In the eyes of the poet’s eyes, homesickness is a touch of moonlight by the window, an old tree beside the house, and a wisp of smoke from the chimney… These typical images constitute traditional villages bearing rich homesickness.
Protect the new rhyme of the ancient village, holding the long nostalgia. Recently, Jiaxing announced the first batch of municipal historical and cultural traditional villages and ChongDian Village create list, south lake district bridge Zhenjiang south village, new town Cao Wang village, XinFeng Town new village and phoenix bridge town red village success in the first batch of Jiaxing historical and cultural traditional village, including xinmin village and Cao Wang Village ChongDian Village to create list.
How to bring more traditional villages alive again? In recent years, Nanhu District has actively promoted the protection and utilization of historical and cultural traditional villages, turning this faint nostalgia into a local flavor that we can see and stay behind.
Protection is the first place to preserve the “historical shape”
Walking into Xingshan Old Street, Xinmin Village, Fengqiao Town, I saw the antique flag hanging under the eaves of each shop, swinging gently with the breeze. People stand under the eaves, or chatting, or drinking tea, or soliciting business. The old street is bustling with people, dazzling goods, full of the smell of human fireworks.
Traditional villages are known as the “living fossil” of rural history and culture because of their profound historical and cultural information. However, under the wheel of The Times, tens of thousands of traditional villages have suffered many setbacks and have slowly died in the long river of history. However, Xinmin Village, as the first village in the whole region to make the list of the “national name” of traditional Chinese villages, is not only not silent and depressed, but also shows the passion and vitality of the countryside everywhere.
The transformation of the old street stems from the repair and protection of the village in recent years. In 2019, Xinmin Village began to renovate Xingshan Old Street. In 2021, Xinmin Village will start the construction of scenic villages, and build a sericulture breeding cultural center and a village sage hall on the old street. Therefore, the style of the old street can be preserved in the wheel of history, and also laid a foundation for the establishment of historical and cultural traditional villages.
How to protect the traditional villages and retain their homesickness? As early as 10 years ago, Zhejiang Province was the first in the country to launch the historical and cultural (traditional) village protection and utilization project within the province, taking it as an innovative measure and an important starting point to continuously deepen the “ten million project” and implement the rural revitalization strategy. In recent years, Jiaxing has also issued relevant documents and work plans, and published the first batch of municipal historical and cultural traditional villages and key villages this year.
The protection of traditional villages is not only about the restoration and protection of ancient rural buildings, but also to preserve the “historical shape” of the villages and rebuild the rural life that integrates the history and the present and remembers the nostalgia. Just like Xingshan Old Street, it follows the texture of the old street in the renovation and repairs the old, which not only retains the fireworks of the old foundation, but also radiates new vitality, and becomes a good place for the surrounding villagers to walk around.
At present, Nanhu District focuses on the protection of traditional village dwellings, intangible cultural heritage protection, and the improvement of living environment to promote the orderly protection and utilization of historical and cultural traditional villages. The reporter learned that under the guidance of the Nanhu District Bureau of Agriculture and Water Resources, Xinmin Village and Caowang Village have successively formulated feasible planning plans for the protection and utilization of historical and cultural traditional villages. The two schemes are based on “effective protection and moderate development”, and effectively connect with the village construction planning, scenic village planning and other planning, to ensure the repair of the old as the old and protect the original form of the village. At the same time, each village has a different history and culture, which is unique. Therefore, the plan implements the two principles of “unity and difference”, implements dislocation development of the two villages and highlights their personality characteristics.
Living state inheritance village more pass on “god”
The beauty of traditional villages lies not only in its “shape” —— old streets and old buildings, but also in its “god” —— traditional culture.
Open the historical materials, Cao Wang village has culture, heritage. The village is named by people, named Cao Bin, who is said to be a famous general of the Northern Song Dynasty. The villagers were deeply grateful for the spirit of loving the people and sacrificing their lives for justice, so they set up a temple to commemorate it.
It is said that in the Ming Dynasty, there was a saying that “visiting Cao King” came hundreds of miles to attend the temple fair for three days. Ming Hongzhi “Jiaxing Fu Zhi” records: ” every year in March, the township city women burn incense.”Jiang Xun shi said:” stay in the south of the Yangtze spring, cao Wang temple outside the outing frequency “, describing the scenery of the former Cao King temple meeting.
When it comes to Cao Wang Village, we have to mention Cao Wang mud cat. Caowang Village has a long history of clay cats. The mud products of Caowang Village, rough and lovely image, is a popular folk art. In 2008, the mud cat was included in the second batch of Jiaxing city intangible cultural heritage list.
