海鹽大步邁向浙江文化強縣

氣勢磅礴、浩瀚壯觀的錢江大潮，其源頭起步于杭州灣畔的濱海明珠——海鹽。

“海濱廣斥、鹽田相望”，置縣于秦的海鹽由此而得名，兩千多年的悠久歷史賦予了這片沃土深厚而豐富的文化底蘊。

這里人文薈萃，古有小說家干寶、詩人顧況、戲曲家楊梓，近有現代出版巨擘張元濟、“三毛之父”張樂平、史學家朱希祖，今有現代企業改革家步鑫生、革命文化名人黃源、先鋒作家余華、油畫家朱乃正、奧運健將曹棉英……

這里是“文化之邦”，南戲四大聲腔之首“海鹽腔”發源于此，古老的“滾燈”藝術在這里盛行，群眾性文化活動更是風起云涌，農村文化陣地建設如火如茶……

這里人杰地靈，不僅名聞天下的錢江大潮從這里涌起，中國的現代企業改革帷幕也從這里拉開。中國第一座自己設計、建造、調試和運營的核電站在這里誕生，“錢江潮源”、“改革之源”、“核電之源”足以讓這顆江南明珠無比自豪，特別是世界第一跨海大橋——杭州灣大橋的興建，更使海鹽成為滬、杭、蘇、甬的交通節點和舉世矚目的投資熱土。

近年來，海鹽經濟社會各項事業取得了長足發展，已連續3年躋身“全國百強縣前50名”，跨入浙江省首批小康縣行列，并相繼獲得全國文化先進縣、全國體育先進縣、全國科技工作先進縣、省教育強縣、省文明縣城等稱號，如今正向文化強縣目標邁進。

亮出特色文化品牌

2004年9月，海鹽滾燈在全國第十三屆“群星獎”廣場民間舞蹈選拔賽上贏得專家和觀眾的一致好評，獲得全國大賽入場券，同時又作為嘉興民間文化唯一代表登上央視《同一首歌》舞臺，參加了去年金雞百花電影節的頒獎晚會和嘉興江南文化節的開幕式。

一項幾乎失傳的古老藝術能獲得這樣的成功，這主要得益于海鹽縣現代文化建設有著清晰的思路：用先進文化建設文化強縣，從歷史文化和文明中尋找對接點。

1986年海鹽縣就開始對滾燈藝術進行創編，1997年又開始探索兒童滾燈舞蹈新路。2001年中國海鹽滾燈藝術節的舉行，更是開創了單一文藝品種省際交流的先例。通過不斷的挖掘、整理和創編，目前全縣已涌現出了數十支滾燈隊伍，并頻頻走出縣域省界表演，從而使這一有著700多年歷史的文化遺產重新展現出迷人的神韻。

海鹽是明代南戲四大聲腔之一“海鹽腔”的故鄉。2000年，海鹽縣首次召開全國“海鹽腔”學術研討會，使“海鹽腔”的研究、整理、發展進入了一個新的階段。與“海鹽腔”有著淵源關系的“騷子書”原是一種具有地方特色的民間說唱藝術，20世紀70年代起，海鹽就著手對它進行搶救性發掘、整理，先后采訪了數十名“騷子書”藝人，收集原始手抄本120余冊。隨后，又推陳出新，創編出《南北湖風光美如畫》等說唱節目，并在首屆江浙滬毗鄰地區田(山)歌演唱會等演出活動中亮相。浙江電視臺專門拍攝了電視專題片《海鹽騷子書》，《中國曲藝志·浙江卷》將其收錄，填補了我國曲藝志的一項空白。

夯實特色文化基礎

海鹽縣委、縣政府始終認為，創建并鞏固全國文化先進縣是實踐“三個代表”重要思想的具體行動，必須工作有“位置”，建設有“路子”，做到發展有規劃、經費有保障，像抓經濟建設一樣抓文化建設。如今，一個較完善的城鄉文化設施網絡已在海鹽顯山露水。

具有江南園林特色的張元濟圖書館是海鹽縣的標志性建筑之一，去年被評定為國家一級圖書館；黃源藏書樓則成了海鹽縣愛國主義教育基地；海鹽還把占地18畝、建筑面積達7700平方米的原縣府大院全部劃撥給文化部門，擴建后的縣博物館建筑面積達到了2600平方米，縣文化館已躋身省特級文化館行列，并建立了縣文化藝術培訓中心，占地面積2250平方米的海鹽腔藝術館目前已完成土建工程，特別是綺園文化區的規劃實施，將使海鹽大劇院、會展中心、新博物館、綺園文化廣場等文化設施拔地而起，加之工人文化宮、青少年活動中心、三毛樂園、張樂平紀念館等一批社會文化設施相繼建成，這些文化設施將成為海鹽市民新的文化休閑佳處。

與此同時，海鹽還從實施“東海文化明珠工程”入手，加大投入建設鄉鎮文化設施力度，新建文化活動陣地總面積達7900余平方米，建成圖書館8個，藏書總量10萬余冊，先后有2個鄉鎮被命名為省級“東海文化明珠鄉(鎮)”，有4個鄉鎮被命名為市級“東海文化明珠鄉(鎮)”，各鄉鎮都有5-6支業余文藝團隊常年活躍在農村基層。

