China News Service, Beijing, September 24 (Xu Jing) On the morning of the 24th, the first Beijing public archaeological season of 2021 was launched at the Zhoukoudian National Archaeological Site Park in Beijing.
Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics released six important archaeological achievements in Beijing in 2021, including the ruins of the ancient city of Lu County, the ruins of Zhengyang Bridge, and the ruins of Wanshou Temple East Road.
The reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics that the theme of the first archaeological season is "A Century of Archaeology, Cultural Beijing", to excavate and showcase the connotation of Beijing’s archaeology, to attract the public to participate in the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage, and to enable archaeology to empower people’s well-off and economic and social development. .
The launching ceremony announced the important archaeological achievements of Beijing in 2021, including the ruins of the ancient city of Lu County, the Han dynasty tombs of Baigezhuang in Pinggu, the ruins of Jinzhongdu, the ruins of Zhengyang Bridge, the ruins of East Wanshou Temple, Qinggulun and the palace of Princess Jing .
According to the relevant person in charge of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Heritage, these six discoveries span a large age and are distributed in a wide area. They are an important part of the exhibition of Beijing's local history.
Among them, Zhengyang Bridge is an important node on the central axis. The ancient city of Lu County, Wanshou Temple, Gulun and Jing Princess Garden are all located in the Grand Canal Cultural Belt, Jinzhong Capital is located in the Yongding River Cultural Belt of Xishan, and the Baigezhuang Tombs are located in the Great Wall. Cultural belts. These discoveries further demonstrate the importance of archaeological work in the construction of national cultural centers, extend the historical axis, enhance historical reliability, enrich historical connotations, and activate historical scenes. They are the practice of "protecting, The important achievement of the concept of “development in protection” and archaeology is a concrete manifestation of the formation process of the structure of the pluralistic integration of the Chinese nation. It is also an important content of the demonstration and demonstration of the history of Chinese civilization and the local history of Beijing.
In addition, the event also introduced the "net celebrity check-in locations" at archaeological sites such as Zhoukoudian and Old Summer Palace.
Jing Feng, director of the Asia and Pacific Department of the UNESCO World Heritage Center, expressed the hope that Beijing will do a better job of cultural heritage protection, contribute more examples to world heritage protection, and let the excellent traditional Chinese culture continue to go out and continuously improve China. The soft power and reputation.
The cultural commissioner of the UNESCO Beijing Office, Himalchuli Gurung, presented an award to the conservation building project at the first site of the Zhoukoudian site (Apeman Cave). The teachers and students of Beijing Union University also showed a dynamic display of the ancient unearthed Beijing restored by archaeologists and artists. apparel.
According to reports, this public archaeological season is sponsored by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Heritage and the People’s Government of Fangshan District. It will last for two months. During the event, there will be 5 categories including public participation, archaeological experience, special exhibitions, cloud exhibitions, and academic lectures, totaling 24. Events.
Highlight academic, participatory, and dissemination, so that people can experience the charm of archaeology and appreciate cultural connotation in a variety of activities, so as to expand the dissemination and influence of archaeological research in Beijing and better serve the construction of national cultural centers.
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