Tug of war with eternity - Yu Guangzhong cultural exchange event held in Yongchun, Fujian

China News Service, Yongchun, Fujian, November 8th (Reporter Sun Hong) The "Tug of War with Eternity - Yu Guangzhong Cultural Exchange and the Establishment of the Board of Directors of Yu Guang Chinese Literature Museum" event kicked off on the 8th at the Yu Guang Chinese Literature Museum in Yongchun, Fujian. More than 200 experts, scholars and Yu Guangzhong literature lovers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and even overseas gathered together for this literary event.

The first board of directors of Yu Guang Chinese Literature Museum was established here. Ph.D. supervisory teams from Zhejiang University, Xiamen University, South Central University for Nationalities, Fujian Normal University, Fujian University of Science and Technology and other universities have signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Board of Directors of Yu Guang Chinese Literature Museum, and plan to help young students grow by selecting annual outstanding research results.

On November 8, the first board of directors of Yu Guang Chinese Literature Museum was established in Yongchun, Fujian. Photo by Lin Qibin

During this period, the participating scholars focused on the topic of "Yu Guangzhong and I", told their stories with Yu Guangzhong, explained their understanding of his works, and advocated the regular sharing of Yu Guangzhong's manuscripts, the release of personal research results, special exhibitions, academic seminars, etc., to continue to promote the development and dissemination of Yu Guangzhong's literary research.

Yongchun is the hometown of Mr. Yu Guangzhong, a well-known poet and author of "Nostalgia". "In his father's creations in his later years, Yongchun was of deep significance to him." Yu Youshan, Yu Guangzhong's second daughter, said that she hopes to establish some channels so that academic scholars and university graduate students can use the collections of the Literature Museum and the manuscripts of the Literature Museum to conduct research.

The day's event simultaneously released the themed tourist route of "Poetic Travel in Light·Peachland Journey". This route connects the literary imprint of Yu Guangzhong with the landscape and humanities of Yongchun, transforms literary texts into immersive cultural tourism products, and uses literature to empower the high-quality development of cultural tourism in Yongchun, the "Quanzhou of the World" and the hometown of overseas Chinese.