China News Service, Beijing, August 8th. The Beijing (Tongzhou) Grand Canal Cultural Tourism Scenic Spot will be open to tourists free of charge before the end of the year. The four parks in the scenic spot are all connected by the North Canal Waterway. The total length of the river section is 12.1 kilometers and the water area is 2.56 square meters. kilometer.

Along the way, you will pass through 10 bridges including Beiguan Gate Bridge and Qianhe Xielu Bridge, forming a large water ring in the scenic area.

  The 2022 Beijing (International) Canal Culture Festival will open on the evening of August 8 at the Urban Green Heart Vitality Center in Tongzhou District.

This year's Cultural Festival is hosted by the Beijing Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department and China News Service, and the Beijing Cultural Relics Bureau has joined forces with the Tongzhou District Party Committee and District Government, the Chinese Academy of Arts, the China Cultural Relics Newspaper, the Municipal Party Committee Internet Information Office, the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, the Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau, and the Municipal Sports Bureau. Co-organized by other units.

The reporter learned this information from the organizer.

  It is understood that the Beijing (Tongzhou) Grand Canal Cultural Tourism Scenic Spot connects four major areas, from north to south: Xihaizi Park Hulu Lake Scenic Area, Burning Lighthouse and surrounding ancient buildings, Canal Park, and Grand Canal Forest Park.

Among them, Xihaizi Park, Ran Deng Tower and the surrounding ancient buildings are the northern area of ​​the scenic spot, and they are also the concentrated bearing places of cultural relics, ancient buildings and historical culture.

  The four parks in the scenic spot are not only connected by land, but also by water through the North Canal. The river section is 12.1 kilometers long and the water area is 2.56 square kilometers.

Along the way, you will pass through 10 bridges including Beiguan Gate Bridge and Qianhe Xielu Bridge, forming a large water ring in the scenic area.

The waterway renovation of the scenic spot mainly improves the wharf environment. A temporary stop is added in the Daguanglou area, and the landscape greening of Pier 1, Pier 2, Caoyun Pier and Liuyin Pier has been improved.

  Caoyun Wharf and Liuyin Wharf run through both sides of the canal of the Grand Canal Forest Park.

Among them, the Caoyun Wharf will restore its former prosperity, refurbish the lacquered columns and paintings on the facades of antique buildings, and introduce new formats to activate the commercial blocks.

The space in front of the store is placed with official bucket image seats and cultural scenery stones, additional waterfront viewing cultural seats, tree pond cultural grates, and ground sculptures themed on water transportation culture. The lighting fixtures use the image of the Grand Canal flagpole to create Caoyun wharf night view atmosphere.

  In addition, the space under the bridge is also the focus of scenic upgrading. The area north of Shangying Bridge (formerly Yudaihe Bridge) belongs to the core business district of the city. Dongguan Bridge and Shangying Bridge will combine the space under the bridge to set up an activity space suitable for people to stay.

  As the old saying goes: The Forbidden City was floated on the Grand Canal.

On the basis of the improvement of physical space, the Grand Canal Cultural Tourism Scenic Spot will thoroughly sort out the canal culture, establish a cultural map, and develop cultural and creative IP as a whole.

Visitors here will experience the splendid culture left by the canal.

  For example, in the Ran Deng Tower and the surrounding ancient building complex scenic spots, the planning plan has been completed, and special projects such as "cultural exhibition", "non-genetic training center" and "health exhibition" will be opened, and the layout of the Ran Deng Tower and the surrounding ancient architectural complex scenic spot Middle Road ( Confucian Temple), West Road (School of Education, Minglun Hall, Wendi Temple), Ziqing Palace and other courtyards, using AI (artificial intelligence), holographic projection and other technologies to create an immersive experience combining virtual reality for tourists, to protect and inherit the Grand Canal coast Folk customs and intangible cultural heritage; the comprehensive tourist service center in the southern area of ​​the scenic spot is currently under construction. The theme of "reproduction of the canal" will be here, and an immersive experience space will be created through technologies such as AR (augmented reality) and VR (virtual reality).

  It is reported that Randeng Tower and the surrounding ancient building complex scenic spots, Canal Park and Grand Canal Forest Park were originally operated independently. After the scenic spots have been transformed and upgraded by integrating resources, they will be managed by the Beijing (Tongzhou) Grand Canal Cultural Tourism Scenic Spot Management Center. Construction, human-oriented service upgrade, to provide tourists with more high-quality and convenient services.

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