Recently, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development publicized the list of demonstration counties (cities, districts) for the centralized and contiguous protection and utilization of traditional villages in 2022. Lanxi is famous on the list, and it is estimated that it will receive no less than 30 million yuan of central subsidy funds.
It is reported that the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development have selected 40 counties (cities, districts) with concentrated traditional villages nationwide this year to carry out the demonstration of centralized contiguous protection and utilization of traditional villages for a period of two years.
Lanxi, with a history of nearly 1400 years, has the most complete system of ancient towns and villages in China, as well as a large number of ancient buildings and intangible cultural heritage. It is a provincial-level historical and cultural city and the hometown of traditional architecture in China. There is one national historical and cultural block, 20 traditional villages in China, 7 provincial historical and cultural towns and villages, and 28 traditional villages in Jinhua.
In recent years, Lanxi insists on the overall protection of traditional villages and live transmission, taking it as an important starting point to continue the historical context of western Zhejiang, highlight the charm of Lanxi, and realize the construction of beautiful countryside and the overall rural revitalization. At present, the overall protection and utilization of traditional villages in the city has achieved remarkable results, and a set of protection and utilization modes of “government guidance, villagers as the main body, social participation, protection-oriented, activation as the policy and various forms” have been explored. (Lanjiang Herald reporter Zhiheng Chen)