In order to further strengthen the ideological and political education in religious colleges and universities, and in combination with the relevant requirements of religious circles to carry out the theme education of "four histories" and "three loves", recently, Shanghai Buddhist College, Shanghai Taoist College, China Catholic Sheshan monastery and China Christian East China Theological Seminary respectively carried out the collective learning activity of "the first lesson". The event specially invited Xiong Yuezhi, a historian, an expert in Shanghai history research and a researcher of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, to give a keynote lecture on "why Shanghai has become the cradle of light? Interpretation of urban social history of Shanghai's red culture", which deeply interprets the history of the birth and development of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai from a global perspective and historical dimension, and vividly analyzes why the Communist Party of China was born in Shanghai, And why Shanghai became the "cradle of light" of modern China. With a novel perspective and solid historical materials, Xiong Yuezhi made the students have a deeper understanding of Shanghai's red culture and Shanghai's urban character, and love Shanghai more. During the event, the Shanghai Service Center for religious institutions presented Xiong Yuezhi's new masterpiece "the cradle of light" to four religious institutions, encouraging students to deeply study the "four histories", consciously achieve the "three loves", and strive to become excellent religious talents who are "politically reliable, religious attainments, morally convincing and play a role in key times". (outlook new era)