Recently, five ministries and commissions jointly issued the "Plan for the Protection and Utilization of Cultural Relics in the Yellow River" to make arrangements for the protection and utilization of cultural relics in the Yellow River Basin.

【Let's Shine Cultural Heritage·4】Keep the root and soul of the Mother River

  Our reporter Yu Jiaxi

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  Recently, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Natural Resources, and the Ministry of Water Resources jointly issued the "Plan for the Protection and Utilization of Cultural Relics in the Yellow River" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") to make arrangements for the protection and utilization of cultural relics in the Yellow River Basin.

  As the mother river in people's hearts, the Yellow River not only nurtured generations of Chinese sons and daughters, but also left a splendid cultural heritage.

  How to promote the systematic protection of the Yellow River cultural heritage?

It is a problem of the times faced by the 9 provinces (regions) along the Yellow River and even all parts of the country and all sectors of society.

The "Plan" jointly issued by the five departments is an implementation plan and specific action guide for protecting, inheriting and promoting the Yellow River culture, and it is also a detailed implementation of the major project for the protection of the Yellow River cultural relics system.

Yellow River, flowing roots

  In the 5,000-year history of civilization in my country, the Yellow River Basin has been the political, economic and cultural center of the country for more than 3,000 years.

Behind this are the cultural relics buried along the banks of the river that witness the survival and development of national culture and civilization.

  According to the third national census of cultural relics, there are more than 300,000 immovable cultural relics in 9 provinces (regions) in the Yellow River Basin, accounting for 39.73% of the total number of cultural relics in the country.

At present, there are about 168,000 immovable cultural relics in the 69 cities (prefectures) through which the main and tributaries of the Yellow River flow.

  Over the years, the Yellow River Basin has achieved positive results in archaeology, protection of large sites, construction of national archaeological site parks, ancient buildings, and protection and utilization of cave temples.

  In Henan, the lower reaches of the Yellow River, the census of 7,051 immovable cultural relics along the Yellow River has been completed, the investigation of 947 provincial-level intangible cultural heritage projects in the Yellow River Basin has been promoted, the classification and evaluation of 488 major resources in the Yellow River National Cultural Park has been carried out, and a large database of the Yellow River cultural heritage resources has been established.

  Yangshao Village, Miaodigou and other national archaeological site parks have been built and opened one after another. The construction of the Sanmenxia-Luoyang-Zhengzhou-Kaifeng-Anyang world-class site park corridor has been accelerated, and the more than 700 kilometers of ecological and cultural tourism corridors along the Yellow River have begun to take shape.

  At the end of last year, the General Office of the Henan Provincial Government issued the "Implementation Plan for Strengthening the Reform of the Protection and Utilization of Cultural Relics in Henan Province", which specifically proposed to protect, inherit and promote the Yellow River culture, promote the protection of the Yellow River cultural heritage system, and deeply explore the era value contained in the Yellow River culture. Become a cultural river that inherits history.

  "In recent years, the protection of Henan's Yellow River cultural system has continued to step up to a new level. In 2022, we will focus on building 10 major national cultural public projects, including the Yellow River National Museum and the Yellow River Basin Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection and Exhibition Center." Henan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism Chang Jiang Jiding said.

Protect the root and soul of the Chinese nation

  Not long ago, the Henan Museum held an exhibition titled "Metallurgical Jade Style - Gold and Jade Special Craft Treasures Exhibition along the Huangjiu Province". Nearly 300 pieces of gold and jade special crafts and relics were unveiled, including the head of a bronze figure with a gold face from the Sanxingdui Museum, and the inlays. Turquoise animal face bronze medal decoration, Shanxi Museum inlaid turquoise lattice copper sword and other "net celebrity" cultural relics.

  This is the first time such a large-scale exhibition has been held since the establishment of the Yellow River Basin Museum Alliance in 2019.

In this exhibition, nearly 300 pieces of gold and jade special crafts and cultural relics from 23 cultural and museum units in 9 provinces (regions) along the Yellow River gathered together, which spanned 4,000 years of time and space.

