吟唱架起情谊之桥——访两岸联吟发起人、台湾教师孙永忠******
中新社北京1月9日电 题：吟唱架起情谊之桥——访两岸联吟发起人、台湾教师孙永忠
作者 朱贺
“尽管相聚短暂，但学生间建立的情谊比想象中深厚。庆幸他们能在学生时代结识跨越海峡的朋友，这是一种美好。”
近日，台湾辅仁大学中文系教师孙永忠接受中新社记者采访，回忆十余年来两岸大学生通过古典诗词联吟活动缔结的深厚情谊。作为两岸联吟活动发起人，年逾六旬的孙永忠说，诗友们都期待早日恢复面对面交流。
幼时，孙永忠常听父亲吟唱念诗，觉得这种吟哦(放声朗读)的方式有些怪；大学时期，曾在北京求学的诗学老师用“北平腔”吟唱，“有京韵大鼓的感觉”。成为大学教师后，孙永忠发现学生们念诗时少了一种情韵，“当中需要‘细嚼慢咽’的东西不见了”。
“大家习惯用文字书写，却缺少了许多想象力。问起为何‘独坐幽篁里’，而不是坐在别的地方？李白吟出‘床前明月光’时，身处室内还是室外？学生很难给出答案。”孙永忠认为，帮助学生以吟唱方式依照古调或新曲把诗句唱出来，将节奏放慢，留下时间来品味、想象，“穿越”回到那个“当时”，或能更接近诗人的真实情感，感知中华古典诗词的本味。
1994年，孙永忠把吟唱带进课堂，并在辅仁大学的东篱诗社中刮起“旋风”。2006年来大陆参加学术交流，孙永忠发现在台湾高校已蔚然成风的吟唱形式，在大陆仍然鲜见。第二年，孙永忠带领宝岛青年在北京师范大学等高校进行吟唱展演，收获了出乎意料的反响。当青年们和着鼓乐吟唱诗经《小雅·蓼莪》，台下师生被深深打动。
与海峡对岸的东篱诗社遥相呼应，南山、悠然、采菊等诗社在大陆多地高校成立。北京师范大学的师生形容孙永忠“带了把火来”，孙永忠则认为一切只是水到渠成。
2008年，以“古韵新妍”为名的两岸青年古典诗词联吟活动应运而生，40位大陆师生赴台参加首届活动。活动在两岸高校间轮流举办，至今已至十三届，成为两岸学子一年一度的诗词盛宴。
联吟亦成为架起两岸情谊的桥梁。孙永忠谈道，有大陆学生后来结婚，台湾伙伴专程搭飞机送上祝福；有台生来大陆发展或旅游观光，会专程拜访当地诗友。
学子的生活也被吟唱所影响。孙永忠说，有学生当了教师，一样把吟唱带进课堂；有学生在困惑时唱起苏轼的“谁怕？一蓑烟雨任平生”……“每人心中都能有一两首诗词，在得意或失意之时吟哦两句，排遣一下”，在孙永忠看来，这正是吟唱的意义。
十余年来，孙永忠常为大陆各地诗社授课，并留下录音资料、曲谱及“服务电话”，诗社间也建立起友谊。他期待各家诗社有自己的钻研、尝试和突破，形成风格。
2019年第十三届联吟活动在徐州举行后，实体交流中断，但孙永忠始终与各诗社保持着线上往来。一次为江苏师范大学悠然诗社解惑，燃起了孙永忠再为两岸联吟“添一把火”的愿望；在两岸五家诗社的推动下，“古韵新妍2023冬季联吟展演”近日于大陆平台直播，在青年诗友间掀起新的涟漪。
早已将吟唱视作一生志业，孙永忠对在不久后恢复线下两岸联吟抱有很大期待。他在社交媒体中写下：吟唱是一辈子的美好，每当诗乐悠扬，我们的青春情怀便再一次的涤荡；诗词蕴有的真善美，可长葆生命的清新热忱。(完)
中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文•麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀 摄由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
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