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"Chinese-style modernization gives Chinese civilization modern strength, and Chinese civilization gives Chinese-style modernization a profound foundation." On June 2 last year, at the symposium on cultural heritage and development, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader made a comprehensive, systematic and in-depth exposition on a series of major theoretical and practical issues of Chinese cultural heritage and development from the overall strategic height of the development of the cause of the party and the state.
During the year, the Supreme Leader visited the ancient city, explored the cultural context, and looked at the intangible cultural heritage, constantly searching for the answer of the times "Why China" and leading China to take the road of cultural inheritance.
Guard the root vein
Take the road of ancient city protection
Tianjin Ancient Culture Street, known as the "hometown of Jinmen", is the earliest gathering place of economy, culture and commerce in Tianjin.
On the afternoon of February 1, 2024, when the Supreme Leader visited Tianjin Ancient Culture Street, he interacted with the store staff and the people on the spot. Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi photo
On the afternoon of February 1st this year, the Supreme Leader came to Tianjin Guwen Street, and successively went into the specialty shops of Guifaxiang 18th Street, such as Mahua, Guorenzhang, Clay Fighter Zhang and Yangliuqing New Year Pictures, to learn about product types, sales and the inheritance and development of traditional culture.
During the inspection, the Supreme Leader pointed out that Chinese modernization is inseparable from the inheritance and promotion of excellent traditional culture. Tianjin is a city with distinctive features and charm. It is necessary to protect and make good use of historical and cultural blocks to make them shine in the construction of a modern metropolis.
Tianjin has preserved a large number of unique modern architectural communities and historical and cultural blocks, and it is the mission entrusted by the times to protect Tianjin’s unique Tianjin culture.
On January 17, 2019, during the inspection in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, the supreme leader came to Liang Qichao’s former residence to listen to the introduction of the protection of Tianjin’s historical and cultural blocks with the exhibition board. He pointed out that we should cherish the historical and cultural heritage of the city, develop in protection and protect in development.
Customers watch the performance in Tianjin Time-honored Collection Store. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Zishuo photo
Institutional guarantee — — Compilation of Tianjin Historical and Cultural City Protection Plan (2020— 2035), forming an overall protection structure of "one city, two districts, two belts and multiple points"; Normative documents such as the Regulations on the Protection of Historic Buildings in Tianjin were issued to further improve the policy and regulation system for the protection of historic buildings.
Innovation empowerment — — Adhere to market-oriented operation, realize the renewal and upgrading of historical and cultural blocks, and explore the formation of the "historic buildings+"model. At the same time, promote the deep integration of culture and tourism formats, markets and products, inject new vitality into old buildings, continue new stories and bring new popularity.
Cross-border integration — — Constantly expand consumption scenes, create parallel reality digital immersion projects, build IP matrix of historical and cultural blocks with high standards, and build a platform for online and offline creation of digital cultural tourism.
An ancient street and a historical and cultural heritage connect the past, the present and the future, and contain the cultural code of Chinese modernization.
Inheriting blood vessels
Take the road of non-genetic inheritance
Changde River Street, located on the banks of Yuanjiang River, has a long history and was destroyed in Changde Campaign in 1943. In recent years, Changde City has restored the style of Laohe Street and built this place into a historical and cultural block.
On the morning of March 19th, 2024, when the Supreme Leader visited Changde River Street, he had a cordial exchange with shopkeepers and tourists. Xinhua News Agency reporter Yip Wong photo
On March 19th this year, the Supreme Leader came here to inspect all kinds of special snacks, special products and special handicrafts, to have cordial exchanges with shopkeepers and tourists, to appreciate the display of intangible cultural heritage skills, and to learn more about the street restoration and utilization, urban planning and comprehensive management of water environment in Changde Old Town.
Strolling along Changde River Street, a giant ink and wash original design attracted the attention of the supreme leader.
This work is a woodcarving design created by Pan Nenghui, the non-genetic inheritor of Pan Shi’s artistic woodcarving, based on Shen Congwen’s famous book "Travels in Xiang". He plans to restore it to a giant Toona sinensis gloomy wood with a length of 10 meters in 10 years.
"Colorful traditional cultures with local characteristics together constitute a splendid Chinese civilization and also boost economic and social development." When the Supreme Leader visited Changde River Street, he pointed out that Changde is a place with cultural heritage, where the silk strings, high-pitched tunes and trumpets should be inherited and used with appropriate carriers, so as to develop with the times.