  In recent years, the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River Basin have worked together to protect, inherit and promote the culture of the Yellow River, and have achieved positive results. The construction of the Yellow River National Cultural Park has been steadily advanced, the Yellow River National Museum has been officially capped, and the Yellow River Cultural Month and the Yellow River Cultural Tourism Festival have been held successively. Literary and artistic programs such as "Mud Baby" and "Da Yu's Control of the Flood" continue to "go out of the circle"...

  However, the status quo of the rich and colorful Yellow River cultural resources is not very optimistic.

  The historical and cultural resources of the Yellow River Basin are very rich, but due to the long history and some historical reasons, the family background of the entire historical and cultural resources of the Yellow River is not very clear, and the data collection is not complete enough. Some cultural relics and intangible cultural heritage urgently need to be systematically protected. It is urgent to carry out a comprehensive census and carry out systematic and targeted rescue, protection, inheritance and promotion of the cultural and historical resources of the Yellow River.

  According to the person concerned, at present, the system, integrity and synergy of the protection of cultural relics in the Yellow River Basin need to be strengthened. The contradiction of development and construction still exists, and the integration into the high-quality development of the contemporary economy and society and the exertion of social benefits are still insufficient, and it is difficult to form an effective support for the protection, inheritance and promotion of the Yellow River culture.

It is imperative to protect the cultural relics of the Yellow River and protect the root and soul of the Chinese nation.

Let the cultural relics of the Yellow River "live"

  An old man stood on the edge of the Yellow River, bent down and took a handful of water; the camera switched, and the mud of the Yellow River was transformed into mud babies with different appearances and cute looks in the hands of the old man.

"Malan blossoms twenty-one, two-five-six, two-five-seven, two-eight-two-nine-three-one..." The voices of a group of children from far to near, the mud baby came alive, jumping rubber bands, playing hide and seek, throwing handkerchiefs, eagles catching children A large number of children's games, such as chickens, turning flowers, smashing bags, and cockfighting, are turning over the childhood memories of generations of Chinese people in the cute interpretation of the little actors.

  These pictures are from the 2022 Henan Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala program - children's dance "Yellow River Mud Baby".

  "Yellow River Niwa" presents the childhood memories of people in the Yellow River Basin, and is also the common memory of Chinese sons and daughters.

"The same Yellow River, the same piece of Yellow River mud, the mud in history echoes the mud today, and the spirit of the Yellow River can be inherited. The program can not only make the culture of the Yellow River come alive, but also promote the Chinese civilization to go out." 2022 Henan Spring Festival Gala Chief Director Chen Lei said.

  The Yellow River has a long history and a long river basin, leaving behind a splendid cultural heritage. The in-depth excavation of these cultural heritage has added a rich cultural background to the Yellow River basin.

  In response to the "Plan" jointly formulated and issued by five departments including the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the relevant person in charge of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage said that it was mainly based on the consideration of promoting the implementation of important decisions and arrangements of the central government and promoting the promotion of the protection and utilization of cultural relics in the Yellow River Basin.

  How to better "live" the cultural relics of the Yellow River and improve the protection and utilization of cultural relics in the Yellow River Basin?

The "Planning" makes arrangements for promoting the activation and utilization of the Yellow River cultural relics from various perspectives, such as strengthening the investigation of the cultural relics of the Yellow River, promoting the comprehensive research on the cultural relics of the Yellow River, implementing the systematic protection of the cultural relics of the Yellow River, innovating the display and utilization of the cultural relics of the Yellow River, promoting the culture of the Yellow River to go out, and organizing the implementation of guarantees.

  "Doing a good job in the protection and utilization of the Yellow River cultural relics can effectively support the protection, inheritance and promotion of the Yellow River culture, and promote the creative transformation and innovative development of the excellent traditional Chinese culture; it can strengthen the consciousness of the Chinese nation's community and gather spiritual strength for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation; it can further explore the Yellow River culture. It contains the value of the times, continues the historical context, and strengthens cultural self-confidence." said the person in charge.