumption concept period of "innovation economy", "experience economy", "service economy" and "attention economy", and has become a happy sunrise industry with unlimited business opportunities and bright prospects in China. It is a long way to go to lead Chinese wedding fashion, establish civilized wedding consumption and wedding values, and create a frugal, civilized, simple and healthy social atmosphere. Mr. Shaoshan will take practical actions to develop in the direction of personalization, internationalization, branding, fashion, entertainment and scale, create the designated products and artworks of China wedding industry, and write the contemporary wedding cultural history of China.

Easier said than done, the "God of exultation", who has always taken pains, will make a wish and will definitely show beautiful scenery before our eyes.