扎實的特色文化基礎，帶來了文藝創作的繁榮。近幾年，海鹽縣繼余華成長為全國著名作家后，先后有3000余件文藝作品在全國、省、市發表、展演，先后有一大批作品獲獎，其中舞蹈音樂《南湖菱娃娃》獲文化部第六屆“群星獎”銀獎，版畫《七彩路》入選第八屆全國美展，攝影作品《核電之光》入選全國第十屆攝影展，電視片《盲童朱徐娜》還獲得了國務院新聞辦、國家廣電總局最高獎“金橋獎”，舞蹈《滾燈》獲省第五屆音舞節金獎等，海鹽文藝創作迎來了一個百花齊放的春天。

深化特色文化內涵

每逢節假日，海鹽的各個文化廣場上總是人頭攢動，熱鬧非凡，嘹亮的歌聲、優美的舞蹈營造出了具有濃郁地方特色的文化氛圍。

大力開展多種形式的社區及廣場文藝活動是海鹽建設先進文化的一大特色，目前全鎮13個社區全部建起了文藝活動隊伍和圖書閱覽室，紛紛組建了滾燈隊、腰鼓隊、秧歌隊、戲曲隊等各種文藝隊伍50多支，每年定期舉辦社區文藝匯演，僅在2005年“文化體育進社區”活動中，就演出達62場，被選送的2個社區節目獲得市級金獎。

文化與旅游“聯姻”是海鹽的一大創新。近幾年，縣里每年都舉辦南北湖觀光旅游節，通過地方民俗表演和燈展、風情攝影展等途徑，不僅吸引了大批外地游客，也將海鹽的文化走向全國。與此同時，不斷挖掘、開發名人文化，更提高了海鹽特色文化品牌的影響力。載青別墅修繕后每年接待多批韓國人士，陳云題名的“張元濟圖書館”、巴金題名的“三毛樂園”和收藏了1000多件工藝美術品的“泥香室”，更成了縣域旅游景點的重點補充、弘揚海鹽歷史文化的重要“名片”。

Haiyan County Builds a Strong Cultural Dimension

By News Report Panel of the CPC Haiyan County Committee

For different people， Haiyan means different things.

In the Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.)， Haiyan meant sea salt and the court set up a county government there to manage the local salt-making industry. Haiyan literally means sea salt. The name of the county still carries the ancient economic glory.

For people interested in the county’s history or literature， Haiyan means hometown to many celebrated names: ancient novelist Gan Bao， poet Gu Kuang， dramatist Yang Zi， modern publishing tycoon Zhang Yuanji， cartoonist Zhang Leping， historian Zhu Xizu， entrepreneur Bu Xinsheng， avant-garde writer Yu Hua， oil painter Zhu Naizheng， Olympic champion Cao Mianying， to name just a few.

For those attracted by the county’s cultural past， Haiyan is where Haiyan Tune originated in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It was one of the four major popular entertaining forms which combined to contribute to the birth of Southern Opera. Haiyan also stands for the Rolling Lanterns， an ancient popular entertainment that took place on occasions of festivities. It still enjoys great popularity today.

For tourists， Haiyan is where the amazing Qiantang River Bore forms in August of the Chinese lunar calendar. The incoming tides from the sea begin to surge and make spectacular waves in Haiyan on their way inland.

For those in the know about China’s economic resurgence in the last 20 some years， Haiyan is where China’s first ever nuclear power station radiates its mega energy to the prosperous Yangtze River Delta. Hangzhou Bay Bridge， which is the world’s longest cross-sea bridge now under construction， will turn Haiyan into a key intersection that links Shanghai， Hangzhou， and Suzhou， and Ningbo.

For the Haiyan county government and the CPC Haiyan county committee， Haiyan should mean， among other things， a modernized booming economy with a strong cultural dimension based on its rich historical heritage.

In 1986， the county government put upon its agenda a task to revive and reproduce the Rolling Lanterns. The effort has been successful. In 2001， Haiyan hosted its first Rolling Lanterns Festival. In September 2004， the lantern performance from Haiyan scored a big success at a national folk dance event. The rolling lanterns later appeared on CCTV and at the Golden Rooster the One Hundred Flowers Awards Ceremony， which is China’s equivalent to the American Oscar Awards Ceremony.

Another big issue on the county government’s cultural agenda is the revival of Haiyan Tune. In 2000， the county sponsored an academic symposium on Haiyan Tune， attended by scholars from all over the country. Saozishu， a genre of popular story-telling entertainment consisting of singing and talking， can date back to the first days of Haiyan Tune. The rescue program for the art started in the 1970s. Dozens of veteran performers were involved and more than 120 handwritten scripts were saved. New scripts have been created. Zhejiang TV has produced a documentary on the art.

The garden-styled Zhang Yuanji Library， a landmark building in the county， was designated as the National First-Grade Library in 2005. Huang Yuan Library is a site of Patriotism Education. The county government compound has been handed over to the county’s cultural agency. The county museum has undergone an expansion program. The county’s culture center has been designated as the province’s A 1 culture center. Eight new libraries have been built across the county.

Local artists are very active and are making themselves nationally known by winning various prestigious honors. One dance won a Stars Award from the Ministry of Culture. A woodcut painting named Rainbow-Colored Road was selected for the 8th National Fine Arts Exhibition. A photograph that depicts the nuclear station in Haiyan was selected for the 10th National Photography Exhibition. A TV documentary named Zhu Xuna， a Blind Girl， won the Golden Bridge Award from the Information Office of the State Council and the State Administration of Radio， Film and Television. Rolling Lanterns was awarded the Gold Prize at the 5th Zhejiang Music and Dance Festival.

A tour to the cultural sites in the county attracts a lot of sightseers. Each year， the county holds a folk art festival at the South-North Lake. Some of its historic buildings have become name cards for the county.