China News Service, Beijing, January 2 (Reporter Du Yan) How to promote the construction of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt and the Grand Canal National Cultural Park, protect, inherit and make good use of the Grand Canal culture?
Starting from this year, Beijing, Hebei Province and Tianjin City have established a coordination mechanism for the protection, inheritance and utilization of the Grand Canal culture, and built a cross-regional cultural heritage contiguous and integrated protection system.
The Beijing section of the Grand Canal.
The picture shows the burning lighthouse.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Sheng Jiapeng
What major achievements have been made since the construction of the Beijing Grand Canal Cultural Belt?
Today, the relevant person in charge of the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission introduced that Beijing attaches great importance to the protection, inheritance and utilization of the Grand Canal culture. On August 18, 2017, the Beijing Leading Group for Promoting the Construction of a National Cultural Center was established on August 18, 2017, with the Grand Canal as its leader. The Cultural Belt Construction Group, led by the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics, includes 7 districts, 29 departments and other member units, and is responsible for coordinating the promotion of cultural protection, inheritance and utilization of the Grand Canal.
In the past five years, Beijing has achieved phased results in the protection and construction of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt:
——Continue to promote the construction of the river of culture, and breakthroughs have been made in the protection and inheritance of the cultural heritage of the Grand Canal.
The Baifuquan site has been evacuated, and based on this, the Grand Canal Source Site Park has been planned and built. At present, the first phase of the park has completed the main construction. In the future, it will be integrated with Changping Binhe Forest Park to form a large canal cultural display area.
The relocation and evacuation around Wanshou Temple was successfully completed, and the protection and repair of Wanshou Temple continued. The Beijing Art Museum located in it will officially open to the public on September 16, 2022.
The first phase of the Lu County Ancient City Ruins Park has met the conditions for opening. It integrates exhibitions, cultural relics protection, scientific research, and social education to create a historical and cultural place featuring continuous archaeology and the participation of scholars and the public.
The creation of canal culture is flourishing, and the novel "Going North" with the Grand Canal as the background won the 10th Mao Dun Literature Award and the 15th "Five One Project" Award for Spiritual Civilization Construction. It is the first large-scale dictionary to fully display the culture of the Grand Canal "Grand Canal Culture Dictionary Beijing Volume" was published.
The Beijing section of the Grand Canal.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Sheng Jiapeng
——Continue to promote the construction of an ecological river, and the improvement of the ecological environment along the coast has achieved remarkable results.
The sections involved in the Beijing section of the Grand Canal have been fully monitored, and the water quality of the main sections has basically met the requirements of the water environment function zone.
The main project of the comprehensive management of the North Canal (Tongzhou section) was completed, the Gantang, Yulinzhuang ship locks and Xinwuyao Bridge were built, more than 50 kilometers of waterfront greenways were renovated and newly built, and more than 20 landscape squares and water-friendly platforms were set up to meet the needs of tourists. Various needs such as hydrophilicity, viewing, and rest.
Xiaotaihou River (Chaoyang Section) has been connected in its entirety, Majiawan Wetland Park has been built with high standards, and 260,000 square meters of water area has been newly added, realizing the demonstration of "clear water, green banks, beautiful scenery, and deep" river governance.
The international-style waterfront of the Liangma River has been fully unveiled, and a landscape corridor of about 800,000 square meters has been built. It was awarded the first batch of national-level night culture and tourism consumption clusters.
——Continue to promote the construction of the river of development, and the cultural tourism brand of the Grand Canal will be more prominent.
Tongzhou Grand Canal Cultural Tourism Scenic Spot actively creates the only national 5A-level tourist attraction in Jingdong, and carries out comprehensive upgrading and renovation of scenic spots and facilities. Among them, the "Three Temples and One Tower" scenic spot will officially open to the public on September 26, 2022.
The Grand Canal Museum (Shoubo East Hall), the city sub-center library and the facade of the theater have been unveiled, and will become new cultural landmarks along the Grand Canal in the future.
