Mei Lianhua, 1958, a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, is the 63rd generation descendant of Wei Meifu in Nanchang County of the Western Han Dynasty. Graduated from the history department of Jiangxi Normal University. Member of China Folklore Society, director of Jiangxi Museum Society, deputy director of Exhibition Education Committee, researcher of China Folk Culture Research Center in Jiangxi Province, deputy of the 12th and 13th National People's Congress in Nanchang, member of the Education, Culture and Health Committee of Nanchang Municipal People's Congress, 1997 to present, secretary and curator of Nanchang Folk Museum.
Chinese name: Mei Lianhua
Nationality: China.
Place of birth: Nanchang, Jiangxi
Date of birth: 1958
Occupation: folklore expert
Graduate school: History Department of Jiangxi Normal University
Representative works: Pursuing the Wind and Asking the Customs, and Talking about Nanchang by the Golden Sage Tower.
postal service
Director of Chinese Folklore Society, deputy to the 12th and 13th National People's Congress of Nanchang, member of the Education, Culture and Health Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, vice chairman of Nanchang Federation of Social Sciences, director of the Institute of Culture of Nanchang Academy of Social Sciences, and vice chairman of Nanchang Folk Writers and Artists Association.
honour
1999 was rated as an advanced individual in Jiangxi province's cultural and artistic circles.
In 2000, he was awarded the title of "Nanchang Model Worker"
In 2006, he was rated as the "four groups" top talents in Nanchang publicity and cultural education system.
In February 2008, he was awarded "52 1" academic and technical leader (first class) in Nanchang.
In March 2009, he was approved to enjoy the special allowance of Nanchang Municipal People's Government.
Academic experience
From 65438 to 0997, when Mei Lianhua entered the Nanchang Folk Museum on Zigu Road in Nanchang City and became the third curator of the museum, as the 63rd descendant of Wei Meifu in Nanchang County, Zhang Yu in the Western Han Dynasty, she felt that this was not only the indissoluble bond between her family and Nanchang City, but also the call of the times.
Folk custom is the root of culture. All fashion, elegance and modern civilization are fur, while traditional folk culture is skin, which does not exist, but what will fur be attached to? Mei Lianhua understands his career like this. In order to become an expert in folklore from a layman of folklore culture, Mei Lianhua only relies on her own strength and tenacity to read relevant folklore books, cut and paste newspapers, draw nourishment from folklore culture, and constantly improve her professional level. No pains, no gains. Plum blossom fragrance comes from bitter cold. In recent years, through hard study and practice, Mei Lianhua has published more than 30 papers in national, provincial and municipal newspapers and magazines such as China Heritage Daily, Southern Cultural Relics and Jiangxi Daily, and many papers have won prizes in national, provincial and municipal competitions or been selected into relevant national, provincial and municipal academic articles. At the end of 2003, he edited and published the first volume of "Seeking Custom" series, with 230,000 words and more than 400 illustrations, which comprehensively reflected and introduced the ancient city style, traditional folk customs and human landscape of Nanchang. After being praised as a masterpiece of studying Nanchang's history, folk customs and humanities, in 2005, he edited and published a cultural series "The Golden Sage Tower on Nanchang" reflecting Nanchang's customs and humanities. In 2006, he edited China Folk Knowledge Series Jiangxi Volume, Jiangxi Nuo and Nanchang Folk Custom (to be published). Nanchang University, Nanchang College and other universities specially invited him to give lectures.
