interface news report on November 13 reporter | Liang Zhou Guo Jing and Huang Rong are characters portrayed in Jin Yong's martial arts novels. Can they build a statue publicly? This issue has been debated in Xiangyang City, Hubei Province in recent years. Long time.
According to Hubei Daily, relevant companies are currently planning to make Guo Jing and Huang Rong statues a sub-project of the Han River tourism complex. The report also said that reporters randomly surveyed citizens’ opinions on the statues of Guo Jing and Huang Rongshu near Linhan Gate on the ancient city wall of Xiangyang. Most of them believed that this is a good carrier for inheriting and displaying martial arts culture, or it will become another iconic Xiangyang. sculpture. The report of the
media has once again aroused heated discussion on the issue of "standing statues for Guo Jing and Huang Rong". On November 12, 2019, the Xiangyang Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism and the Xiangyang Municipal Bureau of Natural Resources and Planning all responded to Jiemian News that currently Guo Jing and Huang Rong sculptures have not landed in Xiangyang, and there are still disputes about the site selection and art form. Waiting is still not finalized.
Xiangyang has a profound historical and cultural heritage, and it has been "a battleground for military strategists" since ancient times. In the martial arts novels written by Jin Yong, the story of Guo Jing and Huang Rong guarding Xiangyang is widely spread. In recent years, the Xiangyang government plans to build statues of Guo Jing and Huang Rong to show the culture in a specific historical background, and make them a cultural business card of Xiangyang, but they have been unable to land due to repeated opposition.
As early as August 2012, the competent department of Xiangyang City stated that the statues of Guo Jing and Huang Rong will be located in Xiaobeimen Square and are expected to be completed at the end of August of that year. The statue will be used as a cultural landscape for the night lighting project of the Hanjiang River Tourism Zone One, the statue is named "Shooting the Condor Love".
According to the Hubei Daily report, the statue of "Shooting the Condor Love" designed at that time was 6 meters high, and the figure was less than 4 meters high. Instead of adopting the image of a film and television drama with a wider spread and greater influence, it started anew with a new design. The matter quickly aroused heated discussion, and the public supported and opposed it.
At that time, Professor Chen Xinjian, a well-known cultural scholar in Xiangyang, believed that the story of Guo Jing and Huang Rong guarding Xiangyang was widely circulated, and these two characters were deeply loved by the public. As a statue, "Shooting the Sculpture Love" is not a historical relic, but a work of art that decorates the city, which is very helpful to enhance the popularity of Xiangyang.
However, Pei Yu, a well-known domestic cultural and tourism scholar and writer, said in an interview with the Yangcheng Evening News that the construction of Guo Jing Huang Rong's sculpture as an urban cultural landscape may not be a big problem. However, when the two virtual characters who have not yet entered the cultural consensus level stepped into real historical events, they had to try to practice a sword technique called "ancient city symbol", and the government would come forward and take it seriously. Something is wrong.
Amidst the controversy, the sculpture project of Guo Jing and Huang Rong was suspended, but the matter did not completely cease. According to a report from Hubei Daily, in 2014, the Xiangyang Tourism Department put forward the goal of "second entrepreneurship", and the statues of Guo Jing and Huang Rong were put on the agenda again. At that time, the statue invested by tourism companies had been completed and temporarily stored in a warehouse, but after many setbacks, it was put on hold again.
Regarding this controversy once again, the staff of Xiangyang Culture and Tourism Bureau told Jiemian News on November 12 that related departments have held several expert meetings since 2018. The controversy has always been relatively large.
"This is not a trivial matter, because it will affect the image of Xiangyang, at least it must withstand scrutiny." The staff member said that the construction unit had planned to put the statues of Guo Jing and Huang Rong on the walls of Xiangyang, because the city walls of Xiangyang are the state The key cultural relics protection unit, and the Guo Jing and Huang Rong sculptures are not historical relics. This plan was rejected and another location was required. The location has not been determined until now.
The staff member pointed out that in addition to the location of the statues of Guo Jing and Huang Rong, experts also have different opinions on other aspects, such as whether the art form of the statue should be a film image, a historical image or an abstract image, and the size of the statue.
Staff of Xiangyang Natural Resources and Planning BureauThe face news stated that its department has not received the latest notice of site selection and plan review for the Guo Jing and Huang Rong statue project, and the sculpture has not landed in Xiangyang.
The staff of the Bureau of Natural Resources and Planning stated that relevant departments held an expert meeting in 2018. Some experts thought the plan at that time was too rough. According to the plan at the time, the construction unit wanted to place the sculpture at Xiaobeimen. The experts did not Agree, because Guo Jing and Huang Rong are not historical figures, and the proportions of the sculptures are not in harmony with the city wall and the surrounding environment. The scale of the sculptures is too large and too close to the city wall.
"Some experts believe that the ancient city of Xiangyang is a real history. It is okay to put fabricated things in tourist attractions, but if you put it next to the real city wall and conduct tourism promotion in the future, it is easy to mislead tourists and make them have a history of Xiangyang. Misunderstanding." The staff member said.
(Original title: Xiangyang is the statue of Guo Jing Huang Rong? It has been controversial for seven years)
(Editor in charge: Han Chong_NBJ11345)
