China News Service, Lishui, November 17 (Reporter Shao Yanfei Linbo) Sailing on the Oujiang River on the Mother River in Lishui, Zhejiang, has a thousand-story terraces, a thousand-meter drop, a thousand-year-old cloud and terraces, and a smoky Songyang Old Street... In a crisp shutter sound, the visitors whispered "I want to bring homesickness home".

　　In Lishui, pictures record Lishui’s unique cultural genes, passing through the green waters and green mountains and flying to the wider sky. Through the light and shadow lens, the scenery has a place to stay, and the cultural flavor of Lishui behind the lens is separated. transfer.

A view of Songyang Old Street in Lishui.

Photo by Xiang Jing

　Release ecological dividends to light up farming culture

　　In the leisurely afternoon, the sun is sprinkled lazily on the bluestone slabs, and the old craftsmen take out housekeeping skills, play cotton, roll noodles, and strike iron, and immerse themselves in their own lives, painting the slow life of Songyang Old Street.

　　The farming culture "lights up" the rural Songyang.

In the past five years, Songyang County, Lishui City has worked hard to protect the original ecological ancient villages, carried out county-wide folklore festivals, opened up 8 photography sketching routes, built more than 10 photography post stations, nearly 100 viewing platforms, and more than 100 Photographic sketching base.

　　According to Wang Shangyijun, vice chairman of Songyang County Photographers Association, in order to facilitate communication with international knowledgeable people, the county has continuously strengthened its "talent software", specially recruited more than 50 foreign language translators, and hired foreign teachers to train volunteers internationally. The etiquette and the idioms of various countries have allowed photography and sketching lovers from all over the world to relax, walk into the ancient village of Songyang, and stay in the field to create.

　　Not only are enthusiasts of photography and sketching from other places flocking to Songyang, Songyang's photography and sketching team is also going international.

The photographic works of "Pastoral Songyang" have been exhibited in large-scale international photography exhibitions in Los Angeles and other places in the United States. Through the works of local photographers in Songyang, they have toured around the world, spreading the rural scenery and Chinese culture to all corners of the world.

　　Songyang is the epitome of Lishui's release of ecological dividends and the creation of cultural photography golden business cards.

　　Wang Peiquan, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Lishui Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, member of the 2021 Lishui Photography Festival Organizing Committee and Office Director, said that Lishui, which is blessed with a unique natural environment, has profound traditional cultural heritage and extremely rich photography creation resources. “From 1999 to 2021, Lishui has been The city has selected 35 national, provincial, and municipal photography creation bases to activate the economic and brand effects, thereby promoting the coordinated development of culture, ecology, and tourism in Lishui."

Lishui Photography Museum, China.

Photo by Xiang Jing

　　Light and shadow intertwined to explore the development of the scenery and the culture

　　"Not only the scenery, but also the culture." This is the "green declaration" of Lishui's "counterattack".

In the "background board" of green water and green mountains, with cultural heritage as a creative brush, Lishui is refreshing a new path for green development.

　　With the sound of the oars, the shadow of the sails, and the shadows of the rain and dust, this small town named "Guyan Painting Township" is only 23 kilometers away from the Lishui District of Lishui City.

　　In the first Siena International Photography Awards, Russian photographer Prosin Vladimir's "Above the River" won the championship.

Through this work, the most authentic Oujiang sail shadow is displayed. While appreciating the beautiful scenery, it also allows the world's eyes to focus on the cultural heritage behind this landscape.

　　It is understood that the Oujiang River in the shadow of the Oujiang River is the mother river of Lishui. Sailing boats are the main means of transportation on the Oujiang River and a representative of the culture of the Oujiang River Basin. Chuuchuo moving.

　　In fact, relying on its ecological confidence, Lishui has no shortage of cultural photography creation bases. Jinyun Xiandu, Qingyuan Baishanzu, Longquan Fengyang Mountain were awarded as national-level photography creation bases by the Chinese Photographers Association as early as 1999. .

　　Today, Lishui is actively planning the Lishui National Park with Zhejiang Fengyang Mountain-Baishanzu National Nature Reserve as the core, and is the first in the country to carry out a test and inspection of national park standards.

A scene of Lishui Guyan Painting Village.

Photo by Lin Bo

　　Culture is the nuclear photography, the new space for development is created by the sun

　　As we all know, Lishui is a national ecological demonstration zone, a national excellent tourist city, a national civilized city, and the first "Hometown of Photography in China".

　　Lishui photography originates from landscapes, represents China, and goes to the world.

Since the Fourth China Photography Art Festival was held in Lishui in 1999, Lishui City has truly brought Lishui to the world through the platform of the Photography Festival, and put forward a resounding slogan: Let photography tell the world that there is Lishui in China.

　　A few days ago, the "Lishui International Photographic City Development Plan (2021-2030)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") was officially released. This is after Lishui issued the first national photography plan "Lishui City Photography Development Plan 2011-2020" in 2011. , Lishui City has formulated a new round of ten-year plan for the construction and development strategy of an international photography city.

　　The "Planning" proposes that Lishui will make full use of the accumulated photographic cultural foundation, environmental resource advantages and development opportunities of the imaging industry over the years to create a famous international photography city with local and international brilliance, perfect integration of art and industry, and strong elements and mechanisms to ensure Lishui Become the benchmark of the national and even the world's photography cities.

　　Zheng Gengsheng, secretary of the party group of the Chinese Photographers Association, vice chairman of the conference, and director of the 4th International Photography Symposium and 2021 Lishui Photography Festival Organizing Committee, said that in 1999, the Chinese Photographers Association will be the first "Hometown of Chinese Photography". The brand was awarded to Lishui. For more than 20 years, Lishui has tried bravely and has formed a vivid "Lishui model" one after another around the brand activity of the photography festival, accumulating a very rich "Lishui experience".

　　Looking at the present, the natural beauty of the landscape, the deep cultural heritage, and the unique folk customs make Lishui good for its "looks" and "temperament", which has won the love of photographers and tourists at home and abroad, and Lishui is also adopting photography , Discover the beauty, share the beauty, and create the beauty together.

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