China News Service, Xining, September 24 (Qi Xiujuan) On September 23, the Qinghai Provincial Religious Circle’s Speech Contest to Promote and Popularize the National Common Language was held in Xining.
At the competition site, the entire audience sang the national anthem.
Each of the eight cities and states in Qinghai selected two outstanding religious figures to participate, with a total of 16 contestants competing on the same stage to pursue their dreams.
With the theme of "Learning the National Common Language Well and Practicing the Original Aspiration of Patriotism and Religion", this speech contest is hosted by the Qinghai Provincial Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee and co-organized by the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committees of various cities and states. It is an innovative practice extended to religious groups after Qinghai Province held three consecutive National Common Language and Text Television Speech Contests for Ethnic Minority Farmers and Herdsmen. It is a concrete measure to promote the construction of a model province with a high standard for solidifying the awareness of the Chinese nation's community and to systematically promote the sinicization of religion in our country.
The contents of the contestants' speeches were close to the main line and rich in connotation. They not only had an in-depth interpretation of the integration of China's excellent traditional culture, religious doctrines and the spirit of the times, but also had insights into the laws and regulations such as the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Promotion of National Unity and Progress"; they not only had the original intention of taking root in the plateau and deeply cultivating religious undertakings, but also had the sincere feelings of witnessing the changes in their hometown and being grateful for the development of the times.
The picture shows the audience applauding the players. Photo by Qi Xiujuan
The contestants told heart-warming stories of national unity, told the original intention of practicing good deeds together, and conveyed the firm belief of patriotism and love of religion. They vividly demonstrated the spiritual outlook of Qinghai religious circles in the new era of firmly establishing national awareness, citizen awareness, and awareness of the rule of law, actively integrating into social development, safeguarding national unity, and practicing the sinicization of religion in our country.
After three hours of fierce competition, the judges made a comprehensive score based on the contestants' ideological content, language expression and other dimensions. In the end, the competition will select the first, second, and third prizes, and also set up an excellence award.
Over the years, Qinghai Province has always regarded the promotion and popularization of the national common spoken and written language as a basic project to solidify the consciousness of the Chinese nation's community. It has insisted on promoting it in accordance with the law and taking into account the protection and inheritance, and has found a road to popularization that is in line with the conditions of Qinghai's multi-ethnic and multi-religious province.
The picture shows the guests taking photos with the players. Photo by Qi Xiujuan
Qinghai Province has successively implemented the special action of "Small hands holding big hands, uniting with one heart" and carried out "Mandarin + skills" training. The Qinghai Provincial Ethnic Minority Farmers and Herdsmen National Common Language TV Speech Contest brand was innovatively created. Many plateau farmers and herdsmen learned Mandarin to understand policies, learn techniques, and expand their markets. They used the national common language to tell stories of hometown changes and ethnic unity, breaking down language barriers in policy presentations and cultural exchanges, and creating grassroots practical classrooms that solidified the awareness of the Chinese nation's community. Produced 300 episodes of the TV teaching program "Learn Mandarin with Me" that analyzes difficult vocabulary entries between Chinese and Tibetan words, as an important carrier of language learning for people in Shenzhen and Tibetan prefectures and counties in Qingganchuan.
At the same time, various localities continue to promote the learning of the national common language for religious venues. For example, Haibei Prefecture, Huangnan Prefecture and other places regularly organize theme speech competitions for religious circles; innovatively launch bilingual guide training courses for Tibetan Buddhist temples to improve the language application and policy interpretation abilities of religious circles; steadily promote the standardization of wording for signs at religious activity venues, etc. (over)
