“Xinjiang is a good place, rich in cultural heritage, and we look forward to giving full play to the role of cultural heritage in the cultural moistening project of Xinjiang.” He Yunao, member of the CPPCC National Committee and director of the Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage of Nanjing University, said in an interview.
He Yunao, a professor of Nanjing University, has been engaged in archaeological, cultural heritage protection and other practical work for a long time. As a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, what he wants more is to provide suggestions and suggestions for promoting the cultural heritage industry to play a greater and more active role in the development of national modernization construction.
Research strives to go to the fields, to practice, to the countryside, and to the border. He Yunao also contacted cultural, cultural relics departments, museums, archaeologists, and other relevant staff through letters, phone calls, WeChat, and other means to listen to their opinions and suggestions.
In order to better fulfill his duties, He Yunao has done a lot of homework, and the proposals are all based on his years of work practice and research.
The proposal to fully leverage the role of cultural heritage in the cultural rejuvenation project in Xinjiang was also proposed based on his multiple field investigations in Xinjiang.
The research has received strong support from the local cultural relics department in Xinjiang, and they also hope that I can bring these suggestions to the two sessions. This is also my responsibility as a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, “He Yunao said.
The people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang, along with the people of all ethnic groups in the country, have created brilliant Chinese culture on this land, nurtured and preserved numerous cultural heritages with distinct themes and rich content.
“The heritage of the Silk Road, the national heritage, the Great Wall heritage, the agricultural and animal husbandry heritage, the handicraft industry heritage, the traffic heritage, the architectural heritage, the religious heritage, the water conservancy heritage, the revolutionary cultural relics, and the heritage of stationing, cultivating, and guarding the border all attest to the great course of the central governments of all dynasties in governing Xinjiang and safeguarding the national sovereignty.” He Yunao said that they are committed to promoting the excellent traditional culture of China, and earnestly enhancing the awareness of China’s Cultural identity and Volksgemeinschaft, Establishing a correct historical perspective, promoting the prosperity and development of public culture and literary and artistic undertakings, and promoting the high-quality development of cultural tourism have an irreplaceable role, and are valuable assets for Xinjiang to achieve social stability and economic prosperity and development.
“To give full play to the role of Xinjiang’s cultural heritage, it is necessary to comprehensively implement the project of inheriting and carrying forward the value of the red heritage.” He Yunao believes that it is necessary to systematically carry out the investigation, research and sorting of red Cultural resource management, especially the relics of production, life and military facilities produced by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, promote the integration of the Corps spirit, Populus euphratica spirit, etc. into the campus, and play its important role in patriotism education, revolutionary tradition education, etc.
According to He Yunao’s statistics, the proportion of Xinjiang’s abundant and high-quality cultural relics converted into tourist destinations is only 4.1%, greater efforts are needed in creative transformation and innovative development.
Therefore, He Yunao suggests strengthening the special archaeological investigation and research of historical witnesses, increasing the collection of border cultural relics, literature, and border stories, and establishing digital archives to accelerate the formation of a batch of achievements based on research, deeply explain the connotation and historical value of cultural relics, and build a cultural relic historical data system to support the implementation of the Cultural Enriching Xinjiang Project.
We should continue to increase investment in sites, museums, and memorials that bear significant events of national historical changes, improve infrastructure construction, enhance cultural relic protection environment, strengthen exhibition planning, launch ‘cloud exhibitions’, and enhance communication and influence. He Yunao suggests actively exploring the construction of research bases such as archaeological exploration, such as beacon research, ancient road research, and ancient city research, to truly revitalize cultural heritage.