On the 25th, the main city of the 3rd Zhejiang Grand Canal World Cultural Heritage Publicity Week (Tongxiang, Jiaxing) was held in Shimen Town, Tongxiang with the theme of “Inheriting the Canal Context and Building a Strong Cultural and Cultural Province”. At the event site, Zhejiang Grand Canal World Cultural Heritage Protection Alliance was established, and the proposal of Zhejiang Grand Canal World Cultural Heritage Protection Alliance was released.
It is understood that the third Zhejiang Grand Canal World Cultural Heritage Publicity on Friday will last for one week. The publicity includes Tongxiang, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Huzhou and Shaoxing on Friday. In Tongxiang, the home city, activities such as the exhibition of Wang Shi’s oil paintings with the theme of “Grand Canal”, the joint exhibition of photography works with the theme of the Grand Canal in five cities along the Grand Canal and 19 counties (cities, districts) were held; In Hangzhou and Ningbo, the “Same Canal-Hangzhou-Ningbo Dialogue on the Grand Canal of China in 2023” was held, and a series of theme films “The Canal Man said” were filmed; In Huzhou, carry out special training on cultural relics protection, hold non-legacy food and non-legacy exhibitions, the fifth nanxun town Paddle Open, night market activities, water weddings and other programs; In Shaoxing, “Tracing Shaoxing-Walking into Cultural Heritage” immersive experience activities were held. The colorful activities around the country focus on the new look and vitality of the Zhejiang section of the Grand Canal, and vividly display the cultural heritage of the Millennium Canal.
Tongxiang section of the Grand Canal is about 44.32 kilometers long, accounting for more than one-eighth of the Zhejiang section of the Grand Canal. In 2022, Tongxiang officially launched the construction of Tongxiang Grand Canal National Cultural Park, and completed the Conceptual Plan for the Construction of Tongxiang Grand Canal National Cultural Park, planned and formulated the guidelines for the control of the Grand Canal, and made every effort to polish and create “ancient town IP”, “digital IP” and “pastoral university IP”.
The main person in charge of Tongxiang Municipal Committee said that it will further unite the joint efforts to participate in the protection of the cultural heritage of the Grand Canal, build a national cultural park of the Grand Canal in Tongxiang City with high quality, speed up the in-depth excavation and display of the culture of the Tongxiang section of the Grand Canal, carry out extensive publicity activities on the canal culture, and strive to write a good development story on the banks of the Millennium Games and create a gold business card for the Tongxiang Grand Canal. (Reporter Song Binbin Sharing Alliance Tongxiang Chen Houwen Shen Xiuli)