On October 15, a ceremony for the establishment of “Half A Quilt” Red Culture Promotion Association was held in Shazhou Village, Rucheng County, as well as an opening ceremony of the “Half A Quilt”Red Spirit Research Tour activity.
Hunan is a vital cradle of the Communist Party of China building the Party, the army and the government. The flowing Xiangjiang River has nourished numerous great men, generals and the red revolution; the land is dotted with numerous revolutionary sites. Among them, Shazhou Village, where the “Half A Quilt” story took place, is one of the most representative sites.
The red spirit research tour activity aims at making an online Party building course about the “Half A Quilt” story and its connotation on Netease Online Open Courses, a professional online education platform. The main activities include course making, lecture tour and research tour of enterprises and schools.
In Shazhou Village, “Halt A Quilt” is regarded as a hereditary treasure. Deng Houqin, deputy head of the Rucheng County, said that relying on red tourism resources, Shazhou Village has carried out infrastructure construction, developed red tourism scenic areas and promoted integrated development of cultural tourism.
Today, Shazhou Village has become a national 4A level red tourist attraction, a well-known patriotic education base and revolutionary tradition education base. The villagers' life is getting more and more prosperous.
The“Half A Quilt”Red Culture Promotion Association was established on the same day. The association is a social group of red culture formed by people from all walks of life inside and outside Rucheng County who are interested in promoting the regional and intergenerational inheritance of "Half A Quilt" red culture. It will seek to promote red culture inheritance and help enterprises involved in the "Half A Quilt" cultural industry to tell red stories, develop and utilize red resources, highlight the educational function of red resources, and constantly bolster cultural self-confidence.