Cultural fatigue Zhang Baotong 2017.10.4

In today's society, what else can move people's hearts and lift their spirits? What else can make people rush to be the first? I'm afraid that the only thing is money. Money can buy food, clothes, housing, cars, and everything, but there are also things that money can't buy, such as culture, at least not the essence of culture, especially the cultural quality of the whole people.

Historically, there have been many dynasties and periods of cultural rejuvenation and cultural development in China, which have made significant contributions to the development of Chinese culture and the improvement of people's cultural literacy. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chinese culture also flourished twice, one before and after the Cultural Revolution. In particular, before the beginning of reform and opening up and the financial crisis, it was also a period of Chinese cultural rejuvenation and major development. Newspapers, magazines, films, television, and music flourished like never before, and a large number of contemporary Chinese classics emerged. At that time, although people did not have much money in their pockets, in addition to earning money, people were also eager to read books, newspapers, watch movies, and listen to music. I remember that many of my colleagues subscribed to newspapers and periodicals, some literary, some professional, and some purely recreational. Therefore, the atmosphere of people reading books and newspapers is very strong.

However, in the wake of the financial crisis, many newspapers and magazines were closed due to the fact that the economy was no longer relaxed, and because the prices of paper and rent soared and the cost of printing increased, many newspapers and magazines became unsustainable and ceased to operate, and movies began to decline. In the aftermath of the financial crisis, only a handful of newspapers and magazines survived. These newspapers and magazines are either because of their high circulation or because they rely on subsidies and funding from the state.

Culture is a consumer product, which requires a large and sustained investment of human and material resources in order to achieve long-term results and sustainable development. If the whole society wants to achieve quick success, or only wants to take but does not want to invest, then there will be cultural fatigue or cultural atrophy. And China's cultural fatigue may have started at this time.

When people are tired, they will feel tired, boring, irritable, groggy, and even feel loss of appetite, poor sleep, and depression. In this state, you can't do anything but rest. If you have to force him to keep working, he can only give you a perfunctory response, get by, and it is impossible for you to devote yourself to it, let alone work creatively for you.

The phenomenon of cultural fatigue is also like human fatigue, in the process of fatigue, it is impossible for it to appear a large number of cultural elites, nor can it create a large number of cultural classics and cultural benefits. Therefore, since the end of the 90s, our literature, movies, television, music and Spring Festival Gala have rarely seen and heard very classic works anymore. Literary magazines are almost unreadable, and some literary magazines have almost become the preserve of some editors and writers, and have become a mutually beneficial exchange of courtesies for them. Because of the lack of profound and exquisite themes and scripts, many film directors have to rely on advanced optoelectronic technology and grand scenes to attract audiences, and the storyline is monotonous and boring, and it is difficult to see high-quality products. In addition to the old songs that are played repeatedly, few people like to listen to new songs, and sometimes they can't hear a good new song throughout the Spring Festival Gala. There are a lot of televisions, but costume dramas and anti-Japanese dramas are overwhelming, but there are very few works with realistic themes of quality and taste.

Some people say that the decline of culture and art is due to the impact of Internet culture, and some people say that the regression of cultural literacy is the decline of popular cultural taste. However, do you have a clear conscience and no responsibility for the people and elites in the literary, film, television, music, and various cultural and artistic circles? You are the pillars and leaders of the country's culture and art, and have you conscientiously and conscientiously stuck to your own position? Don't you reflect on the fact that the loss of your position and the decline of popular culture are due to the fact that you first feel fatigue, impetuousness, and are tempted by money and fame?

It's not that people don't like to read books and newspapers, it's not that people don't like culture and art, but how many books are there that people love to read today? How many literary and artistic works are there that people like to see? In the past, in order to write a song, Lei Zhenbang rode a green car for several days and nights to Xinjiang, and when he arrived in Xinjiang, he had to take a long time in a car, and when he arrived in a place where there was no access to a car, he had to ride a horse and walk before he arrived at the place where he wanted to collect wind. However, some composers nowadays sit down at the piano, shake their heads, and stay up most of the night with great vigour, and a piece is written. There are a lot of TV scripts that are actually written by several screenwriters sitting together, smoking cigarettes, drinking tea, and bragging about the day. It's not at all the kind of hard work and brain-racking that people imagine. Many literary works are no longer sharpened every ten years, but 8,000 words or tens of thousands of words are updated a day, and some people even hire writers, divide labor to people, divide chapters to people, and carry out assembly operations. Can these cultural works that "come with no effort" be passed down through the ages and become classics? Can the masses like such fast-food cultural works?

