Review of the documentary "Family Style" 1 Recently, the first and second episodes of the documentary "Family Style" attracted wide attention after being broadcast on CCTV. This documentary skillfully combines the allusions of famous things, local customs and modern education in the way of narration and discussion, which provides rich materials and useful reference for inheriting the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, practicing the socialist core values and shaping the civic consciousness of the new era. If the audience carefully savors the cultural connotation of family style, and gradually feels the breath of life from "gestation" to "inheritance", they can improve their life realm through self-seeking and concentrated practice.
Confucianism emphasizes self-cultivation, which is a lively and colorful "way of ordinary people's daily life", rather than an illusory and indescribable talk. The first episode of Family Style, with the theme of "gestation", tells the audience the plain truth in Zeng Guofan's letters, and adopts a perspective similar to "Pingyuan" in landscape painting to highlight the unremitting "self-satisfaction" efforts of Confucian sages throughout their lives. Gentleman cultivate one's morality, strive for simplicity, and avoid aiming too high. Regardless of wealth and well-being, or drift from place to place, a gentleman should respect the Tao. Mencius said: "A gentleman wants to be complacent when he learns Tao; If you are complacent, you will feel at ease; Be prepared for danger in times of peace is the depth of capital: the depth of capital is left and right; Therefore, the gentleman wants to be complacent. " (Mencius under Li Lou) As the film says, Zeng Guofan never lured fame and fortune to educate his sons and nephews, but warned them to master survival skills, sharpen their will, learn to reason and serve the country. Traditional society gave birth to the idea of "harmony between man and nature". Zeng Guofan had an insight into the vitality of "all things are nurtured without harm" in the cultural atmosphere of farming and reading, and realized the profound meaning of "Heaven is contrary to nature, and the day after tomorrow is beneficial to nature" in the production activities of rural villagers. From Confucius' versatility to Han Confucianism's self-cultivation, from Wu Bi's "hands-on" to Yan Yuan's "hard work", and then to Zeng Guofan's letter to persuade him to grow vegetables, raise fish and raise pigs, Confucian culture has been advancing on the "plain" road.
Honest management creates noble sentiments. Since the Song and Ming Dynasties, "respecting morality" has been closely combined with people's daily life, resulting in folk Confucianism that can meet the needs of the society at that time. On the one hand, folk Confucians can abide by the true spirit and value of Confucianism, on the other hand, they can pay close attention to the living conditions of ordinary people, and seize the opportunity to elaborate Confucian moral views to meet the spiritual needs of ordinary people. Folk Confucianism forms the basis of promoting national psychological identity and public life rules. As a result, a large number of civilian Confucian scholars with ordinary status and excellent virtue emerged. Conscience is present, self-interest and altruism, everyone can become a saint. Today, many ordinary people still remember the old adage that "a gentleman should be virtuous", "a sage can learn" and "a man cannot stand without faith", which has made a saint's character in ordinary jobs. "Family Style" focuses on the professional ethics of "Fang Jia Pharmacy Jiulingtang" in Zhongshan Ancient Town, jiangjin district, Chongqing, in helping the poor, applying drugs to save people, operating with integrity and benefiting neighbors. Fang Lianhai is the first12nd generation descendant of Fang Jia drugstore, and he bears the family business of saving the world and being childlike. Throughout the ages, both the inscription on the gate of the mansion "Although the processing is complicated, I dare not save labor, although the taste is expensive, I dare not reduce material resources" and the inscription prohibiting the sale of water and rice on the Sichuan-Guizhou border show the lasting charm of honest management.
Loyalty and filial piety have a long history. The next episode of Family Style, with the theme of "Inheritance", guides people to inherit the fine moral tradition of the Chinese nation by interviewing social elites, collecting anecdotes of celebrities and exploring the wisdom of ancient social governance. One of the highlights of the film is the story of Tan Zhengyan, the seventh generation descendant of Tanmen, a Peking Opera. He mentioned that the ancestors took "filial piety first" as an epigram, warned future generations, cultivated their sense of rules, and started with the details of life to be a person with "family style". The elders raise the younger generation, and the younger generation returns to the elders. The feelings of human relations are lingering in it and cannot be given up. Filial piety not only requires supporting the elders, but also emphasizes respecting the elders. From the individual's spiritual feelings, filial piety needs the introspection and consciousness of the moral subject, which provides real psychological support for filial piety, and can't become a mere formality, that is, the so-called "loyalty is filial!" The ancients interpreted "loyalty" here as "respect". Respect is the root of filial piety. True filial piety should be filial piety. In the film, Tan Xiaoceng leads Tan Zhengyan and others to visit Tan Yuanshou, which is influenced by the family tradition-"Filial piety and righteousness are manifested in loving each other at home, respecting the old and loving the young, and serving the motherland at home is greater than the country". For more than 2,000 years, a gentleman turned filial piety into loyalty, which made the "small family" closely related to the "everyone" in the rise and fall of the country. Enlightened rulers "seeking loyalty from filial sons" and extending family ethics to national governance skills have long been excellent traditional culture and social knowledge in China. Today, under the guidance of socialist core values, we should inherit the beneficial elements that conform to the main theme of the times, lead the social ideological trend, condense social knowledge and promote comprehensive cultural innovation.