In order to run the museum well and carry forward the folk culture, Mei Lianhua led the staff of the museum to be innovative in the face of the narrow space, the scarcity of collections and the shortage of funds. With the purpose of carrying forward the national culture and developing the ninth grade, she devoted herself to folk practice and creatively carried out: First, she enriched the collection, updated the display, and carried out various exhibitions and colorful folk activities that were loved by the masses. Only in 200 1 year, he creatively planned and cooperated with Nanchang Evening News to launch a large-scale collection of folk cultural relics among the citizens of the city. Within half a month, he accepted more than 200 pieces of various folk cultural relics donated by the citizens. The second is to skillfully play publicity cards, make full use of the media, publicize and expand folk culture. * * Co-produced special topics such as "Seven Gates, Nine States and Eighteen Slopes in Nanchang" with Nanchang TV Station, making the Folk Museum "TV has pictures, newspapers have words, and radio stations have sounds"; Third, extensive cooperation with tourism, landscape architecture, education, public security and other departments to carry out quality education and develop cultural tourism. The museum has now become a patriotic education base for more than 10 units. Fourth, vigorously carry out various folk cultural activities. Mei Lianhua took the lead in planning more than 40 large and medium-sized cultural activities such as the first China (Nanchang) Wedding Custom Expo in 2003 and "Looking for Nanchang Cultural Business Cards", which enriched the cultural life of citizens, improved the visibility of museums and attracted domestic and foreign tourists. When small swallow and his wife returned to the mainland to visit relatives, they were also interested in visiting Nanchang Folk Museum. He has his figure and voice in various conferences held in provinces and cities on building a modern civilized garden hero city. CCTV's "All over China" program, provincial and municipal TV stations, newspapers and magazines and other media "photographed" this "yu zhang vulgar", and they flocked to interview him or open a column to report.
Opinions and comments
The divorce verdict should be revoked.
It is unreasonable to ask a divorcee to read the divorce statement aloud. Mei Lianhua, a folk expert in Nanchang, believes. Mei Lianhua said that among the 15 things that people feel the greatest psychological pressure in their lives, divorce ranks second, second only to the death of their spouses. Although people's views on marriage and family have changed greatly with the progress of society, divorce is not an easy thing for most people. For some divorced parties, divorce is like whether they have a fixed life or not. Even in the face of close relatives and friends, I don't know how to speak. At this juncture, if we are asked to read out the "divorce statement" loudly in front of outsiders, I believe everyone will feel embarrassed, uncomfortable and humiliated. No wonder some divorced couples are anxious and in a bad mood.
Mei Lianhua said that when two people's marriage comes to an end, what outsiders can do is to wish them an optimistic and positive life in the future. Therefore, the requirement to read the divorce statement should be abolished. How to do everything possible to alleviate the pain caused by divorce and truly "people-oriented" is what the relevant departments should do.
Fertility culture
Mei Lianhua introduced that fertility culture is the ideology and corresponding normative system formed by people in fertility and related activities, that is, the ideological theory, values, knowledge, customs, ethics and behavior norms formed by people in activities such as marriage, family, fertility and birth control. It comes into being with the appearance of human society and develops with the development of human society.
Director Mei believes that Nanchang's fertility cultural customs, as an important part of Jiangxi culture, have rich connotations and a long history.
Urban folk custom protection
To find the roots of Nanchang, we must be close to the folk customs of Nanchang, push open the quaint door, touch one brick and one tile, and listen to the long past. These mottled and ancient bits and pieces exude a cordial and warm feeling that goes deep into the bone marrow.
Nanchang Folk Museum is located in Zigu Road, a one-way street. Although the bustling streets such as Shengli Road are close at hand, the museum is very quiet. From 1997, Mei Lianhua was transferred from the administrative organ to the director of Nanchang Folk Museum for ten years. She concentrated on her desk in Fang Jing and became an expert in Nanchang folklore. For this reason, Mei Lianhua's words, thoughts and thoughts are closely related to folk culture and Nanchang history. He has been paid more and more attention by local media, and even became a sought-after "star". In March, 2004, Mei Lianhua combined her accumulated folklore knowledge with media interviews and published a book "Seeking Folklore". In the book, Mei Lianhua mentioned the value and protection of old houses in urban areas in dozens of interviews. In his eyes, the old house is like a book with heavy historical facts and rich connotations, which not only records the warm old dreams of the past, but also makes people see the essential side of a city.
