I. Background and motivation of the investigation
At present, based on the strategic height of building a well-off society in an all-round way and building a harmonious socialist society, the CPC Central Committee has made strategic arrangements for building a new socialist countryside and put forward the cultivation of new farmers, which puts forward new and higher requirements for farmers' cultural level and rural cultural construction.
And in my hometown, what is the current situation of farmers' spiritual and cultural life? In this regard, I used the time to go home during the winter vacation to investigate the spiritual and cultural life of farmers in several villages in my hometown, hoping to give some reference to the cultural construction of the current new socialist countryside construction. In the countryside of my hometown, the living conditions of farmers are basically similar, so these villages are a microcosm of the rural society in the whole region and can represent the overall situation of my hometown.
Time: February 7, 2009 to February 6, 2000 +0 1.
Venue: Several villages near Linqu County, Weifang City, Shandong Province.
Methods: With the help of village committee cadres, I made a detailed survey of my own village, and the survey of several nearby villages was mainly conducted by asking some relatives, friends and their families individually.
Content: According to different periods (changes from the past twenty years to the present and changes from busy farming to slack farming all the year round); The spiritual and cultural life styles and contents of different age groups (elderly, middle-aged and minors) were investigated.
Second, the overall situation and analysis
Generally speaking, in recent years, with the country's increasing attention to the "three rural issues", rural cultural construction is also booming, and farmers' cultural life is increasingly colorful. As far as the scope and people I investigated are concerned, farmers are basically satisfied with the present situation, but there are also some problems that cannot be ignored.
1, in terms of time.
Judging from the changes of farmers' spiritual and cultural life in the past two decades, it has experienced a development process of slow first and then fast.
From the late 1980s to the early 1990s, due to the gradual deepening of reform and opening up and the gradual formation of market economy, the overall appearance of rural areas has been greatly improved. However, due to the influence of foreign culture and historical reasons, parents' own cultural quality is too low and their ideas are backward, which makes them hesitant, blind and unsuitable when they are impacted by foreign culture. Traditional rural cultural lifestyles such as watching big plays, listening to books, yangko dancing and ancestor worship have gradually disappeared.
From the late 1990s to the present, this situation has gradually improved. /kloc-people born around 0/980 began to become parents of rural families. Most of these people have received junior high school education, and their ideological concepts and cultural quality have been greatly improved. They are interested in all kinds of new things and accept them quickly. As a result, the once monotonous rural cultural life has gradually become rich and diverse, and cultural and recreational activities such as listening to radio, watching TV, playing poker, playing mahjong and watching movies have been widely accepted and popularized. Up to now, among the rural families I have investigated, there are also many cultural places in our towns and villages, such as audio-visual products rental, books and newspapers rental and retail, internet cafes and so on. The spiritual and cultural life of farmers has been greatly enriched and improved, and the spiritual and cultural construction in rural areas has also developed rapidly.
2. According to different groups of people.
At present, adults aged 30 to 45 in rural cultural life, whether in the village or at home, dominate the organization and content of cultural activities. Their cultural lifestyle: 54% people watch TV or listen to the radio at home, 23% people play poker, 65,438+00% people play mahjong, 7% people play chess, and the remaining 6% people read newspapers or engage in other cultural activities.
On the whole, the spiritual and cultural life of rural minors lacks guidance, supervision and guidance. For example, when I investigated in an Internet cafe in a neighboring village, I found that nearly 80% of them were minors, and almost all of these underage junior high school students and primary school students were playing computer games or chatting. Computers and networks are originally a communication tool of modern civilization, but without the management and guidance from society, schools and families, children will indulge in the virtual world of games or chats all day, which will inevitably affect their studies and even poison their physical and mental health.
The elderly are a group that is easily overlooked, and their cultural life is relatively poor compared with people of other age groups. In these rural areas I have investigated, there are too few cultural activities for the elderly, mainly due to lack of organization. It is suggested that relevant departments and rural township cadres should pay more attention to the cultural life of the elderly, organize more cultural activities such as yangko and buy them some fitness equipment, so that the elderly in rural areas can have a sense of security and enjoy themselves.
Third, the current problems.
At present, the mainstream of farmers' spiritual and cultural life is healthy and progressive, but there are also some worrying problems, mainly:
1, gambling is on the rise
In the villages I investigated this time, nearly 30% of the farmers have gambled on poker and mahjong, although the amount is not large, generally only one or two yuan. According to these farmers, "If you have nothing to do, you won't find someone to play with you." This trend must be curbed and prevented from spreading.
2. superstitious activities
In this investigation, I found a noteworthy phenomenon. Almost all the villages I investigated were Han nationality, and nearly 10% of the families believed in Christianity. However, due to the deep-rooted traditional culture in rural areas, in order to attract more Christians, Christianity spread some superstitious ideas to villagers with low educational level, such as: "Christians can get sick without an injection, but with God's blessing."
3. Some farmers are not enthusiastic enough to participate.
Some farmers still only pay attention to making money, ignoring their spiritual and cultural life, are not enthusiastic about collective cultural activities and participate less.
Fourth, some suggestions.
The above is the basic situation of the spiritual and cultural life of rural farmers in my hometown. Through this survey, I think rural farmers are basically satisfied with the status quo, and rural cultural activities are rich and colorful, which are deeply loved by farmers. However, the current situation does not meet the requirements of building a new socialist countryside, and there are some gaps that need to be further strengthened and improved.
I'd like to make some suggestions:
1, strengthen hardware construction. Judging from the current economic situation, the rural villages and towns in my hometown have the ability to build some public cultural places, such as farmer's bookstores, fitness equipment and venues, cinemas and so on.
2. Pay attention to farmers' cultural education. Higher authorities should carry out more activities of "sending culture to the countryside", enrich the form and content of "sending culture" according to the needs of farmers, improve their cultural quality and update their ideas.
3. Strengthen the education management of rural schools. We should improve the knowledge level and moral level of rural teachers, so that rural children can get a good education, really learn cultural knowledge and improve their cultural quality, which will certainly have a far-reaching impact on the future development of rural areas.