How to retain homesickness and do a good job of activating and continuing the cultural deposits? Cao Wang village party general branch secretary Lu Zhenxiang has long been in mind. He said that the historical and cultural traditional village project of Caowang Village adheres to the purpose of “building without building”, and focuses on making good use of existing resources. Through the outing tour line, the “clay cat” cultural resources such as research, temple fair and drama performance, forming a new landscape of ancient charm in Caowang Village.
In terms of cultural inheritance, “protect the bones and muscles, and inherit the spirit”.”In accordance with the principle of ‘remembering homesickness and protecting the roots’, we have strengthened the protection and promotion of intangible cultural heritages such as Cao.”Lu Zhenxiang told reporters that according to the cultural heritage of the village, the village will build a clay cat creative park, for the next step of the village intangible cultural heritage innovation, cultural and tourism integration, rich exploration of profound spiritual power.
As the fourth generation inheritor of the Yuxin Nicat Intangible Cultural Heritage project, He Zhifang is also a villager of Caowang Village. He heard that the village to build a clay cat creative park, the joy of the overflow.”This is a good thing. A creative park is a place for inheritance.”He is also very willing to contribute to the cultural heritage of the village.
To excavate culture, but also to inherit culture. For the protection and utilization of historical and cultural traditional villages, Nanhu District plans to give full play to the role of villagers as inheritors and disseminators in the rural cultural inheritance.”We encourage the villagers to spontaneously publicize the village culture, and hold a series of folk culture festivals, to pass on the cultural concept through various forms, and to do a good job in the activation and continuation of cultural deposits.”District agriculture and water bureau related responsible person said.
The introduction of business forms radiates new vitality
Walking in the old street, the ancient town charm of jiangnan face.
The old street has changed, the yellow and broken walls have been repaired, the broken roofs have been rearranged, the original chaotic wires have disappeared; the old street has not changed, the ancient and heavy green stone road, the ancient bridge above the clear water, telling the vicissitudes of history and the quiet years of this traditional village.
On the old street, several customers gathered in front of a shop called “Yaju Clothing Store”.”After the old street, the environment has become cleaner and more and more customers in the future. I just moved in here to open a shop.”Owner aunt Chen told reporters.
In the changes of the old street, the reporter saw not only the “new” shop, but also the epitome of the thick history of the old street.”These old houses on the old street, the residential Shikumen, and the century-old teahouses are all the biggest capital for the creation of the historical and cultural traditional villages.”Xinmin village party secretary ShengQijia told reporters, the selected ChongDian Village created, xinmin village will focus on building” xing good ten scene “, shape a” xing good road “time swim line, carry forward the good culture, let people to understand” great love, xing good ” profound cultural background, and the development of rural leisure tourism, folk culture characteristic tourism.
“The houses and buildings and the layout of the old street are historical relics, They are as old as old, but the interior decoration of the shops along the street is renovated.”Sheng Qijia said that the exterior renovation of the old street follows a” historical shape “, but the interior is more modern.
How to make good use of the cultural connotation and give them industrial characteristics? Xinmin village through attracting investment to activate the rural business form.”We plan to bring in third-party operation teams to help manage them and further develop the sleepy rural resources. In the future, we also plan to introduce coffee shops, cultural and creative shops, hotels and other business forms to make our village stronger and bigger.”Talking about the future development, Sheng Qijia is quite confident. The village will further comb the cultural context, explore the charm of traditional village culture, retain the texture of the old street, and effectively combine the protection and utilization of historical and cultural traditional villages with the construction of beautiful villages and scenic villages, play a good combination of measures, cultivate new highlights, and enhance the vitality of the village.
Youyou ancient village tells love long, lonely old street to welcome new life. Department stores, barbershops, restaurants… a number of new stores have entered the old street, and new business forms will be introduced in the future. This historic old street is slowly being activated, and the blueprint of village development is gradually clear.
“While protecting the material cultural heritage such as ancient buildings and relics, the potential of traditional historical and cultural villages should be fully tapped.”The relevant person in charge of the District Bureau of Agriculture and Water introduced that traditional villages should actively cultivate and develop new business forms such as” village + “village + cultural creation”, “village” + characteristic home stay “, so as to realize the magnificent transformation from government” blood transfusion “to their own” hematopoietic “, and walk out of the new way of traditional villages to boost the common prosperity of farmers and rural areas.
Reporter Chu Jinjun, correspondent Kong Yan Niu Yuping