The "Drama Gathers in Tianjin: Immersion Everywhere" theme event took place during the Spring Festival. A picture shows the Tianjin Quyi Troupe performing a special artistic show titled "Intangible Cultural Heritage Celebrates the New Year, Quyi for the Spring Festival" at the theater on Ancient Culture Street. Cultural heritage forms the root and soul of a city. Tianjin, with over 600 years of city history, is steeped in a unique cultural底蕴 blending river and sea influences. During this year's National Two Sessions, the government work report set clear requirements for strengthening cultural development, emphasizing the need to better meet the spiritual and cultural demands of the people, deeply implement projects for the inheritance and development of fine traditional Chinese culture, strengthen systematic protection of cultural heritage, and invigorate cultural programs and the cultural industry, charting the course for cultural development in the new era.

National legislators and political advisors from Tianjin, closely following the government work report's directives, have drawn on their practical experience and work to delve into Tianjin's cultural heritage. They have offered suggestions for the inheritance and innovation of Tianjin's culture from various perspectives, including opera传承, publishing development, and nationwide reading. Through practical proposals and actions, they are implementing the principles of "using culture to educate people, benefit the people, enrich the city, and prosper industries," thereby aiding the construction of Tianjin as a culturally strong city and allowing its unique river-sea charm to radiate new brilliance in the new era.

National legislator Meng Guanglu advocates for bringing traditional opera from the stage into daily life. He brought the voices of opera art practitioners to the Two Sessions, focusing on challenges in opera genre development, exploring high-quality development paths, and concerning himself with the development space for young actors. He suggested innovating modes of expression while inheriting core characteristics and preserving cultural roots, strengthening talent梯队 construction, optimizing the creative ecosystem, and expanding thematic spaces. "In the context of cultural prosperity and development in the new era, opera art, as a treasure of fine traditional Chinese culture, bears the dual mission of inheriting civilization and serving the people," Meng Guanglu stated. He proposed using modern stage technology and narrative techniques to make traditional art more aligned with contemporary aesthetics, attracting more young people and revitalizing dramatic art. Meng Guanglu, with creative passion and a "grounded" creative philosophy, has continuously practiced and reflected through voluntary artistic services. He mentioned participating in performances for grassroots levels, revolutionary base areas, and communities. "I pay special attention to young people, discussing paths for artistic innovation with them to promote the integration of traditional art and modern aesthetics, revitalizing the old national treasure," he said. He also focuses on the growth of new artistic groups, suggesting breaking seniority barriers, building platforms for regular collaboration between young actors and masters, promoting cross-generational cooperation, cultivating versatile talents, implementing small theater trial performance plans, and exploring new models like resident small theater performances with audience interaction in communities to integrate opera into daily life.

National political advisor Wang Huiren spoke about Tianjin's cultural lineage fostering a百花齐放 (hundred flowers blooming) scene. He highlighted Tianjin's unique cultural血脉, linked to famous thinkers and embodied in institutions like the Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House and the Baihua Literature Award. He stated that publishing undertakes the mission of meeting spiritual cultural needs and enhancing cultural soft power. The publishing house will persistently practice the "Four Cultural Initiatives" to contribute Tianjin's publishing strength to building a strong socialist culture. Regarding "using culture to educate people," Wang Huiren emphasized literature's role in nurturing readers' minds. For "using culture to benefit the people," publications like *Novel Monthly* and *Prose* adhere to a "reader-oriented" approach, and the literature award includes a "Readers' Award." A volunteer team promotes literary reading through numerous events annually. On "using culture to enrich the city," the publishing house actively participates in producing and disseminating contemporary and local Tianjin literature, collaborating with local authors to create works reflecting Tianjin's new style and the spirit of the times. The Baihua Literature Award is growing into a "Tianjin Chinese Literature Festival." Regarding "using culture to prosper industries," the publishing house is exploring Tianjin models. The recent award ceremony in the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City aimed not only to award prizes but also to promote the industrial transformation of literary IP—from film and TV adaptations to digital reading, and cultural-creative development to cultural-tourism integration. Leveraging brand效应, they collaborate with relevant departments and enterprises, planning to transform more quality literary resources into market-competitive cultural products during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. Wang Huiren expressed that the award will not only "select" good works but also "incubate" good projects, allowing literary seeds to take root and flourish in Tianjin.

National political advisor Liu Xiaojun emphasized using the "fragrance of books" to nourish Tianjin's cultural lineage. The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposals advocate for building a book-loving society. With the implementation of the National Reading Promotion Regulations, national reading has entered a new institutionalized and legalized stage. "Reading is an important途径 for nurturing national spirit, enhancing cultural confidence, and continuing urban cultural heritage," Liu Xiaojun stated. He noted that nourishing Tianjin's cultural heritage is an important mission for Tianjin's universities in the new era. However, challenges remain in humanities education in universities, including insufficient extracurricular reading time and deep reading ability among some students, a tendency towards test-oriented and fragmented reading content, "shallow reading," lagging cultivation of information discrimination and critical thinking skills, and insufficient integration of reading promotion with学科 teaching and character building. The potential for universities to serve society is not fully realized. Liu Xiaojun stated that universities must focus on the "Four Cultural Initiatives." University reading should undergo a fundamental shift from "recreational reading" to "cultivational reading," and from "passive acceptance" to "active seeking." He believes universities should use classics as a boat and reading as an oar to educate students, fostering spiritual character through books. Universities should open their doors to allow profound humanities resources to benefit society, letting the "fragrance of books"浸润 every corner. Through activities like the "Fragrant Tianjin" series and "mobile bookshelves," reading should transition from festive events to daily practice, transforming personal cultivation into a city's unique charm. Reading can provide leverage for interdisciplinary integration and industry-education collaboration, turning "bookishness" into industrial strength and making cultural innovation a vital "source of living water" for urban development. By cultivating students' reading habits and placing classic reading at the core of the educational system, universities can help students continuously elevate their spiritual境界 in their future lives. "Universities should adhere to the important requirement of the 'Four Cultural Initiatives,' allowing reading to return to the university's way of 'illustrating illustrious virtue,' and cultivating pillars of talent who are well-read and care for the nation," Liu Xiaojun said.