Zhang Ran knew that directing the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games would inevitably be criticized abroad, and Shen Wei also talked to him about this issue, and many people in the dance circle felt that Shen Wei was trained by the United States and should not help China. Pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info but Shen Wei said to Zhang Ran that he should do it, which can win glory for Chinese. Although Shen Wei is now an American citizen, others still think that he is Chinese when they see his face, and if there is anything that is not good, others will not say that the Americans are not doing well, but only that the Chinese are not doing well. Therefore, Shen Wei is willing to join the opening ceremony team and make the opening ceremony better. Zhang Ran is the same, he hopes to make the opening ceremony better, and hopes to show the style of today's Chinese on a world-class stage.

Although Zhang Ran was disgusted by Professor Michael Berry's words, he knew that he should be calm, and frowned: "Is he talking about me being the director of the Olympic Games?"

Larry King smiled and said, "Not only the Olympics, but also the film you are going to shoot, which is also said to be funded by the government." ”

Zhang Ran nodded slightly and said: "There is indeed investment from the government where the story takes place, but isn't this normal? "The Lord of the Rings" has also provided a lot of support from the New Zealand government, do we want to say that Peter Jackson sold himself to the New Zealand government and became the government's pet? The purpose of the local government's participation in the film is very simple, that is, to promote the local area through the film, and then promote the development of tourism. For me, whether it's participating in the Olympics or making this film, the purpose is the same. China has too few opportunities to show itself on the world stage, and China's film and television works can go out are all art films, and these art films show the old China decades ago, or the backward side of China, and there are too few positive images of China, so I hope to show the image of today's Chinese through my works, and show the spirit and faith of Chinese!"

"Larry King Live" likes to ask argumentative questions, which will keep the guests and hosts arguing, and can maintain a heated state of argument during the broadcast, so as to attract the audience. Larry King originally wanted to take the opportunity to attack the Chinese government, but the religious issue was more controversial, and he immediately said: "Wait, you mean faith? Aren't you Chinese without faith?"

Zhang Ran remembered that he had just arrived in the United States, and he knew an American friend, who was five big and three thick, with colorful hair and tattoos on his arms, and he didn't look like a good person. He once asked Zhang Ran, do you believe in God? Zhang Ran naturally said that he didn't believe it, and no one in his family believed it. The guy began to talk about how he had fallen before, fought and drugged promiscuously, and then until he converted to Christ, he felt that there was hope in life again, and he asked Zhang Ran, why do you Chinese have no faith, how did you survive?

For a long time, Zhang Ran was troubled by this problem, feeling that people seemed to be very good at having faith, and he didn't seem to be very low, he even went to read the Bible, but after reading it, he felt like watching "The Romance of the Gods", so he didn't become a Christian in the end. It was not until Zhang Ran opened the "Historical Records" and read the deeds of his ancestors that he slowly realized what the beliefs of the Chinese were.

Now Zhang Ran naturally does not wonder about this question: "Larry, you can say that many Chinese have no religious beliefs, but you can't say that Chinese have no beliefs. These two are completely different, and faith is not the same as religious belief. Chinese people have faith, but Chinese's faith is not religious, but cultural!"

Larry Kim was stunned: "What exactly is the belief of the Chinese?"

Zhang Ran said unhurriedly: "This question may be a little complicated, Chinese people believe in Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, and religion, but in fact, on top of these, the Chinese have a common belief, that is the real belief of the Chinese, that is, the history of China!"

Larry King found it difficult to understand: "You mean Chinese history, but how can history become faith?"

Zhang Ran laughed: "It's not surprising, isn't the Bible just a history book about the history of Israel? It's just a history book with mythological overtones, and its status is equivalent to China's "Historical Records."

There are many historical classics in China, and Chinese are more persistent in history, and there is a famous story in China about a man named Cui Zhu who killed the king and claimed that the king died of illness. The historian who came to record recorded that Cui Zhu killed the king. Cui Shu was furious and killed the historian. After the younger brother of the historian succeeded his elder brother's position, it was also recorded that Cui Zhu killed the king, and Cui Zhu killed him again. After the younger brother of the historian took over the work of his elder brother, it was still recorded that Cui Shu killed the monarch and was killed by Cui Shu. The youngest brother of the historian took over his brother's work, not afraid of Cui Zhu's threat, and it is still recorded that Cui Shu killed the king. Cui Shu finally put down the butcher's knife and let go of the historian's youngest brother. At this time, another historian named Nan Shiyi rushed over with a bamboo tube, and the little historian asked him what he was doing here, and Nan Shishi said, I heard that several of your brothers were killed, and I was worried that they would tamper with history, so I rushed over to record the facts. From this incident, it can be seen that the Chinese's attachment to history is similar to the attachment of other peoples to religion. Religious people seek to go to heaven after death, and the highest pursuit for Chinese is to leave a name in history......"

Larry King interrupted Zhang Ran's words: "What about your pursuit?

