China News Service, Hefei, June 15 (Wu Lan Xiong Guowei) A reporter learned from the official authorities of Yixian County, Anhui Province on the 15th that Yixian County, Anhui, the "Millennium Ancient County" and the core area for the inheritance and development of Hui culture, has recently been officially approved as China's 137th. A national historical and cultural city.

Data map: Tourists visit Hongcun Village, Yixian County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Manhui Qiao

  On the 15th, the Chinese government website released the "Approval of the State Council on Approving Yixian County in Anhui Province as a National Historical and Cultural City".

  Yixian is known as the "Museum of Ancient Chinese Houses in Ming and Qing Dynasties" and "the epitome of Chinese traditional culture". It has been awarded the "Millennium Ancient County" as the cultural heritage of Chinese geographical names. It is the core area for the inheritance and development of Hui culture. It has a history of more than 2,200 years. The landscape pattern of "pillow mountains, surrounding water, and face screen" has become an important example of the idea of ​​"Heaven and Man in One" city location in the ancient Huizhou area.

  It is understood that in recent years, Yixian County has always adhered to the principle of “protection first, rescue first, rational use, and strengthened management”, and strictly implemented the “one building, one policy” of ancient buildings to ensure that every street is “restored” every An ancient building is "repaired as old".

  "In the next step, Yixian County will insist on live protection and restore the ancient city's cultural texture; insist on lively transformation to restore the ancient city's cultural appearance; insist on lively utilization to rejuvenate the ancient city's cultural vitality." Yixian County Mayor Dai Wei introduced on the 15th , The county adheres to the protection concept of “seeing people, seeing things, seeing life”, “retaining the shape, keeping people, and staying homesick” in the ancient city. Taking the ancient city protection and revival pilot project as an opportunity, the county abandons the old concept of “building a city”, avoids major development, and advocates "Micro-renewal" and "micro-renovation" are implemented to preserve the true life as much as possible.

  Yixian County has a wealth of historical and cultural heritage, including 1 world cultural heritage "Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui in China-Xidi and Hongcun", 92 cultural relics protection units at all levels, 1,684 registered immovable cultural relics, 507 historical buildings, and history There are 3 cultural blocks, 6 Chinese historical and cultural villages, 44 Chinese traditional villages, 66 representative items of intangible cultural heritage, and a large number of ancient bridges, ancient wells, ancient plaques, ancient couplets, and ancient tree names. Historical environmental elements such as wood and water mouth have outstanding historical and cultural value.

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