Social Sciences Popularization Week Series Event | A Joint Exhibition by Three Institutions Arrives at Linchuan District No. 16 Primary School

The popularization of the social sciences is an important means of disseminating social science knowledge, promoting scientific thinking and methods, enhancing citizens’ social science literacy and moral character, fostering and practicing the core socialist values, and advancing well-rounded human development while elevating the level of social civilization.

To promote the “Cultural Fuzhou: The Vessel of Dreams” brand, strengthen collaboration between cultural institutions and schools, advance public outreach in the social sciences aimed at young people, and actively foster and uphold the core socialist values, on October 24, the Tang Xianzu Memorial Hall, the Wang Anshi Memorial Hall, and the Municipal Museum of Fuzhou jointly organized a Social Sciences Public Awareness Week event. The initiative brought the distinctive exhibitions of each institution directly to students at the No. 16 Primary School in Linchuan District, laying a solid foundation for their healthy development of worldviews, life perspectives, and value systems.
 

Tang Xianzu, a dramatist and literary figure of the Ming dynasty, is one of the world’s hundred great cultural luminaries. In his youth, he gained renown in the literary world; in middle age, he suffered setbacks in officialdom; yet in his later years, he left an indelible mark on the realm of Chinese opera. His masterpiece, the “Four Dreams of Linchuan,” explores human emotions and desires, critiques autocratic Confucian orthodoxy, challenges the established doctrines of Neo-Confucianism, and champions freedom and genuine feeling, thereby restoring the radiant light of human nature. For four centuries, this work has remained a perennial favorite on stage. Tang Xianzu has erected a towering monument in the annals of Chinese cultural history, and his artistic masterpieces constitute a shared cultural heritage of all humankind.

 

During the social education activity, outreach staff distributed educational brochures to students and invited them to take part in engaging quizzes. The event was well received by the school’s students.

Actively raise your hand to answer questions.

02 Wang Anshi Memorial Hall

 

 

(1) “Diligence and Integrity Uplift Righteousness, Pure Breeze Nourishes the Land of Talents—Fuzhou Exhibition on Culture of Diligence and Integrity”
 

        Centered on Fuzhou’s culture of diligence and integrity, the exhibition highlights the exemplary deeds of 18 distinguished historical figures from Linchuan—among them Wang Anshi, Tang Xianzu, Zeng Gong, Lu Jiuyuan, and others—enabling students to experience, in a more concrete and nuanced way, the moral rectitude and uprightness embodied by these sages, as well as their unwavering dedication and sincere commitment to serving the people.
 

     
 

 

(2) Cultural Classroom: “Wang Anshi and His Hometown, Linchuan”

Beginning with the deep ties between Wang Anshi and Linchuan, the lesson unfolds through three short poems—“Misfired Meal,” “Plum Blossoms,” and “New Year’s Day”—as well as the story of Fang Zhongyong, the child prodigy from Jinxi, encouraging students to strive diligently and cultivate sound study habits and moral character.
 

  

03 Fuzhou City Museum

 

 

“Autumn Rain Masters: The Jiangyou Aristocratic Clan—Exhibition on the Family Traditions and Precepts of the Zeng Gong Clan”
 

The exhibition tells the story of the Zeng clan of Nanfeng, with Zeng Gong as its representative. Rooted in Confucianism, the family enshrined Confucian principles—loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, and propriety—as the guiding tenets of its household rules and moral teachings. It highlights the clan’s virtues of loyalty, filial devotion, integrity, and uprightness; their dedication to diligent governance and love for the people; their adherence to the path of rectitude and the doctrine of the Mean; and their commitment to nurturing both family and descendants. Through these qualities, visitors can savor the profound and enduring family ethos of the Nanfeng Zengs, while appreciating the charm and significance of our nation’s traditional culture.