Research On Rural Literacy Campaign In Yibin District,Sichuan Province(1950-1958)

The literacy campaign launched in Yibin,Sichuan Province from1950-1958 was a local literacy campaign that the Sichuan Yibin prefectural commissioner’s office actively responded to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the People’s Government.It was also a cultural construction campaign in adult education.At that time,there were many illiterates in Yibin,Sichuan,especially in the vast rural areas.This situation severely restricted Sichuan Yibin’s political,economic,and cultural recovery and development.Therefore,the development of literacy campaigns was also an objective need for the recovery and development of social production in Yibin,Sichuan,and has satisfied the peasants’ desire to learn culture and get rid of illiteracy.The Sichuan Yibin prefectural commissioner’s office attached great importance to literacy work,rationally carried out the planning and layout,established a comprehensive and unified leadership management mechanism,and implemented special management.The prefectural commissioner’s office has carried out a wide variety of publicity and mobilization activities,and it was also flexible and diverse in the form of teaching organization to ensure the enrollment of farmers.By launching a mass cultural construction and revolutionary movement in Yibin,Sichuan,this has provided cultural guarantee for the long-term development of Yibin,Sichuan.By reviewing the archives,chronicles,and historical data on literacy in Yibin,Sichuan,to understand the parties’ memories,it is not difficult to find that the literacy campaign in Yibin,Sichuan from 1950-1958 has achieved great results,especially in rural areas Among the young and middle-aged,literacy work has trained a group of builders with a certain degree of cultural knowledge who are badly needed.However,due to limited conditions,insufficient experience,and differences among counties,there are problems such as imbalanced development of literacy speed and improper literacy teaching methods.The enlightenment of Sichuan Yibin’s literacy campaign from 1950 to 1958 was that illiteracy is a developing concept.Literacy is a patient and meticulous long-term arduous task.It is necessary to carry out literacy work based on time,place,and person.It must not be a one-size-fits-all way.We must look at literacy work from the perspective of development,have a long-term plan,and gradually realize the transition to functional literacy.