Zhang Ran did not shy away from saying: "Yes, I also hope to be able to leave a name in history, so I will participate in the Olympic competition, so I will be strict with myself." In China, every self-proclaimed orthodox dynasty has led the compilation of the history of the previous dynasty, and no country in the world has such a complete set of official history books that contain all the mysteries of Chinese culture. And ordinary Chinese, each family will write a family tree, that is family history. For the Chinese, in addition to letting people understand what happened in the past, history books also play a role similar to other ethnic and religious texts. History is the centripetal force that unites the Chinese nation, giving Chinese a sense of cultural belonging, which is no less than the religious sentiment of Christians.

Chinese has gone through countless tribulations from ancient times to the present, and even the crisis of national extinction, but as long as these historical books are still there, Chinese civilization will not be broken, even if it is conquered by foreign people, even if it is reduced to a semi-colony, there will always be a hero who stands up and shouts for the restoration of China. It is precisely because of the support of this national centripetal force that the Chinese nation has always been able to get out of its predicament and stand up again after being defeated again and again, no matter how many ups and downs it has experienced.

Religious believers believe that such people Chinese have no religious beliefs and no sustenance, and their hearts must be empty. In fact, they don't understand at all that the Chinese, who have a history of 5,000 years, have obtained the same psychological sustenance as religion. History is the accumulation of 5,000 years of Chinese culture, and it is the practice and behavioral norms or self-explanatory interpretation of the ancestors when they encounter difficulties over the past 5,000 years. When every Chinese learns Chinese culture, they are imperceptibly learning and absorbing the experience of the ancients. With such a strong culture, of course, there is no need for religion to support it. ”

"But can history provide a unified normative sense of morality and a sense of truth?" and wouldn't it be terrible if there was no sense of morality and a sense of truth?"

Zhang Ran was tired of hearing this argument before he was reborn, and there are often people on the Internet who preach that "Chinese people are terrible without faith", just like Westerners with faith and angels. For a long time, they have belittled the heroes of this nation by dwarfing traditional Chinese culture, with the aim of destroying the spirit and beliefs of this nation and then promoting cultural colonization.

Because to destroy a nation, it is important to destroy its self-confidence, to destroy its beliefs, to exterminate its culture!

Zhang Ran smiled and said lightly: "There is a big difference between Chinese culture and Western culture, for example, when there was a great flood, the West built an ark to save mankind according to God's guidance, while the Chinese are Dayu to control the water." In the West, it was the gods who stole the fire and gave it to mankind, while in China, the Suiren clan drilled wood to make fire. Westerners face diseases, it is God who teaches humans to concoct medicines, while Chinese are the medicines that Shennong has found after tasting all kinds of herbs. Therefore, when Westerners encounter difficulties or some kind of setbacks, they often think of God or a certain god, but what about Chinese? Chinese think of a certain person in history, think of their ancestors, such as 'dripping water through stones', such as 'three thousand Yue Jia can swallow Wu', and so on. History runs through all aspects of Chinese life, providing spiritual guidance and moral norms for everyone, such as parents educating their children to know how to be humble, talking about Kong Rong making pears, talking about hard study, talking about head cone thorns, and parents will use the story of Meng's mother three moves and mother-in-law tattooing for their children to strive for a good learning environment.

History is very powerful, for example, we often say that Confucius was afraid of the Spring and Autumn Period and the rebellious ministers and thieves, and for example, there was once a traitor named Qin Hui who killed the great hero Yue Fei, and hundreds of years later, there are still people in front of Yue Fei's grave who say, people are ashamed of their name from the Song Dynasty, and I am ashamed of my surname Qin in front of the grave, this is the power of history. Regardless of whether it is the emperor or the general, or the literati, when they do things, they feel that there is a huge historical pen behind their heads, which will record everything they do. Religious believers are afraid of God's judgment, while we Chinese are afraid of the judgment of history, big people are afraid that they will be written into the history books for 10,000 years, and ordinary people are afraid of making mistakes and cannot be written into the family tree, so that future generations will poke their backbones. In the course of long-term development, history has formed moral constraints and norms for the Chinese, which are no less than religions, and it is precisely along this norm that the Chinese have come to this day. ”

Bai Yunfei was not interested in this kind of talk show, but when Larry King and Zhang Ran talked about the Chinese faith, they were attracted and listened quietly, their eyes shining.

When the interview was over, Bai Yunfei ran over, pulled Zhang Ran and said excitedly: "An American once asked me what my faith was. I thought to myself, I can't say no, how low that seems to be, I can't let foreigners see our jokes! I said to him, communism! Now after listening to what you said, I feel that what I said is very correct, we Chinese have faith, and our faith is the vast history of this nation!"

Zhang Ran couldn't help laughing and said: "You are much smarter than me, I was entangled for a long time because I didn't know how to answer what faith is, I felt like I was very low, and I even ran to read the Bible." ”

Bai Yunfei said "ah": "Then why don't you believe in religion?"

Zhang Ran shook his head with a smile and said: "How can I believe it if I don't feel anything after reading it?" Later, when I watched the "Historical Records", the feeling was completely different, seeing the demeanor of the ancestors, the pride and excitement from the heart could not be brought by reading the "Bible". Sometimes I can't help but think, our ancestors were so good, how can we, the descendants, fall, and we can make history or even do better, so that future generations can also be proud of us!"

Bai Yunfei clenched his fists and said, "Yes, our ancestors are so good, they have created such a splendid civilization, how can we, the descendants, not work hard!" )