Considering that Chinese classical literature masterpieces will bring great cultural tourism benefits to the local area, similar to Cao Xueqin's hometown dispute triggered by A Dream of Red Mansions, another masterpiece, Jin Ping Mei, triggered a dispute between Ximen Qing's hometown of two provinces and three places, specifically involving yanggu county, Linqing County, Shandong Province and Huangshan City, Anhui Province.
The three places hold high the signboard of "Ximen Qing's hometown" in succession, and the competition for beauty is endless. Ximen Qing has also changed from the artistic image of "big rascal, big bully and big profiteer" in traditional literary masterpieces to the hero of cultural industry sought after by the local government. Moreover, in this hometown dispute, Man Xiu's undercurrent interest in traditional culture was soaked, which promoted the development of local economy and people's livelihood, and also fundamentally realized the dual transformation of secular psychology and values. Yanggu county City and Linqing County in Shandong Province established the "hometown of Ximen Qing" with a clear-cut banner and huge momentum, which made the cultural dispute between Jinping and Ami "civil war" in Shandong Province. Look at yanggu first. The 11th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Service Industry in yanggu county clearly stipulates that "the articles on the utilization of historical masterpieces such as Water Margin and Jin Ping Mei should be enlarged and strengthened". The Opinions of Yanggu County Party Committee and yanggu county People's Government on Further Accelerating the Development of County Service Industry (August 13, 2006) also clearly stipulates that "we should pay attention to excavating the cultural connotation of historical masterpieces such as Water Margin and Jin Ping Mei, further develop the two tourist routes of Shuihu and Ancient Canal and the brand of Yanggu ancient city, and implement all-round development of tourism". The project behind it is "Shuihu Jinpingmei Cultural Tourism Zone Construction Project": the project covers an area of 25 mu and mainly includes three scenic spots-Shuihu Cultural Tourism Zone; Folk-custom commercial tourist area in Song Dynasty; Jinpingmei Cultural Tourism Zone (including a series of cultural attractions such as Ximen Qing's former residence). According to the plan, the total investment of the project is 56 million yuan, and the expected income of the project is: after the project is completed, the number of tourists can reach 200,000, and the sales income of scenic spots can reach 3 million yuan. It is estimated that the investment can be recovered within five years. (Source: Yanggu Merchants Network)
Moreover, in Yanggu's view, whether it is Water Margin or Jin Ping Mei, the core figure is not Song Wu, but Ximen Qing. So nominally, Water Margin comes first and Jin Ping Mei comes last, but the content of Jin Ping Mei is far more than Water Margin. The place where Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian met for the first time-"Wang Po Teahouse" vividly reproduces the scene of Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian's tryst through sculpture; There are all kinds of industries in Ximen Qing, such as herbal medicine shops, salt shops, pawn shops, silk shops, and special tourism products such as Pan Jinlian handicrafts and Ximen Qing flannel. There are 100 illustrated comic strips of "Jin Ping Mei" and exquisite portraits of seven concubines of "Ximen Qing" in the scenic spot.
Lion Building was originally the place where Ximen Qing died, but Yanggu was more willing to transform it into a romantic place for Simon. From June to 10, 2003, the yanggu county Municipal Government invested 34.7 million yuan to build Lion Building Tourism City covering an area of more than 30 mu. The entertainment performances in the city are mostly about Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian. In addition, it is quite interesting that yanggu county's "2009 Government Work Report" proposed to build a brand of "Song Wu's hometown", and the huge industrial demand made Song Wu and Ximen Qing live in harmony.
