Informative speeches of Guan Gong Culture for the Scholars from home and abroad
World Guangong Culture news: China •Jingzhou International Guan Gong Culture Forum namely Hubei Zhuangyao project investment conference which was sponsored by the Hubei Provincial CPPCC, undertaken by Jingzhou Municipal Government and Municipal CPPCC " was held in Jingzhou, Hubei on June 16th. Li Hongzhong, secretary of Hubei Provincial Party committee, Wang Guosheng, governor of Hubei Province sent congratulatory message to the conference. More than 200 experts and scholars from more than 10 countries and regions in the United States, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom, mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and hundreds of domestic and overseas entrepreneurs gathered in “The cultural village of Three Kingdoms” of Jingzhou to discuss heritage and development of Guan Gong culture.
Yangsong, chairman of Hubei Provincial CPPCC pointed out in his opening speech, Jingzhou had long history and rich cultural heritage, especially the “Three Kingdoms Culture” which took Guan Gong Culture as the representative had the most far-reaching influence. Guan Gong who embodied the spirit of "Loyalty, Benevolence and Integrity" was an important part of the Chinese excellent traditional culture, which can still give us spiritual nourishment and ideological inspiration.
Hu Deping, a member of Standing Committee of the CPPCC, deputy director of the Economic Commission, general counsel of World Guan Gong Culture Promotion Association said at the opening ceremony, I was very fortunate to go to Shaxia temple in Liaocheng City, Shandong Province in the late nineties and saw businessmen’s worship of Guan Gong. A businessman wrote a couplet for Guan Gong in the Shaxia temple: non-essential died to achieve virtue, asked my generation who was righteousness; Do what you can do for the society, do not empty talk about useless things”. For the business, does it need integrity? Or faith? Now this question has the practical significance. Whether everything only needed profit but not a little charity and sense of responsibility? I thought the businessman had such an understanding for Guan Gong: businessman also had to fulfill social responsibility like Guan Gong in times of peace, you should talk about integrity, trust and faith as well.
The on-site of opening ceremony
Lei Zhenhuan (from left), chairman of World Guan Gong Culture Promotion Association was giving Tibet Duke Guan Thang-ka to Yangson, chairman of Hubei Provincial CPPCC, LI Youcai, Executive Vice President of Hubei Provincial CPPCC and Tu Yong , vice chairman of Hubei Provincial CPPCC
On the rostrum
Why Guan Gong Culture has such far-reaching impact? What practical significance of Guan Gong Culture has? This is the hot topic discussed by the experts and scholars from home and abroad inside and outside of the conference.
Jiang Minqin, a professor of the Department of Business Administration at Shih Chien University in Taipei, said that if Jingzhou wanted to grow up, must develop Guan Gong culture and this was the original intention for holding such activity. With depth perspective of history, the integration of Guan Gong culturology and Zhuangyao project must not be just one-off international Forum as an effective means of investment, but it should have vertical link with a series of measures and planning for echoing.
Wu Huiqiao, associate professor of Taiwan's Ming Chuan University said it was 351 years since Duke Guan’s belief transferred to Taiwan from the Ming Dynasty and was widely revered by all social circles. Taiwan’s Guan Gong worship had intimate connection with Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism monotheism and Confucian polytheism.
Lei Zhenhuan, chairman of World Guan Gong Culture Promotion Association told the reporter, sincerity was more important than faith, because it was in ahead before getting trust, interpersonal relationships should be patient and honest. Lei Zhenhuan said, the commercial society should more emphasis on the integrity, which was the true meaning of Guan Gong spirit in modern society. Lei Zhenhuan was committed to carry forward the culture of Guan Gong, he had indissoluble bound with Jingzhou. Lei Zhenhuan had suggested to free and open the temple of Guan Yu and gifted related Duke Guan icons, he donated many times to the temple of Guan Yu. In addition, he has also subsidized the poor students of the Yangtze University.
Zhan Hanglun, professor of Department of Chinese from Hong Kong University introduced that, in South Korea, Guan Yu was regarded as the god of victory, god of raining, god of destiny and god of writing, the worship of Guan Gong spirit has already been rooted among the people in South Korea.
Zhao Dongcheng, professor of the University of Seoul, South Korea, director of national Competitiveness Committee was giving a speech
On-site guests gathered
Hu Xiaowei, a researcher of Literature Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said, Guan Gong was a real historical figure, he not only appeared in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but also appeared in the theogony of Buddhism, Taoism and other religions. Guan Gong became god from human, and saint from god, mainly because Guan Gong had the force of personality with various religious.
Hu Xiaowei, a researcher of Literature Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said, Guan Gong was a real historical figure, he not only appeared in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but also appeared in the theogony of Buddhism, Taoism and other religions. Guan Gong became god from human, and saint from god, mainly because Guan Gong had the force of personality with various religious.
Zhu Zhengming, vice chairman and secretary-general of World Guan Gong Culture Promotion Association, deputy secretary-General of the Overseas Friendship Association of Hubei Province said, each time came to Jingzhou, I felt particularly warm! Here was the ancient battlefield for Guan Gong and the birthplace of World Duke Guan culture. 28 years ago, I started off from this piece of land of Jingzhou with over 360,000 km journey to visit Duke Guan culture around the world, I was very touched! Saint of Guan Gong has become the moral idol of “loyalty, benevolence and integrity” of the Chinese nation; the Guan Gong culture has become the spiritual bond connecting the Chinese at home and abroad!
Xu Hongen, director of the Ministry of Culture of China and China Cultural Heritage Foundation for Culture and Arts Commission, said Guan Gong Culture as the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, its core penetrated “loyalty, benevolence and integrity” which was the spirit carrier of building harmonious society and improving cultural strength. The thought of "grand unification" was the positive factor to realize the unification of the country, also the "spiritual bond" for maintaining the Chinese all over the world.
Wang Yude, dean and professor of the School of history and culture of Central China Normal University thought if further promoting Guan Gong culture, on the one hand, should continued to collect "non-left" wealth related with Guan Gong and enriched the connotation of Guan Gong spiritual culture, well protected and inherited Guan Gong culture through various forms; on the other hand to make the culture industries related with Guan Gong bigger and stronger, develop tourism industry and expand the influence of the culture of Guan Gong.