Through the construction of a series of cultural venues, Evolution Town has initially formed a cluster of Evolution Rural Museums represented by the Memorial Hall of Former Residences of Celebrities, Rural History and Culture Exhibition Room, Rural Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall, Folk Museum, and Rural Research Base.
Evolution town has a large number of celebrity resources represented by the famous anti-British general Ge Yunfei, Buyi Du Tang Shouqian, etc., there are 25 ancient kiln sites of all kinds, among which the Maowanli printed pottery kiln site is a national cultural protection unit, Huantan, Yuelian, Huafeng and other villages, there are many Song Yun cultural landscapes, and the 25 villages in the town have their own unique public welfare culture, revolutionary culture, folk culture, clean culture, etc., which provide a living water source for the construction of the village museum.
The town invests millions of yuan in special funds every year to carry out the protection and repair of historical buildings in an orderly manner, and has successively completed the repair of a number of cultural preservation units and historical buildings such as Huantan Old Western-style House, Erqiao Book House, Tang Shouqian’s Former Residence, Ge Yunfei’s Former Residence, etc., with a total area of 35,000 square meters.
The soul of the village museum is to excavate and refine the local history and culture. Through cooperation with colleges and universities, cultural and museum institutions, local cultural and historical experts, and descendants of celebrities, Evolution Town deeply excavates the four major cultures of celebrity culture, ceramic culture, Song Yun culture, and rural culture, such as cooperating with Hangzhou Normal University to conduct systematic research on celebrities such as Ge Yunfei and Tang Shouqian, summarize and refine their historical status and spiritual value, and provide an academic basis for the construction of the former residence memorial hall; In cooperation with Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, the slogan of “the hometown of Wuyi, Song Yun Huantan” was refined, and the Wuyi culture was integrated into the construction of the village history museum; Contact and visit the descendants of the martyrs Ge Liyong and Ge Shuzi to fully understand the family background and life and growth experience of the martyrs, so as to make the construction of the former residence memorial more down-to-earth and more educational.
At present, Evolution Town has launched the model of “Rural Museum + Research Travel”, and has built the Song Yun Huantan Research Base and the Xiaoshan “Farming and Farming Interest” Research Base, among which Huantan Village was rated as the first batch of Song Yun Hangzhou Life Experience Bases. Evolution Town connects the museum with the scenic spots and farms in the jurisdiction, creating a number of characteristic tourist routes, attracting a large number of tourists to visit, and also driving the development of the surrounding economy, exploring a new path of rural revitalization and development with the “exhibition hall economy” to promote the deep integration of “agriculture, culture and tourism”. Text/Qu Dan