Mei Lianhua believes that people who have lived in Nanchang since childhood have warm memories of the old houses in Nanchang. For a long time, it is the street where the old house is located that breeds and breeds a common culture that is both secular and harmonious, true and vivid, full and peaceful. It is this kind of culture that constitutes a rich and colorful folk culture and urban humanistic spirit, and promotes the cultural inheritance and continuation of the city. Today, for people who are used to living in tall buildings, old houses are no longer desirable. The old house fell down with the rumble of bulldozers. In the process of social progress and urban development, new buildings gradually replace old buildings, and new lifestyles replace old lifestyles. This may be the inevitable replacement of the old and the new, but from another perspective, the demise of the old house is another kind of regret and hidden pain.
"Folk customs and streets are like twin brothers!" Mei Lianhua said that every nation and every region has its own customs and characteristics. There is an old saying that "a hundred miles of customs are different, and a thousand miles of winds are different", which is the truth; And all folk customs need a fixed carrier, that is, streets and lanes. For example, he said: in the past, Nanchang was dominated by handicrafts, and most of the streets were shops closely related to the lives of ordinary people, such as blacksmiths and cotton shops, and small craftsmen such as repairing pots and shaving their heads and carrying loads crossed the street; With the development of commodity economy, vehicles and other means of transportation appear, buildings are tall and roads are widened, and those traditional industries gradually retreat from the long river of history, and the carriers that originally carried ancient folk customs such as old streets and alleys gradually fade away.
"We don't insist on rebuilding all the destroyed cultural relics immediately, just looking at the history that may not even be found in the ruins. Should we ask ourselves, how much spirit of attaching importance to culture and looking back at history is in our hearts? " Mei Lianhua was deeply worried when she mentioned the present situation of Nanchang's ancient houses and streets.
Winning record
(1) In February, 2005, 12: The article "Reflections on the Cultural Characteristics of Hakka Living" won the third prize of the scientific paper on culture and art of Jiangxi cultural system.
(2) June, 2005165438+1October: My humble opinion on giving full play to the role of deputies to the National People's Congress won the third prize of "enhancing the awareness of deputies and giving full play to their role".
(3) In June, 2005, 165438+ 10, the article "Ideas from Cultural Nanchang to Cultural Nanchang" won the first prize of the theoretical seminar of "Conscientiously implementing the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee-improving the ruling ability, building a harmonious society and promoting the development of Nanchang" by the Propaganda Department of Nanchang Municipal Committee.
(4) 65438+February 2006: On the Inheritance and Protection of "Xu Zhenjun Worship" won the second prize of the scientific paper on culture and art of Jiangxi cultural system.
(5) 65438+February 2007: The article "Seeing Nanchang City Cultural Image from the Spirit of Bayi" won the third prize of the scientific paper on culture and art of Jiangxi cultural system.
Main work
thesis
(1) April 2004: On the Innovation of Museum Exhibition Art in the New Century was published in the collection Listening to the Footsteps of Exhibition Art-the Development Trend of Exhibition Art in the New Century, which was published by Hunan People's Publishing House.
(2) On June 2007, 5438+065438+ 10/7: Enhancing the Cultural Image of Nanchang City was published in China Culture News.
monograph
(1) In 2004, he compiled "Pursuing the Wind and Asking the Custom", which was published by People's Daily Press.
(2) In 2005, the Nanchang Culture Series of Summer Flowers of Jinsheng Tower was edited and published by Jiangxi 2 1 Century Publishing House. Among them, The Origin of Nanchang City, The Customs and Habits of Nanchang, Celebrities Out of Nanchang City in Large Numbers and The Story of Wanshou Palace are four books written by myself.
(3) In 2007, the monograph China Folk Knowledge Series Jiangxi Volume Jiangxi Folk Custom was published by Gansu People's Publishing House.
(4) In 2008, the monograph Jiangxi Nuo was published by Jiangxi Education Press.
(5) The monograph Nanchang Folklore was published by Jiangxi People's Publishing House in 2008.
(6) In 2008, the monograph Illustrated Folk Custom in Nanchang was published by Jiangxi Fine Arts Publishing House.