Worse than Yanggu, Linqing also supported Ximen Qing. Linqing City Cultural Industry Development Plan (2009-20 15) puts forward "fine culture represented by Water Margin, Jin Ping Mei, Lao Can's Travel Notes and San Yan Er Pai", and positions its own urban cultural tourism brand as Jin Ping Mei's Hometown and Canal City. Moreover, Linqing's "Ximen Qing Project" also promoted Yanggu, and its 8-hectare "Jinpingmei Cultural Tourism Zone" project showed the leisure culture of canal cities in Ming and Qing Dynasties with the famous works as the carrier. The specific projects related to Jinpingmei are: 1, Jinpingmei cultural tourism area and projects. Build a "Jin Ping Mei" cultural block in Fude Street. According to the description of Jin Ping Mei, the houses of Ximen Qing and his wife Pan Jinlian, Pang and others were built to create a grand view garden in the style of Jin Ping Mei. In addition, there are Wang Po Teahouse, Wu Dalang Cooking Shop, Ancient Theater, County Government, Gong Yan Temple, etc. , there are selling specialty snacks, but also staged Quyi, such as "Ximen Qing first met Pan Jinlian" and "Wu Da Caught Rape". Visitors can also participate in the performance at their own expense and get a CD after the performance. If you pay, you can participate in the performance and make it into a CD, and experience Simon's bliss life for yourself. 2. Jin Pingmei Academic Conference Center. 3. Longshan Scenic Area. There is the cemetery of Ximen Qing's wife Li Pinger, which is an inner city garden for mountaineering, sightseeing and leisure. According to Linqing's plan, the total investment of the project is about 300 million yuan, and it is estimated that the annual reception of tourists will reach 400,000, and the annual comprehensive income will reach 60 million yuan. (Source: Linqing Government Affairs Network) In addition, Linqing has also opened up a tour route of "One-day tour of the background landscape of Jinpingmei", namely, Gong Yan Temple-the Third Canal Bridge-the Ministry of Industry's Business Department (Kao Peng Hong Men)-Xie Jia Restaurant-Qianguan-Linqingmen-Longshan-Brick Factory Site.
The villain did a great thing for Huangshan Mountain.
Unlike the hustle and bustle of Yanggu and Linqing, Huizhou District, Huangshan City, Anhui Province is a "commotion". Focusing on the tourism brand of "Huizhou Cultural Experience Leisure Resort Base", Huizhou District has built three tourist nodes, namely Chengkan, Qiankou and the end of the Tang Dynasty, with an investment of 900 million yuan.
Huizhou dares to challenge Shandong, which is mainly caused by the industrial demand of attracting investment in the region. Tourism in Huizhou District has been unable to lift its head for many years, because it is too close to Huangshan Scenic Area, and seven local key tourism projects lack enough loud brand support.
In 2006, Huizhou District of Huangshan City suddenly announced that it would invest 20 million yuan to develop projects such as "Ximen Qing's Hometown" and "Jinpingmei" Ruins Park, which immediately aroused widespread concern throughout the country.
Every dark cloud has a silver lining. After playing the role of "Ximen Qing's hometown", Huizhou District of Huangshan City really received a great sensation. Therefore, it is the first time to distinguish huangshan district (Huangshan tourism) in Huangshan City from Huizhou District (Huizhou cultural tourism) at home and abroad. For a time, the media gathered in Huizhou, so that some scenic spots even had to hang up the "No Media Interview" sign. At the foot of Huangshan Mountain, a brand-new Huizhou cultural tour was hatched. Ximen Qing can be described as a "villain" who did a great deed.
Today, Jin Ping Mei has already washed away the stigma of obscene books and become a world literary masterpiece in front of the public. Jin Ping Mei Culture is naturally classified into the category of traditional cultural inheritance. Coupled with the change of pluralistic values, the popularity of popular culture, the singing of romantic culture and romantic economy, the great development value behind such a negative example as Ximen Qing has been recognized, and even the hometown of Confucius and Mencius has put down its gentleness, so that concerts are held day and night in two provinces and three places in Ximen Qing. It can be said that "wild lilies also have spring"! And this scene really echoed Wei Zhuang's famous sentence, "(Ximen Qing) had a romantic life, and (Ximen Qing's hometown) fireworks hated parting everywhere".
Yu Pei: a humanist and writer of Nankai University, director of Tianjin Historical Society, devoted to the cultural construction and cultural industry research in contemporary China. His masterpiece is Lin Daiyu in Shakespeare's Eyes. When Yu Pei's article came out, it immediately caused an uproar. Some media even published a news report that "two provinces and three places compete for the hometown of prostitute Ximen Qing", criticizing this phenomenon. Due to the huge controversy caused by the report, officials in all three places felt the pressure. In recent days, the word "Ximen Qing" has become a sensitive word among local officials.