Taihu Performing Arts Town focuses on functions such as characteristic performing arts, drama industry incubation, immersive theme entertainment, etc., and accelerates to become a new section for the cultural prosperity and development of the city's sub-center.
——Continue to promote the construction of the river of people's livelihood, and the quality of life of citizens has been significantly improved.
Continue to improve the landscape along the Grand Canal, forming a number of waterfront leisure spaces.
Shichahai Xihai Wetland Park was completed and opened. This is the only urban wetland in the core area. The Guo Shoujing Memorial Hall on the north side of the park reopened.
The greening and beautifying construction project of Datong Riverside Park has been completed. With the Tonghui River as the axis, the ecological landscape area, cultural exhibition area and sports and fitness area have been planned, and a sports field of about 1,800 square meters has been newly built, which has greatly improved the quality of life of the surrounding residents.
The Shunyi New City Ecological Leisure Park was completed and opened to the public, planning waterfront style, leisure vacation, wetland recreation, fun sports and other landscape functional areas, providing citizens with waterfront leisure, cultural inheritance, recreation and entertainment activities.
——Continue to promote the construction of the river of integration, and the exchanges and cooperation between regions along the line will be more in-depth.
Established a collaborative consultation mechanism for the protection, inheritance and utilization of the Grand Canal culture with Tianjin and Hebei.
On June 24, 2022, the entire 62-kilometer line of the North Canal (Beijing-Hebei section) will be open to cruise ships, marking another important step in the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei.
For three consecutive years, the "China Grand Canal Cultural Belt Beijing-Hangzhou Dialogue" event was jointly held with Hangzhou City. The two places signed the "Grand Canal Cultural Belt Beijing-Hangzhou Dialogue and Cooperation Mechanism Framework Agreement", which clarified the working mechanism of the two sides to jointly carry out cultural activities and industrial cooperation. Create a new model of promoting regional cooperation through cultural construction.
The Beijing section of the Grand Canal.
The picture shows Liangma River.
Photo courtesy of Chaoyang District, Beijing
The person in charge said that the protection and construction of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt is a systematic work, and Beijing pays attention to systematic promotion. 7 districts and 29 departments along the Grand Canal jointly participate and form a joint force.
Carry out work in key areas such as heritage protection, cultural inheritance, and ecological restoration, and intensify reforms in areas such as innovating heritage protection and utilization models, using evacuation space to enhance cultural functions, improving public cultural undertakings and cultural industry development mechanisms, and striving to explore Create experiences that can be replicated and extended.
So, how can Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei jointly promote the protection, inheritance and utilization of the regional Grand Canal culture?
The person in charge pointed out that during the construction of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt, Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei Province have established a collaborative consultation mechanism for the protection, inheritance, and utilization of the Grand Canal culture to jointly promote the co-construction and sharing of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt. For example, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei Province signed the "North Canal Development and Construction Cooperation Framework Agreement" to jointly promote the joint prevention and treatment of the North Canal; promote regional cultural exchanges and cooperation, and hold the Beijing (International) Canal Culture Festival for three consecutive years, with the theme of canal culture, integrating culture and tourism along the line A series of cultural activities have been carried out to inherit and carry forward the canal culture.
The person in charge pointed out that on November 25, November 29, and December 1, 2022, the Standing Committees of the People's Congresses of Beijing, Hebei Province, and Tianjin held meetings successively, and passed the "Concerning Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Promotion of the Grand Canal Cultural Protection, Inheritance and Utilization" Decision of the Ministry of Finance and Economics, both of which will come into force on January 1, 2023.
In the next step, the three places will establish a coordination mechanism for the protection, inheritance and utilization of the Grand Canal culture in accordance with the "Decision", and coordinate the Grand Canal and cultural relics protection units along the route, intangible cultural heritage, historical and cultural cities, towns and villages, traditional villages, characteristic towns, etc. Cultural resources, and build a cross-regional cultural heritage contiguous and integrated protection system.
Strengthen the digital display of the Grand Canal culture, and promote the foreign exchange and cooperation of the Grand Canal culture.
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