China News Service, Beijing, September 24 (Reporter Ran Wenjuan) "More than 200 years ago, Wenlan Pavilion's "Siku Quanshu" set off from Tongzhou, Beijing, and was transported to Hangzhou via the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. After more than two hundred years of wind and rain, Today, it came back here again by'sitting' the high-speed rail along the Grand Canal."

The original "Siku Quanshu" in Wenlan Pavilion exhibited in the theme exhibition of "Appreciating the Ancients and Collecting the Present, Building and Sharing the Millennium Canal" has attracted much attention.

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  More than 2500 years ago, the Chinese built the world's longest and largest canal with one stone and one soil. Beijing and Hangzhou are located at both ends of the canal.

"Hangzhou wharf is loaded with rice, and one fiber is pulled to Beijing." "Floating Hangzhou, floating Beijing"...Beijing-Hangzhou was prospered by the river, and because of the connection of the river, it has been closely connected since ancient times.

On September 23, "A Tale of Two Cities" sang again. The 2020 China Grand Canal Cultural Belt Beijing-Hangzhou Dialogue with the theme of "Beijing-Hangzhou Dialogue on the Canal, Building and Sharing a New Future" was held in Beijing.

  At the opening ceremony, the theme exhibition of "Appreciating the past and storing the present, building and sharing the Millennium Canal together" series of theme exhibitions appeared simultaneously.

Exhibitions gather the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal Picture Book Exhibition, Hangzhou Wenlan Pavilion Siku Quanshu Return to Beijing Exhibition, "Through State Land and Water Metropolis" Archives Exhibition, Grand Canal National Cultural Park (Hangzhou Section) Exhibition, "Millennium Canal is New forever-China Grand Canal Cultural Belt Mobile Phone Video Contest" Excellent Works Exhibition, World Canal Historical and Cultural City Cooperation Organization (WCCO) Achievement Exhibition.

From the past to the present, to show the audience the profound cultural heritage of the Grand Canal.

The handicrafts of "Hundred Deer", "Elephant Ear Bottle" and "Yayun" appeared in the theme exhibition of "Appreciating the Ancient and Collecting the Present, Building and Sharing the Millennium Canal".

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  The two 5-volume "Siku Quanshu" of Wenlan Pavilion on display at the scene attracted everyone to linger. They were "Eight Volumes of Juji Yide" and "First Volume of 175 Volumes of Xingshui Jinjian". Reflected a lot of content related to the Grand Canal.

Its "eye-catching" is not only because the original is difficult to find, what is even more rare is that this special "return" also reflects the historical origins of Beijing and Hangzhou where the river is the media and the two cities share one water.

  The Grand Canal runs from north to south, with blue waves and a leisurely charm.

Strolling through the "Millennium Canal, Improving the New-China Grand Canal Cultural Belt Mobile Photo Contest" excellent works before the exhibition, the light and shadow of the spring of 24 bridges, the snowy charm of hundreds of buildings, and the ancient towns with the beginning of the lights reproduce the beautiful four seasons along the canal Scenery; craftsmen by the canal, dragon boat races in the river, the crowded Canal Street, etc. show the context and vitality along the canal.

  Dahe Tangtang, culture stretches.

Along with the continuous flow of the Grand Canal, the canal culture has continued to bring forth the new and has maintained its vigorous vitality.

At the exhibition site, four exquisite handicrafts such as "Treasures of the World", "Hundred Deer", "Elephant Ear Bottle" and "Asian Rhyme" were shining brightly. They were carried out by national intangible cultural inheritors from Beijing and Hangzhou. The craftsmanship is condensed with cloisonne, lacquer carving, Longquan official kiln celadon, hot stamping and other craftsmanship. It is the epitome of the brilliant culture along the canal.

  Since the birth of the Grand Canal, literati and literati of the past dynasties have created a large number of literary works with the canal as the object.

In the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal Picture Book Exhibition, literary works such as "Lihuadu", "Northbound" and "Water Transport Ship Gang" are listed.

These works tell the history and present of the canal by telling the story of the canal and people.

  As the man-made canal with the earliest construction time, the longest use, and the largest spatial span in the world, the Grand Canal is still performing its functions and is closely integrated with the national economy, becoming a "living linear cultural heritage."

The Grand Canal National Cultural Park (Hangzhou Section) exhibition showed the audience a sample of protecting, inheriting and making good use of the Grand Canal.

  On the exhibition board, the flashing bright spots represent the comprehensive protection project of the former Grand Canal Hangzhou Iron and Steel Industry Site, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal Museum, Dacheng North Central Landscape Avenue, the Grand Canal Future Art Technology Center... the exhibition staff introduced that Hangzhou is responding " The national strategy of “Construction of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt” promotes the construction of the Grand Canal National Cultural Park with high standards, fully taps the connotative value of the canal cultural heritage site, promotes the integration and development of culture, art, and technology, and realizes the transformation from industrial rust belt to cultural embroidery belt .

In the future, these projects under construction will become new cultural landmarks of the Grand Canal and will also bring people's livelihood and welfare.

  Reflecting the ancient and the present, a collection of fine products

The wonderful collision of the "2020 Beijing-Hangzhou Dialogue", Beijing and Hangzhou will join hands in exchanges and cooperation on the construction, protection, inheritance and utilization of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt, and will play a symphony of a new era for the development of the Canal City.

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