致聯(lián)合國教科文組織的公開信： 建議設(shè)立“世界龍日”（World Loong's Day） 聯(lián)合國教育、科學(xué)及文化組織（United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization）： 在和煦美好的春天里，我們向貴組織致信，建議參照“世界環(huán)境日”、“世界人口日”和“世界水日”等世界性節(jié)日之設(shè)立，將中國農(nóng)歷二月初二日的“龍頭節(jié)”（公歷每年二月至三月間某日）設(shè)立為“世界龍日”（World Loong's Day）。 In the warm and beautiful spring, we write to your organization, suggesting that "Loong Head Festival", which falls on the second day of the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar (a date between February and March in the Gregorian calendar every year), be set up as "World Loong's Day" in reference to the establishment of world festivals such as "World Environment Day", "World Population Day" and "World Water Day", etc.. |
龍是中華民族對自然界中的眾多動物和天象經(jīng)過多元融合而發(fā)明、展現(xiàn)的神物，其實質(zhì)是對宇宙自然力的感悟、認(rèn)知、神化。中國人大都崇龍、愛龍，把龍作為民族的精神象征和文化標(biāo)志，認(rèn)為自己是人文意義上的“龍的傳人”?！褒堫^節(jié)”也稱“春龍節(jié)”等，是中國人傳承了上千年的敬祀龍神的日子，民謠唱曰：“二月二，龍?zhí)ь^，大倉滿，小倉流?！?/p> Loong is a deity created and displayed by the Chinese nation through the integration of many animals and celestial phenomena in nature. Its essence is the perception, cognition and deification of the universe's natural forces. Most Chinese people worship and love loong, and regard loong as the spiritual symbol and cultural symbol of the nation. They consider themselves as the "descendants of loong" in the humanistic sense. "Loong Head Festival", also known as "Spring Loong Festival" and so on, is a day to have been inherited for thousands of years to worship the God of Loong. A folk song says: "On the second day of the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the God of Loong heads up. Big granaries will be full, small granaries will be fuller." 中華民族是世界上人口最多的崇龍、愛龍民族。目前海外華人華僑有六千多萬人，分布在世界近兩百個國家和地區(qū)，他們把源遠流長、博大精深的龍文化，以及崇龍、愛龍的習(xí)俗如舞龍、賽龍舟等傳衍到世界各地，龍文化已然成為世界性文化。 The Chinese nation is the most populous nation of worshiping and loving loong in the world. At present, there are more than 60 million overseas Chinese living in nearly 200 countries and regions around the world. They have spread to all parts of the world Chinese long-standing and profound loong culture, as well as the customs of worshiping and loving loong such as loong dancing and loong boat racing. Loong culture has become a worldwide culture. 聯(lián)合國教科文組織（UNESCO）是聯(lián)合國在國際教育、科學(xué)和文化領(lǐng)域成員最多的專門機構(gòu)，其宗旨是通過教育、科學(xué)和文化促進各國合作，對世界和平和安全作出貢獻，將“龍頭節(jié)”作為“世界龍日”，符合這樣的宗旨。 UNESCO is the specialized agency of the United Nations with the largest membership in the fields of international education, science and culture. Its purpose is to promote cooperation among nations through education, science and culture and contribute to world peace and security. "Loong Head Festival" is set up as "World Loong's Day", which is in line with such purpose. 龍文化經(jīng)過至少八千年的發(fā)展，已形成“容合（兼容、包容、綜合、化合）、福生、諧天、奮進”的精神內(nèi)涵。這些精神內(nèi)涵，與以相互依存的國際權(quán)力觀、共同利益觀、可持續(xù)發(fā)展觀和全球治理觀為內(nèi)容的全球價值觀相契合。 Chinese loong culture has developed for at least eight thousand years. So far, it has formed the spiritual connotation of "inclusion (compatibility, tolerance, synthesis, combination), blessing, harmony and forging ahead". These spiritual connotations are consistent with the interdependent global values, which are made up of the view of international power, of common interests, of sustainable development, and of global governance. |