Pan Nenghui and his wife Hu Meihua show wood carvings in Changde River Street, Hunan Province. Xinhua News Agency reporter Xue Yuxi photo
How to make intangible cultural heritage flourish in the new era?
In recent years, Changde has made great efforts to explore a new cross-border, cross-domain and cross-industry model of "non-legacy+cultural tourism", "non-legacy+education" and "non-legacy+technology", attracting more than 50 non-legacy teams such as Taoyuan embroidery, hemp painting and Changde woodcarving to settle in Changde River Street, creating a situational and immersive multicultural experience, and integrating the national tide into the daily life of citizens and tourists.
At present, there are more than 100,000 non-legacy representative projects at all levels in China, more than 90,000 non-legacy representative inheritors at all levels and more than 6,700 non-legacy workshops.
Non-legacy projects are inherited by people, and generations of inheritors advance wave after wave, making the cultural carrier more dynamic.
Continuation vein
Take the road of civilization inheritance
The Great Wall is the largest existing cultural heritage in China, and it is also a window for the world to feel and understand Chinese civilization.
On May 14th this year, the Supreme Leader wrote back to the villagers in Shixia Village, Badaling Town, Yanqing District, Beijing, profoundly explaining the unique value of the Great Wall and the great significance of protecting it.
"I hope that everyone will continue to work hard for a long time, protect the Great Wall like a home, carry forward the Great Wall culture, tell the story of the Great Wall, drive more people to understand and protect the Great Wall, and pass on this precious wealth left by their ancestors from generation to generation, contributing to building a socialist cultural power and promoting Chinese modernization."
The picture shows Badaling Great Wall. Xinhua News Agency reporter Yan Huanzong photo
In 2019, the Supreme Leader presided over the ninth meeting of the Central Committee for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, which reviewed and approved the Construction Plan of the Great Wall, the Grand Canal and the Long March National Cultural Park; In 2021, the Planning for the Construction and Protection of the Great Wall National Cultural Park was issued, proposing to make the Great Wall National Cultural Park an important symbol of carrying forward the national spirit and inheriting Chinese civilization.
In recent years, the organization and implementation of resource survey, cleaning up the Great Wall to protect the family property; Establish a legal system with the Great Wall Protection Ordinance as the main body and local special regulations as the support; Continue to promote the protection of the Great Wall, and successively approve 289 Great Wall protection and maintenance projects; Intensify inspections and guard the "last mile" of Great Wall protection … … The protection and inheritance of the ancient Great Wall ushered in a new chapter.
To protect the Great Wall, we should carry forward the Great Wall culture and tell the story of the Great Wall and China.
The frontier fortress epic drama "Xiongguan in the World" brings a visual feast, the Great Wall tourism resources lead the way to prosperity, and the research activities continue to be carried out … … Relying on the cultural resources of the Great Wall, all fields seek development according to local conditions, and continue to write a new chapter in the era of cultural heritage protection.
At present, there are 43 world cultural heritages, world cultural and natural dual heritages and 43 world intangible cultural heritages in China. They are scattered on the splendid land, and continue to explore the way of activation and inheritance.
— — Digital empowerment makes culture "live". "Vitality Palace", "Panoramic Terracotta Warriors" and "Cloud Tour Dunhuang" have been launched one after another. AI algorithm realizes the restoration of cultural relics and the naked-eye 3D restoration of archaeological sites.
— — Innovation and integration make culture "fire". Yue opera Xinlongmen Inn, dance drama The Banquet in Tang Palace, Only the Green, and the movie Chang ‘an Three Wan Li frequently explode. It is hard to get a ticket for the Forbidden City in Beijing and the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, and "going to a city for a museum" is getting hotter and hotter.
Today’s China, with the unique language of Chinese culture, shows the world the cultural charm of the ancient oriental civilization.
"It is our new cultural mission in the new era to continue to promote cultural prosperity, build a cultural power and build a modern civilization of the Chinese nation at a new starting point." A year ago, the supreme leader made a clear direction for cultural inheritance and development at the forum on cultural inheritance and development.
Standing in the new era and looking into the future, the supreme leader solemnly declared: "Chinese modernization is the new life of the old country of the Chinese nation and will surely promote the rejuvenation of Chinese civilization."
Cartography: Huang Zhuo