Honest and clean, warning future generations. The ancients followed filial piety in order to maintain family ethics. In the isomorphic pattern of home and country, the "acquaintance society" inevitably requires the majority of members to be honest and clean, and better safeguard the interests of the family and the country. Needless to say, the ancients followed the teaching of "learning to be an excellent official" and thought that entering the official career could shine brilliantly. However, the ancients saw the great harm of corruption, advocated "getting money for nothing" and opposed mercenary; Advocate "controlling profits with righteousness" and oppose forgetting profits; "Take Qian Shengqian as an example" and oppose being rich and heartless, and using bribes for personal gain. Be upright and do things in vain. A gentleman believes in the principle of "keeping a house with morality and moistening the body with morality". When personal interests conflict with personal meaning, the latter should be fulfilled. As Confucius said, "Ill-gotten wealth is as expensive as floating clouds to me." (The Analects of Confucius) In order to educate future generations, Zeng Guofan, a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty, named his house in Shuangfeng Lotus Leaf Hall as "Ba Ben Tang" and taught his children that "being an official is based on not seeking money".
Inherit the family style, stand upright as a moral subject, seek fame when seeking common fame, and make profits when planning the interests of the world. The film lists how the descendants of King Qian Liu achieved impressive results under the inspiration of Qian Jiaxun. In the Song Dynasty alone, there were 350 scholars and nearly 200 academicians from more than 50 countries in modern times. Family precepts, like the treasures of ancestral houses, have been precious since ancient times. In traditional society, family style refers to the beautiful fashion of a family or a family. It is imperceptible and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and has long been a powerful spiritual gene of the Chinese nation. When exploring the evolution track of China's history and social governance, we can easily find that the breeding and inheritance of family style can not only provide realistic guarantee for the healthy growth of individuals, but also promote the sustained prosperity of a family, clan and even the region. Family style is different from religious precepts and national laws. Without the help of powerful means, we can achieve the effect of improving the world and changing customs.
Today, we should face up to the era value of "national laws and regulations" and provide spiritual motivation, intellectual support and institutional guarantee for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. "Family style" is an important part of "human culture". The ancients said: "The wind is on the top, and the vulgarity is on the bottom." . "Custom" is not forced to instill, but to lead the fashion and open the atmosphere. Zeng Guofan has a saying: "Custom is very small for people at first, but it can't be defended in the end." This is also the root cause of the strong response of the documentary "Family Style".
Review of the documentary Family Style II. Family is the cell of society. To carry forward Chinese culture, we must first carry forward excellent family style culture. Now, things like "family style" have been mentioned again. The documentary "Family Style" just broadcast by CCTV is timely and timely.
Family style affects the growth of each generation of a family. High-rise buildings start from the foundation, and the starting point for the formation of a person's values is family style, which is the "foundation" for the growth of a person and a family. From Yan Jiaxun and Zhu Zi's family training to Zeng Guofan's family training and Qian Jiaxun, these excellent family styles have made us familiar. The documentary "Family Style" selects the typical stories of one or two of the most famous family members, which is the epitome of his family style education. In Family Instructions for Yan Family, apart from Yan Zhitui, the story of Yan Zhenqing, a calligrapher familiar to the audience, is mainly used to illustrate Family Instructions for Yan Family, which is self-cultivation, family harmony and scholarship. In the Qian family, it tells the well-known story of Qian Mu and Qian Weichang, and answers why there are so many academicians in the Qian family. By focusing on Tan's professionalism, we can see the family style of the seven generations of Peking Opera family, which is both virtuous and artistic. When the camera takes the audience to Xinye Village, Chongqing, it turns out that in the criss-crossing streets and lanes, many pavements are connected by pieces of stone slabs, which are deliberately laid for "no mud, no rain and no wet boots". Documentary from ancient times to the present, from the city to the countryside, let the audience feel that the family style culture has a long history, "Less is nature, and habit is nature".
The formation of family style is not achieved overnight, but a family atmosphere formed by continuous family education. Documentary started from Zeng Guofan's family style in Qing Dynasty, then crossed to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and traced back to Yan Jiaxun, the earliest family instruction in China with complete documentation. Yan family takes "studying to be a man" as the core of family style, and filial piety as the essence of family style. Then Qian Jiaxun and Zhu Zi's family motto come down in one continuous line, and the family style of "reading to serve the country" made Qian Jia. "Reading and self-cultivation" has become the highest ideal realm of Xinye villagers. Our family style is influenced by a sexual family style culture, and each family has its own distinctive family style characteristics. The first episode of the documentary is about Zeng Guofan's family style, and the core of his family style culture is thrift. The two words that appear most frequently in Zeng Guofan's family letters are "diligence" and "frugality", and the 16-character motto he left behind is: "If you are frugal at home, you will prosper, and if you are frugal, you will be healthy; "Diligence and thrift, neither poverty nor inferiority" has become a prominent family culture of the Zeng family. "
By focusing on several representative families, the documentary explains the family style culture and family style inheritance, and inspires us to think: Has the excellent family style been passed down? The documentary anxiously reminds the audience that the family structure has changed. Family style is there, spirit is there, and core values can be passed on.
According to the film, according to the family tradition, every time the Qian family gives birth to a newborn, the whole family should read the family instructions of the Qian family together. This is basically invisible at present, but the current family style education emphasizes the transmission of parents' role models. The inheritance of family style, if only family training, including very formal rules and words, is not enough to ensure the perfect inheritance of family style. What can inherit the family style is personal practice handed down from generation to generation. Tan Yuanshou, who is nearly 90 years old, practices vocalization every day, which is the best example for her grandson Tan Zhengyan. A parent's example is better than a hundred sermons, on the contrary, a parent's lies will crush a hundred times of honesty education for children. The story of "Ceng Zi Killing Pigs" in "Everything is done by Han Feizi's Foreign Reserve" is the best example of honesty education today. From family to society, from father to party member cadres, we should learn from this story that example is more important than words.
The shooting technique, lens language and narrative strategy of Family Style are of course important, but the story connotation is more important. From creativity to narration, the film revisits the history of family style, calls for the current family style construction, and makes the spring breeze turn into rain and moisten things silently.