We encourage people to read, but we can't just let people read those literary masterpieces all the time. We always look forward to the Chinese people winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, the World Music Award, the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Awards. However, how many classics and masterpieces can today's society and our cultural elites come up with? And our movies are always blooming and multiplying, but how many can surprise us and have a deep aftertaste?

Our culture seems to be prosperous, but it is only a false prosperity, people's cultural level is constantly improving, but our cultural literacy and artistic taste are constantly declining. Whether it's in the waiting room or on the bus, we can see a lot of young people holding their mobile phones and paying full attention, but you know what they're doing? They are playing games, watching Xianxia, or playing WeChat, how many people are really reading serious books? And those middle-aged and elderly people are also playing with their mobile phones, what are they doing? They don't read books at all, but are sending WeChat and chatting with others. Because they don't feel like there's anything they like to see.

Culture and cultural literacy seem to have become an inconsequential and insignificant thing in people's lives, if there is a good song, listen to it, if there is no good song, do not listen to it; if there is a good TV, just watch it, and if there is no good TV, go to play cards and games. It doesn't seem to affect their daily lives at all. Because their awareness and need for culture are gradually fading and diluting. In fact, who doesn't want to listen to a good song, watch a good movie or TV, or read a good book? However, our society today does not produce so many good works, and most of them are shoddy and fast-food works. These works are like that kind of fast food, if you don't eat it, you will feel uncomfortable after eating it. So, we can see why there are now more people playing cards and games than reading books.

People's hearts have been objectified by money, their eyes are only fixed on money, and earning money is the only goal of life and life. Because people want to live, they have to buy a house, they have to buy a house, they have to buy a car, they have to buy a car, they have to raise children. In short, no matter how much money you earn, it is not enough to spend. Therefore, it is easy for people to look at everything with the view of money, and all objects and behaviors are also measured by money. If you make money doing this, how much will it be worth you to write this work. If what you do and what you write doesn't make you much money, then you're doing useless work. However, there are some things and works that only reflect their meaning, and cannot be measured by money.

If the purpose and meaning of our earning is to provide for our families and increase our possessions, and we have no dreams or ideals to pursue, then we will easily feel tired and irritable. Or, some people try their best to earn money in order to live a better life, but when he earns more money, he finds that he is actually not happy at all, nor is he happy. Because he does not have the richness and nourishment of culture in his heart, he does not understand the value and meaning of life.

Culture shapes people's personality and heart, enriches people's spiritual world, and excellent cultural works can infect us with profound and joyful beauty, leading us to constantly yearn for a better world and create the future. We often think back to the years when we were passionate, when we didn't have much money, we lived hard, we were busy all day, but we were very happy. Now we have more money and a better life, but our hearts are always empty and uneasy, like we have lost something. Maybe our mood is tired, our mind is aging.

When people are tired, they may be able to recover after a good night's sleep. However, the recovery from cultural fatigue will take many years of hard work. Culture is the nourishment of our national spirit, inherits the dignity and hope of our nation, and carries the beauty and virtue of our nation. If our cultural undertakings and humanistic qualities cannot be improved, even if we all drive luxury cars and live in new houses, we cannot be called rich and strong, on the contrary, it will hinder the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Don't think that culture is just a consumer good, and its impact on society and people is insignificant. The power of culture, through profound and rich accumulation, will promote major social changes and technological breakthroughs like a tidal wave. The European Renaissance sparked a major revolution in science and art, opening the curtain on modern European history. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, China also experienced similar movements like the European Renaissance, which not only contributed rich cultural ideas to the Chinese nation and all mankind, but also made the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty highly prosperous economically and culturally, and became an important exporter of Chinese culture, diplomacy and trade. The rise of financial capital in the Song Dynasty preceded the Industrial Revolution by 800 years. At that time, the GDP of the Song Dynasty accounted for more than 50% of the world's GDP, which was much stronger than that of the United States today. It's just that the kind Chinese did not apply the powerful manufacturing civilization and technology to the military, and the Song Dynasty emphasized literature and light military force, lived in peace and did not think about danger, and was finally destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty.

For many years, we have paid more attention to the economy and science and technology, and have not paid enough attention to culture and art, and there has been a trend of declining morality and literacy, which is very sad. The economy and science and technology are developing rapidly, but the decline in culture and morality is by no means the result of our reform and opening up. We must attach importance to culture and strive to realize the cultural rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The revival of culture is the revival of the nation. And national rejuvenation is everyone's responsibility. We must be indifferent and ambitious, quiet and far-reaching, beautify the soul with poetic emotions, pursue the nobility of the soul and moral sentiments, and strive to be a noble and interesting person with cultural taste.