China News Service, Jinan, June 20th: The new vitality of the 2,600-year-old ancient Great Wall witnessed the vicissitudes of Qilu between the mountains and the sea

  Author Li Mingrui

  Shandong Jinan, Zibo, Weifang, Qingdao and other places have been strategic places since ancient times.

Today, the ancient Great Wall has dimmed with swords, lights and swords, and is far away from the drums and horns. It is constantly rejuvenated and will become an important part of the Great Wall National Cultural Park.

  Recently, the reporter visited Jinan, Zibo, Weifang and Qingdao following the "Approaching the Great Wall of Qi" media event organized by the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism to explore the extension of the Great Wall of Qi between mountains and seas.

The site of Qingshiguan section of the Great Wall of Qi.

Photo by Li Mingrui

  It is understood that the Great Wall of Qi was built during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It is the oldest Great Wall in China with accurate relics and is an integral part of the World Cultural Heritage of the Great Wall of China.

It embodies the diligence and wisdom of the ancient Shandong people, and has witnessed the vicissitudes of the land of Qilu for more than 2,600 years. It is a regional symbol of openness and tolerance in the Haidai area.

  According to the resource survey from 2006 to 2010, the Qi Great Wall passes through 7 cities and 17 counties (cities, districts), with a total length of 641.32 kilometers and a total of 260 sites.

  The reporter saw in the Jinyangguan section of the Qi Great Wall, the Jinyang Guanxi Great Wall Ridge section was built along the Jinping Mountain, with a pheasant wall and a station wall at the back. .

According to Su Zhongming, deputy director of Xueye Culture Research Center, Laiwu District, Jinan City, Jinyang Pass is one of the three famous passes of the Great Wall of Qi. It is located at the junction of Niangniangmiao Village in Laiwu District and Sanhuaishu Village in Zhangqiu District. Named after the sun.

"As an important communication route between Qi and Lu in ancient times, Jinyang Pass was also a military fortress, so castles and beacon towers were built on the surrounding steep peaks, and they were condescending and strangling their throats."

  Su Zhongming said that in recent years, Jinan has strengthened the overall protection and management of the Great Wall of Qi, strengthened the safety of cultural relics, improved the overall management level of the Great Wall of Qi, identified and announced 36 people directly responsible for the safety of the Great Wall of Qi, equipped with 29 full-time cultural relics protectors and part-time cultural relics protection. 22 staff, responsible for daily inspection and management.

"The ancient Great Wall of Qi is under key protection and rejuvenated with new vitality."

  All the way to the east, the reporter came to the Fengmendaoguan section of the Qi Great Wall in Zibo, Shandong.

It is understood that the inner city wall of Zibo City belongs to the middle section of the Great Wall of Qi. The main line is about 110.84 kilometers long, with a total of 39 sections. It traverses the southern mountainous area of ​​Zibo City. It is mainly distributed in two districts and one county of Boshan, Zichuan and Yiyuan, accounting for about the entire length of the Qi Great Wall. One-sixth of it is relatively intact.

Distribution map of the Linqu section of the Great Wall of Qi.

Photo by Li Mingrui

  According to Zhang Bo, a fourth-level researcher of the Zibo Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, in order to align the protection and utilization of the Great Wall sites scientifically and efficiently, Zibo not only built a municipal-level video monitoring platform for the Great Wall of Qi, but also innovatively developed the "Qi Great Wall" based on the current status of the Qi Great Wall patrol. Qi Great Wall Smart Management System", the system is divided into management end, patrol end and PC end, realizes the digital management of Qi Great Wall of about 110 kilometers in Zibo city, covering 3 districts and counties of Boshan, Yiyuan and Zichuan.

  As an important part of the Great Wall of Qi, the Weifang section has a unique cultural heritage of the Great Wall of Qi.

With the acceleration of the construction of the Great Wall National Cultural Park (Shandong section), Weifang, the "Mandarin Capital", has awakened the memory of the Great Wall of Qi. From the ecological protection and restoration of the Great Wall of Qi, to the development and utilization of tourism resources, various efforts have been made. burst of new vitality.

  "In order to promote the in-depth integration of culture and tourism, Weifang actively explored the new model of 'cultural relics + tourism', and invested more than 9 million yuan to start the maintenance and protection project of the 1,268-meter Qigeng leg and Dongling section of the Great Wall." According to the scenery of Yishan Mountain, Linqu County, Weifang City According to Ju Guangming, director of the District Development Service Center, the East Ridge section of Quegenleg of the Great Wall of Qi belongs to the main line of the Great Wall of Qi, with a total length of 5,137 meters and a maximum elevation drop of more than 270 meters. , is also an important node.

  "In recent years, Weifang has identified the best point of convergence between cultural relics protection and tourism development, strengthened management, made rational use, promoted and developed each other, and enabled the Great Wall of Qi, a military defense project that has lasted for more than 2,600 years, to play its unique role." Guangming told reporters that Weifang also strives to promote the integrated development of cultural tourism and agriculture, animal husbandry and tourism, and successively builds characteristic agriculture and animal husbandry projects such as Yihe Ten Thousand Dairy Cow Base and Yishan Blueberry Characteristic Industrial Park. Enrich Yishan's tourism industry and jointly promote the development of Yishan Cultural Tourism and Weifang Cultural Tourism.

  From Weifang to the east to the Qingdao section of the Great Wall of Qi, the new section on the west coast of Qingdao is about 60 kilometers long. After passing through the Rose Mountain, Beier Mountain, Zhanying Mountain, Xiaozhu Mountain and other large and small mountains, it finally jumps into the Yellow Sea at Dongyujiahe Village. .

  The reporter climbed the eastern slope of the Qi Great Wall rose, and saw the Great Wall winding and lying on the ridge.

It is understood that the Qingdao section of the Great Wall of Qi has disappeared due to factors such as natural wind and rain erosion and modern human production activities, and the existing length is 32.994 kilometers.

A total of 22 heritage sites have been identified in the Qingdao section of the Great Wall of Qi, including 19 walls, 2 mountain dangers, and 1 beacon tower.

  Regarding how to protect and utilize the Qingdao section of the Great Wall of Qi, Qingdao took the lead in establishing a new model of land acquisition and utilization on both sides of the Great Wall of Qi, and actively explored the integrated development of culture and tourism. Relying on the Great Wall of Qi in the northern section of Xiaozhu Mountain, Qingdao planned to build the core exhibition park of Xiaozhu Mountain. ; Relying on the Qi Great Wall in Dongshan Village, the Qi Great Wall in Jige Mountain, and the Qi Great Wall in Xushan, build the Dongshan-Xushan Qi Great Wall display belt, relying on the Qi Great Wall in the east slope of the rose to create a rose flower valley.

  Between the mountains and the sea, the continuous Great Wall of Qi connects the cultural relics of Qilu land in series, radiating the brilliance of a new era.

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