China News Service, Taiyuan, October 11th (Gao Yuqing and Hu Jian) A reporter learned from the Shanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau on the 11th that a rare and historically record-breaking continuous rainfall in northern China caused 1763 immovable cultural relics in Shanxi to be in danger. middle.
To this end, all walks of life in China are setting off an umbrella protection operation for Shanxi's ancient buildings.
Shanxi is a major province of cultural relics in China and is known as the "treasure house of ancient Chinese architecture".
According to the official website of Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, there are 53,875 immovable cultural relics in the province, including about 30,000 ancient buildings.
Data map: On October 10, local villagers cleaned up water in Wenjiagou Village, Yitang Town, Jiexiu City, Shanxi Province.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Wei Liang
From the 10th to the 11th, topics such as "Shanxi ancient buildings are under threat during wind and rain", "Guardian Shanxi ancient buildings in wind and rain", "Umbrella for Shanxi" and other topics appeared on Weibo hot searches.
The reporter noticed that the “peers” of cultural museums in various parts of China, such as the Palace Museum of Shenyang, Henan Museum, Sichuan Museum, and Shanghai Museum, have forwarded the above topics one after another, and published articles “Cheering” on Shanxi’s ancient architecture.
At the same time, Tencent, ByteDance, Ant Group, Alibaba, NetEase, Baidu, Xiaomi and many other Chinese companies announced donations to support Shanxi.
Among them, some companies made it clear that in addition to purchasing emergency relief supplies, the donation will also help the rescue work of Shanxi's cultural relics and ancient buildings.
In an interview with the media, the famous Shanxi director Jia Zhangke said: “Shanxi is a province of cultural relics. There are ancient temples in every village and ancient buildings everywhere. There may be national treasure-level murals hidden in an inconspicuous small village temple.”
Jia Zhangke called on all walks of life to pay attention to the ancient buildings in Shanxi during the flood.
He said that this continuous heavy rain has brought a huge test to the protection of cultural relics in remote areas. He suggested that the government and the public attach great importance to the investigation and rescue of the disaster-stricken cultural relics in remote areas to prevent further damage to some cultural relics and dangerous situations. Everyone contributes to help."
It is understood that as of 12 o'clock on October 10, affected by heavy rain, a total of 1,763 immovable cultural relics in Shanxi have suffered roof leaks, wall cracks and collapses to varying degrees.
At present, various emergency repairs are being carried out in an orderly manner.
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