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Recently, the Development and Reform Commission of Zhejiang Province took the lead in organizing the selection and evaluation of the second batch of dazzling pearls in large gardens. Recently, with the approval of the provincial government, the Provincial Joint Conference Office for Promoting the “Four Major Constructions” has announced the second batch of 26 dazzling pearl lists in 8 categories across the province, and Yongkang Zhiying Millennium Ancient City has been successfully selected with outstanding results, ranking first in the total score.
It is reported that this is another golden card of Zhiying Town after winning the provincial “Beautiful Village” demonstration town, the sixth batch of national level historical and cultural towns, the construction of “Beautiful Zhejiang”, the advanced “Thousand Village Demonstration and Ten Thousand Village Renovation” in the province, and the first batch of “Thousand Year Old City” revitalization pilot projects in the province.
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Zhiying was founded in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, with a history of 1690 years. It is a key place for humanities, commerce, military, and reclamation in central Zhejiang. Here, there are many talented people and talents gathering, and historical stories such as General Tun Tian, Hu Ze Wen Xue, Chen Liang’s study, Xiang Xian Xing Clan, and Shimen’s quest for sainthood are celebrated. Chen Liang, a famous thinker and litterateur in the Southern Song Dynasty, studied here and proposed the world-renowned “meritorious learning”; Wang Yangming’s high disciple Yingdian once spread Wang Yangming’s mind here.
Zhiying Town is rich in cultural relics, and is still well preserved in line with the historical pattern of the ancient town. The “two districts and eighteen streets” are shaped like a chessboard, dotted with ancient Taoist temples, ancient ancestral temples, ancient dwellings, ancient bridges, and ancient wells. It has 1 “traditional Chinese village”, 1 national cultural protection unit, 4 “provincial historical and cultural protection villages,” 7 provincial and municipal cultural protection units, 84 cultural relics protection sites, and immovable cultural relics, and 147 historical buildings.
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In recent years, Zhiying Town has invested 320 million yuan to fully promote the reconstruction of heritage projects such as ancient streets, ancient ancestral halls, and ancient dwellings. The Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning and Design Institute has compiled the Comprehensive Plan for the Revival of the Millennium Old City of Zhiying to create a characteristic IP cluster. Currently, new forms of cultural and tourism development such as “Ancient City Tea House”, “Tianxing Private School”, and “One Street for Intangible Cultural Heritage” have been initially formed. Three well-known studios have been introduced, and new sectors such as the Zhiying Branch Center of the Jiangnan Culture Research Institute, the Social Practice Base for College Students, and the Fei Xiaotong Academic Research Base have been jointly established with Shanghai University to continue multiculturalism and stimulate new momentum.