Professionals in literary and art circles on how to tell Chinese stories

Feng Shuangbai [Photo/Xinhua]

Feng Shuangbai, Chairman of Chinese Dancers Association

We must establish cultural confidence and master our arts in order to put our cultural products and folk art on the world stage. We want to send our cultural products out because we are open-minded and we seek to communicate with the world. However, quality is key. Works that cannot touch audiences' hearts lack real emotion, short of deep reflection on life and weak in depth and strength in creation, are bound to fail in the international market.

Hai Xia, news anchor of China Central Television

Cultural TV shows including Dictation Assembly of Chinese Characters and Chinese Idioms Congress have attracted society's attention. This goes to show that more and more people are taking interest in Chinese culture, and appreciate it. Chinese culture is a treasure trove, in particular, the richness and depth of traditional Chinese culture. From that, we must keep excavating ideas that apply in today's world and pass them on to the future generation. The journey to relive traditional culture is also a journey to look for one's roots and where we all began.

Fan Yiping, author

In literary creations, it doesn't matter whether the story is told from a foreign country or China; the key lies in finding a good perspective to tell that story. There may be countless ways to do so, but it all boils down to one thing -- human nature. We all start from human nature and try to look for sentiments shared deep inside our hearts.