Xu has been interviewed by many media, "including CCTV, China News Service, Shanghai, Shandong and Chongqing. I summed up a rule that anyone who has been to the scene will not agree with Mr. Yu Pei. Yu Pei's article is only academic research, not news reports. He has never been to Yanggu and does not understand this situation. "
Xu said, "Yanggu can't play the Ximen Qing brand, just build a cultural brand, involving Ximen Qing. Without Ximen Qing, there would be no Song Wu's attack on Ximen Qing. The character Ximen Qing is paving the way for Song Wu. "
Xu repeatedly stated: "It is a bit absurd to say that Yanggu competes for Ximen Qing's hometown. Ximen Qing is only a character in the novel, and the word' hometown' is not accurate. "
Similar to Yanggu, many officials in Linqing unanimously denied the dispute over Ximen Qing's hometown. Li Baotai, director of Linqing Tourism Bureau, said, "We will never argue about what Ximen Qing and Ximen Qing are."
Zhang said that Linqing's slogan is "Millennium Ancient Town, Canal City". Linqing is the prototype of the story of Jin Ping Mei, and many seminars on Jin Ping Mei have been held in Linqing. Linqing can't play Ximen Qing even if she plays Jin Ping Mei.
Another official of the Propaganda Department of Linqing Municipal Committee said, "We have already felt great pressure before we have done anything."
Jiang Hai, Party Secretary of Xixi Nancun in Huizhou District of Huangshan City, said in an interview with the media that Xixi Nancun really intends to strengthen and expand the tourism industry, but it is definitely not the signboard of "Ximen Qing's hometown".
A sudden storm attracted a large number of media, and the three places were frequently exposed in the media. Although it is extremely controversial, it also plays a propaganda role objectively. For this view, Xu does not deny that "hype has a negative impact, but it also has a propaganda role." Why are the three places involved in the battle for Ximen Qing's hometown? This is actually closely related to the historical origins of the three places. Throughout western Shandong, Shuihu culture and Jinpingmei culture have a long history, and there are many places that are qualified to compete for Shuihu or Jinpingmei cultural resources, including Yuncheng, Liangshan, Dongping and Qinghe, Hebei. Celebrities such as Song Wu, Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing are unavoidable in some places as long as they tap historical and cultural resources. From this point of view, it has become a realistic portrayal that all localities "strive for each other and strive for each other".
Song Peixian, a professor at Liaocheng University, said that the history and culture of Luxi region have two veins: one is the heroic culture of the grass around the water margin, and the other is the cultural vein of the canal market around Jin Ping Mei. These two clues sometimes cross, because Jin Ping Mei is deduced by Wu in Water Margin, and its prototype is Water Margin.
As Jingyanggang is located in yanggu county, Yanggu has become the place where Wusong fights tigers, and it is also the hometown of Song Wu. Song Peixian said that after Song Wu killed the tiger in Jingyanggang, the tiger was taken to yanggu county. Song Wu happened to meet his brother when he passed Zishi Street in the county. Later, in Lion Building, next to Zishi Street, there was a scene in which Song Wu killed Ximen Qing.
Song Peixian said that Linqing is the prototype of the story of Jin Ping Mei, and there has been no big debate in the history circle. General historians believe that the so-called Qinghe in Jin Ping Mei refers to Linqing. Because there is no grand canal pier in Qinghe, Linqing in history is an extremely prosperous city near the canal with a population of one million. There is also a direct reference to Linqing Wharf in Jin Ping Mei.
In addition, Qinghe county also has reason to play the Water Margin or Jin Ping Mei card. 1989, Song Peixian went to Qinghe to collect folk songs and specifically researched Song Wu's hometown. Song Peixian said that according to the Qinghe place name information provided by Shi Zhiban, Qinghe County, Song Wu was from Wujiawa, Qinghe County, and Pan Jinlian was from Huangjinzhuang, 8 kilometers east of Qinghe County. According to textual research, Pan Jinlian's husband, also known as Dayu, was born in a poor family, but he was tall and later became famous, which was different from the image of Wude in Water Margin.