Cultural relics are an important carrier of historical and cultural heritage, which is not renewable and precious. Protecting cultural relics is protecting history. Shaoxing has always been a cultural center with a profound cultural heritage, especially the ancient city of Shaoxing, which has a history of over 2500 years and has left behind a large number of cultural relics. The responsibility for protecting cultural relics is significant. The report of the 9th Party Congress of the city proposes to “continuously optimize the functions of the ancient city, restore the landscape, protect and utilize cultural relics, and create conditions to initiate the application for cultural heritage in the ancient city”. The application for cultural heritage in an ancient city is also a process of cultural relic development, protection, and utilization. The core is to fully showcase the style of this historical and cultural city, and the key is to activate and utilize historical relics. It can be said that only by activating and utilizing historical relics can the application for cultural heritage in ancient cities proceed more smoothly.
Strengthen management, explore value, effectively utilize, and revitalize cultural relics, comprehensively improve the level of cultural heritage protection and inheritance..As evidence: The cultural and creative products of the Palace Museum have become popular on the internet, creating a sensational effect; The dance “The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting” is out of the circle, bringing the famous painting “A Thousand Miles Map of Rivers and Mountains” to modern times; The Dunhuang New Year’s Seasons Order has created a unique spark in the collision between traditional culture and new media… In the application for cultural heritage and cultural relic protection of the ancient city, Shaoxing should increase its research and publicity efforts, tell the story behind the cultural relics, and strive to revitalize Shaoxing in ancient books, cultural relics, and ruins through time and space. Utilizing digital technologies such as VR (virtual reality) and 5G, visitors can visit museums and open digital exhibition halls to introduce cultural relics scripts and enhance interaction between tourists and cultural relics, attracting more young people.
To activate and utilize cultural relics effectively, it is necessary to promote cultural exchange and mutual learning through multiple channels. Shaoxing is the capital city of the state of Yue and the hometown of famous people. The former residences of famous people are everywhere, and the water town has beautiful scenery, with rich and precious historical and cultural resources. We need to strengthen the research and excavation of Shaoxing’s historical and cultural heritage, extract distinct connotation traits and unique spiritual genes, and showcase them through artistic creation, development, and integration, continuously enhancing the influence and radiation of Shaoxing’s historical and cultural heritage. Make full use of various platforms, comprehensively utilize media such as film and television works, literary works, and cultural products, to showcase the charm of Eastern culture to the world, and enable excellent traditional culture to better go global.
Author’s unit: Xinchang County Party School