At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, the protection of cultural relics in Henan Province was once again good news. The reporter learned on the 25th that Henan officially announced 351 newly approved cultural relics protection units in Henan Province, bringing the number of provincial cultural relics protection units in the province to 1,521.
According to the circular, the Henan provincial government approved the eighth batch of 351 cultural relics protection units in Henan Province, including 115 important historical sites and representative buildings in modern times, 9 cave temples and stone carvings, 128 ancient buildings, 78 ancient sites and 21 ancient tombs. There are also 5 projects merged with the existing cultural relics protection units in Henan Province. So far, there are 1,521 provincial-level cultural relics protection units in the province.
Henan is an important province with cultural relics resources in China, and it undertakes important tasks in the national cultural relics protection strategy in the new period and the strategic construction of cultural tourism, cultural innovation and integration in this province. In October this year, the centenary commemorative meeting of Yangshao culture and modern archaeology in China was held in Sanmenxia City, Henan Province, which attracted wide attention.
The reporter learned that Henan takes advantage of its resources, and the cultural and creative products of cultural relics are frequently updated, so that cultural relics can be “alive” and people can touch the profound Chinese civilization. At the same time, the province has also increased the integration of cultural tourism and cultural creation, and truly let cultural relics enter the lives of the people.
Tian Kai, director of the Henan Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, said in an interview with Zhongxin.com that cultural relics are a precious legacy left by our ancestors and an advantageous resource to help the integration strategy of culture, tourism and creativity. In the coming new year, the “Administrative Measures for the Open Utilization of Cultural Relics Protection Units and Archaeological Sites in Henan Province” will be studied and promulgated, so as to promote the tourism of cultural relics and archaeology with diversified characteristics, diversified exhibitions and refined services, and give full play to the unique value of cultural relics in order to “understand China while walking in Henan” and implement the integration strategy of cultural tourism and cultural innovation. (End)