20 16 is the fifth anniversary of Li Hongzhang's death1/kloc-0. The three-month Li Hongzhang Cultural Festival opened on 17 in Modian Community, Hefei, Anhui Province, Li Hongzhang's hometown. Dozens of famous scholars and descendants of Li gathered together to discuss "Li Hongzhang culture".
Tang Qixue introduced that culture plays an important role in the development of a city and a country. To study Li Hongzhang's culture, we should grasp Li Hongzhang's role in promoting the development of modern society. The new school founded by Li Hongzhang cultivated the "artisan spirit" and greatly promoted the development of modern industry in China. "Li Hongzhang attaches importance to science and technology and education, and we must carry it forward."
Li Hongzhang, a native of Hefei, Anhui Province, is called Li, also known as Li Hefei. As the founder and commander-in-chief of Huai Army and Beiyang Navy, the leader of Westernization Movement and an important official in the late Qing Dynasty, he signed the Vietnam Treaty, the treaty of shimonoseki and the Concise Treaty between China and France on behalf of the Qing government. Former Japanese Prime Minister Hirofumi Ito regarded him as "the only person in the Qing Empire who has the ability to compete with the world powers".
Weng Fei, director of Anhui Historical and Cultural Research Center and editor-in-chief of Complete Works of Li Hongzhang, has studied Li Hongzhang for more than 30 years. He said that Li Hongzhang has always been a controversial person, even a negative image in some aspects. "But he wrote in" Desperate Poem "that" the dust and atmosphere overseas has not yet been extinguished, so we can't wait and see ",which shows that he was still worried about national security when he died."
Weng Fei introduced that Li Hongzhang once ridiculed himself as a "paperhanger" of the Qing Empire, and his 40 years on the stage of the late Qing Dynasty was the epitome of China's modern history.
Li Hongzhang's family temple, Liu Yin Tang, group therapy ancestral hall, Baoen Temple and Xiongzhuanjing ... have entered Li Hongzhang's hometown and are now undergoing group therapy in Modian Community Village, Hefei, Anhui. Although a hundred years have passed, there are still many traces left by Li Hongzhang in Midian. Li Hongzhang's story was passed down from mouth to mouth by ordinary people. He was smart, studious and ambitious since childhood, and all his teachers praised him. After studying under Zeng Guofan, he was admitted to Jinshi at the age of 24.
Sun, the fifth generation of Li Hongzhang's family, told reporters that in the past, Li's descendants avoided talking about Li Hongzhang, and some even changed their surnames.
Li Jianqiang said that Li's descendants are distributed at home and abroad, with about 23,000 people, mainly in Canada, Europe and Southeast Asia. "Starting from Li Hongzhang, it has now reached the eighth generation." Every year or two, descendants of Li Hongzhang at home and abroad will get together and visit Li Hongzhang's former residence and hometown.
The first navy, the first railway, the first batch of international students, the first coal mine ... The reporter saw at the Li Hongzhang Memorial Hall in Hefei Pedestrian Street on June 5438+07 that tourists came to visit in an endless stream, and many photos, words and historical objects told Li Hongzhang's life in detail.
In recent years, Hefei has played the cultural brand of "Li Hongzhang", which has successively restored and built the site of Li Hongzhang, effectively promoting local tourism and economic development. It is understood that Modian Township in Hefei will vigorously develop tourism around Li Hongzhang's culture. Hefei Binhu New District will also rebuild Li Hongzhang's ancestral hall, Li Guoliang's former residence (nephew of Li Hongzhang) and other ancient buildings. (End)