目前，全人類已進入由世界多極化、經(jīng)濟全球化、文化多樣化和社會信息化構(gòu)成的紛紜復(fù)雜的國際社會，地球村人只有團結(jié)合作，才能應(yīng)對由疫疾流行、糧食安全、資源短缺、氣候變化、網(wǎng)絡(luò)攻擊、人口爆炸、環(huán)境污染、跨國犯罪、難民潮及宗教沖突等構(gòu)成的對人類生存的嚴(yán)峻挑戰(zhàn)。 At present, the entire human race has entered a diverse and complex international community consisting of the world's multipolarization, economic globalization, cultural pluralism and social informatization. The people of the global village can only unite and cooperate so as to meet the serious challenges to human survival posed by epidemic diseases, food security, resource shortages, climate change, cyber attacks, population explosion, environmental pollution, transnational crime, refugee flows and religious conflicts. 將“龍頭節(jié)”作為“世界龍日”，在此日開展各種積極有益的相關(guān)活動，有利于發(fā)揚龍的“容合、福生、諧天、奮進”的精神，增強地球村人的團結(jié)合作，以應(yīng)對上述挑戰(zhàn)。從文化交流會通、優(yōu)質(zhì)資源共享的角度看，此舉可謂“華美美眾，美美與共”。 Taking "Loong Head Festival" as "World Loong's Day", the people of the global village will carry out various positive and beneficial related activities on this day. It will help to carry forward the loong's spirit of "inclusion, blessing, harmony and forging ahead" and strengthen their unity and cooperation to meet the above-mentioned challenges. From the perspective of cultural exchanges and sharing of high-quality resources, this can be described as "Chinese beauty makes the world beautiful, and the world shares different nations' beauty". 需要說明的是，龍與西方文化中的 dragon 在本質(zhì)、功能、形象上有重大區(qū)別：在中華文化中，龍是吉祥神物，地位崇高。盡管歷史上有一些負(fù)面的承載，但發(fā)展至今，龍整體上已代表善和美，為人類奉獻的基本上是福佑性、建設(shè)性的正能量。Dragon 在西方文化中地位低下，是怪獸惡魔，是兇殘、戰(zhàn)禍、恐怖的象征，整體上代表著惡和丑，給人類提供的基本上是災(zāi)難性、破壞性的負(fù)能量，是被貶損、殺戮、鎮(zhèn)壓的對象。從形象看，龍頭大嘴寬、肚細腹小、鱗片平順柔和；dragon 頭小嘴尖、肚粗腹大、鱗甲生硬帶刺，且生有蝙蝠翼狀巨翅。整體觀之，龍瀟灑美觀，dragon 猙獰丑陋。 Loong used to be mistakenly called "(Chinese) dragon". What needs to explain is, there are significant differences in essence, function and image between "loong" in Chinese culture and "dragon" in Western culture. In Chinese culture, loong is an auspicious god or a mascot with a lofty status. Although there are some negative load-bearings in Chinese history, but up to now, loong on the whole has already represented goodness and beauty. What it contributes to the human beings is basically a blessing and constructive positive energy. Dragon in western culture has a low status. It is a monster, a demon ,and also a symbol of ferocity, war and terror. On the whole, it represents evil and ugliness, providing mankind with basically a disastrous, and destructive negative energy. It is the object to be debased, to be killed and to be suppressed. From the image, a loong has a big head, a wide mouth, a thick and small belly, and smooth and soft scales; a dragon has a small head, a sharp mouth, hard scales with spines, and it has huge bat-like wings. Overall view of them, a loong is handsome and beautiful while a dragon is hideous and ugly. 因此，“世界龍日”的英譯應(yīng)為：“World Loong's Day”，而不是“World Dragon's Day”。 Therefore, the day should be called "World Loong's Day", not "World Dragon's Day". |
此建議，敬請中國聯(lián)合國教科文組織全國委員會（北京）轉(zhuǎn)呈。 This proposal is kindly forwarded to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. （龐進撰文，王偉翻譯；黃佶編輯配圖，2021年3月11日） -------------------------- （返回頂部） |
