Charming Beijing, Beijing and Zhejiang enjoy together. On October 22, the theme of “China’s Canal · The Canal of the World” opened in Gongchen Bridge in Hangzhou. At the scene, Beijing and Hangzhou carried out the “dream linkage”, the Beijing Winter Olympics mascot “Bingdun Dun” and the Hangzhou Asian Games mascot “Chen Chen” met in the Gongchen Bridge, to continue the cultural stories of Beijing and Zhejiang. Chu Ziyu, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and Chen Dong, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of Beijing Culture and Tourism Bureau delivered the opening speech.
Charming Beijing and Zhejiang Zhou Department 2021 China Grand Canal Cultural Belt Beijing-Hangzhou Dialogue (hereinafter referred to as the 2021 Beijing-Hangzhou Dialogue) series of activities. The 2021 Beijing-Hangzhou dialogue by the Beijing municipal people’s government information office, Zhejiang province people’s government information office, Hangzhou city people’s government, China news agency, the world canal historical and cultural city cooperation organization (WCCO), Hangzhou city people’s government information office, Hangzhou canal group, Hangzhou city, Hangzhou garden cultural relics bureau, Zhejiang branch, gongshu district people’s government, the Beijing municipal culture and tourism bureau, China news picture network, Beijing month news magazine.
Beijing and Hangzhou are located at both ends of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, sharing the Grand Canal culture. In 2020, the Beijing Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau and the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism signed an agreement during the second Beijing-Hangzhou Dialogue, stipulating that both sides will give full play to their respective cultural tourism resources and advantages, and comprehensively promote the high-quality development of cultural tourism in the two places. The opening of Beijing and Zhejiang Zhou Zhou in Gongchen Bridge, an important heritage point in Hangzhou section of the Grand Canal, is a witness to the intersection and integration of the historical and cultural landscapes of the two places.
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According to the organizer, the event will last until April 24, in the “1 + N” mode, namely 1 opening ceremony, a series of theme activities. The event will highlight the construction achievements and cultural resources of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (Beijing section).
Long canal water, carries is culture, flows is civilization. A “canal feast” to explore the cultural treasure of the Grand Canal was opened in the “water injection ceremony”. The water sources will be taken to the six provinces and cities along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal: Beijing Tongzhou District Grand Canal Forest Park, Yuhe Bridge in Yangliuqing Ancient Town, Tianjin City, Jiuhe Road Canal Bridge in Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, Canal Wharf in Dezhou City, Shandong Province, Wenxiang Bridge in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, and Gongchen Bridge in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. At the scene, the big screen is playing the water intake picture, showing the vitality and full of poetry along the canal; the water intake person is sonorous and powerful blessing words, the canal feeling engraved in the bones is fully expressed.
According to the introduction, the vessels of Sheng water are Hangzhou celadon, Jiangsu purple sand, Shandong black pottery, Hebei white porcelain, Tianjin wood, Beijing cloisonne, which are the most cultural and historical features of the provinces and cities. The integration of water and water means that the whole basin of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal cherishes the precious heritage left by its ancestors, and gathers strong cohesion to protect, inherit and make good use of the flowing canal culture.
In addition, at the opening ceremony, the Beijing Peking Opera artists performed the Peking Opera “drunken concubine” excerpts; Beijing art academy national artist, Ji Xiaolan seventh Sun Ji Qingyuan joint Yang Qing, the intangible cultural heritage, scoring guqin and writing poems; the big screen shows the “ancient back” in Beijing and Hangzhou.
“Before I came to Hangzhou, I also wrote a calligraphy, a poem by my ancestor Ji Xiaolan. Today, I dedicate it to the Grand Canal Museum as a souvenir.”Ji Qingyuan said that Beijing and Hangzhou are connected by one water and one vein.”Today, Beijing and Hangzhou work together to promote the Grand Canal culture. I think it is of far-reaching significance to the future. We will continue to protect, develop and utilize the river, so that it can serve the new period and benefit the future generations.”
The Grand Canal of China has flowed for thousands of years, and many cities along the route have been born and prospered by the canals. In addition to the opening ceremony, the districts of Beijing showed the essence of the Grand Canal culture gathered in the Beijing section of the Grand Canal. For example, Changping District displays the “source of the Grand Canal” with Baifuquan site as the core; Haidian Changhe, Kunming Lake (WengshanPark) and other landscape gardens with royal characteristics, so as to highlight the unique cultural heritage resources in China and even the world.
Cities along the canal should not only “have their own beauty”, but also “share beauty together”. In this activity, Beijing and Hangzhou carried out the “dream linkage”.
In 2022, Beijing and Hangzhou will host the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Hangzhou Asian Games, respectively, which will inject new hardcore elements into the 2021 Beijing-Hangzhou dialogue. The mascots of the 2022 Winter Olympics came from Beijing to the Hangzhou Yunhe River to meet at the Gongchen Bridge on the same site. They presented souvenirs to citizens and tourists to talk about the canal, talking culture and folk customs.
It is of great significance to excavate the Grand Canal, a rich mine of cultural heritage, and to find a way to promote the “living” development of cultural heritage. During the event, the Grand Canal books and Beijing gift featured cultural and creative products landed in Hangzhou “old” bookstore Xiaofeng Bookstore, together to create a strong Grand Canal cultural atmosphere with Hangzhou characteristic cultural and creative products.
Along the Grand Canal gathered tea art culture, folk art, precipitated a number of precious cultural heritage. At the scene, Jingxi shadow puppets from Beijing staged a shadow puppets show in Hangzhou Old Happy Teahouse, showing the unique charm of Chinese intangible cultural heritage. Guqin artists from Beijing and Hangzhou play for the Grand Canal together, adding the “charm” to the canal culture of “coming alive”.
In addition to the Beijing-Hangzhou cultural exhibition, during the activity, many short video experts from “Little Sister”, “Fashion Grandma Group” and “Ding Ding” from national short video platforms also shot wonderful moments to “call” for the activity.
The charm of Beijing Zhejiang week activities by the Beijing municipal people’s government information office, Zhejiang province people’s government information office, Hangzhou people’s government, China news agency, world canal historical and cultural city cooperation organization, sponsored by the Beijing municipal culture and tourism bureau, by China news agency news development center, Beijing culture and technology co., LTD., and got the culture and tourism hall, Beijing capital tourism group co., LTD., Beijing along the grand canal district culture and tourism bureau, Hangzhou gongshu district gongchenqiao street and quick support.