Ferdowsi’s art was the reconstruction of Iranian national identity/ “Shahnameh” is the greatest cultural symbol
According to the reporter of Arya Heritage, Ali Darabi, Deputy Minister and Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, in the commemoration of Hakim Abolqasem Ferdowsi, which was held this evening – Sunday, May 24 – in Tos, about Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh and its role in national identity, said: Wisdom is the jewel of the Shahnameh. .
He added: The word wisdom is mentioned more than 500 times and wise more than 300 times in the Shahnameh. That too in Ferdowsi’s time and era, when thinking and rationalizing matters was a crime.
The Deputy Minister and Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage continued: Shahnameh is called “Persian Identity Card”, “Persian Language Scale”, “Master after Islam”, “Ethical Name”, “Khordnameh”, “Niknameh”, “Courage Name” and “Record They have called “the condition of the Iranians”. Shahnameh cannot be said to be the work of one person. It seems that thousands of people have participated in composing it.
He continued: The importance of Ferdowsi and his artistic creativity is not in the things he composed. but in how to organize it. The Shahnameh should be called “Iranian history book” as the great professor of Persian language and literature Dr. Mohammad Reza Shafiei Kodkani says.
word “Iran” 2 Thousand Bar At Shah nameh came Is
Emphasizing the issue of “national identity” in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh, Darabi stated: Therefore, we see the word “Iran” 2,000 times in the Shahnameh. National identity for a nation is like a soul for a body, the lack of which would mean death.
He stated: In a general classification, national identity includes 4 categories of national values, religious values, social values and human values. Therefore, a nation needs a national identity for its survival. National unity cannot be achieved except by relying on national identity.
Darabi said: Ferdowsi created a work a thousand years ago, which is dynamic in every age and time and has its audience, and not only crossed the border of “Cultural Iran”, but also made the world admire him. Where Professor “Henri Masse” in his retirement party at the Sorbonne University of France considers Ferdowsi to be the equal of Greek Homer and superior to him.
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