February 8th is the 40th anniversary of Shaoxing being announced by the State Council as the first batch of national historical and cultural cities.
The great ancient city of Shaoxing is of unparalleled historical value
Why is the ancient city of Shaoxing so great?
Ren Guiquan, a member of the Expert Advisory Committee for the Protection and Utilization of Shaoxing Ancient City and deputy director of the Shaoxing Institute of Literature and History, The ancient city of Shaoxing is different from other ancient cities, That’s because the idea of choosing a city location existed when it was built more than 2,500 years ago, With the advanced urban location theory, When Fan Li was built the city, There is ” in the easy city, According to the location concept of the four Da land “, Of the country’s 218 ancient cities there, Shaoxing city has the earliest idea of site selection; The ancient city of Shaoxing inherits the ritual system of “Xicheng Dongguo” in the Zhou Dynasty, The ancient city sits in the west to the east of only Shaoxing, After the Han Dynasty, Cities all face south; Shaoxing ancient city, ” build a city to wei Jun, Make Guo to defend the people “, More than 2,500 years ago, a city functional area was clearly divided; The ancient city of Shaoxing was built on the principle of adapting measures to local conditions, According to the geographical conditions and the natural environment, Prepreserved nine mountains and rivers in the city, Has made contributions to the formation of Shaoxing landscape city, It left room for later development.
The ancient city of Shaoxing has been passed down from generation to generation. The geographical location of the city and the city logo remain unchanged, and the past dynasties have left relics without interruption.
The clear protection mechanism of the ancient city protection “coordinates” is in the forefront of the country
On February 8,1982, The State Council issued a document to position Shaoxing, a famous historical and cultural city: ” As the capital of the Spring and Autumn Period, there are the famous Orchid Pavilion, the former residence of martyr Qiu Jin in the late Qing Dynasty, the former residence of modern Lu Xun and the ancestral residence of Zhou Enlai. It is a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.
“Tu Jianhong, member of the Shaoxing CPPCC, member of the Expert Advisory Committee for the Protection and Utilization of Shaoxing Ancient City and former director of the Shaoxing Urban Construction Archives, said that the State Council has a distinctive characteristics of Shaoxing, and the historical culture and landscape are the two major characteristics of Shaoxing City, and also the” coordinates ” of future protection.
Tu Jianhong said that in the past 40 years, Shaoxing has made great determination and made great efforts to protect its famous historical and cultural city.
In recent years, the protection and utilization of famous historical and cultural cities have taken real measures to strengthen the legal protection.
On January 1,2019, the Regulations on the Protection and Utilization of Shaoxing Ancient City were formally implemented, providing a legal basis for the protection; Shaoxing streamlined the management system, established the protection office of historical and cultural city, unified planning and design, unified policies and standards, unified construction management, solved the problems of long and decentralized management, implemented special protection funds, established the expert Advisory Committee of the protection and utilization of the ancient city, and protect the ancient charm of the ancient city.
The protection mechanism of Shaoxing ancient city is in the forefront of the country.
Now the ancient city is long, more and more developing in a good direction.
Send the ancient city to the world Heritage site for another 2,500 years
The famous national historical and cultural city opens a window for people to review Chinese history.
At present, The State Council has listed 139 cities as national historical and cultural cities, and.The cultural relics of these cities have been mainly protected.
As one of the first batch of national historical and cultural cities, the literature and material memories of the past dynasties are like stars and known as “museums without walls”. Its values are different, and the responsibility of protection is very great.
Shaoxing historical and cultural city protection, said an official with the office, this year, Shaoxing historical and cultural city protection office will continue to promote “a city bridge three hometown” protection projects, at the same time will start the hill area, cloth industry hall, north latitude 30 degrees of exhibition development, intensify efforts to upgrade traditional dwellings, build good common prosperity demonstration area of the ancient city scenery.
This year, we will also carry out the revision of the protection plan for famous historical and cultural cities, and carry out special planning and research on key areas such as the hometown of Shusheng and both sides of Zhongxing Road in an orderly manner. We will also upgrade and repair several historic buildings terraces, and coordinate the protection and utilization in accordance with the law and regulations.
Shaoxing will also continue to take the “dental style, gradual, small-scale, uninterrupted” micro-renewal of the ancient city, the implementation of lighting and beautification projects, to present the historical value and architectural style of the ancient city to the world.
The director said, Shaoxing is a famous historical and cultural city, and east Asian culture, protect the ancient city is the historical responsibility and mission of Shaoxing, we will continue to improve the quality of the city, improve the city level, the material culture, intangible culture, city spirit, the city personality and city value, both good historical context, and innovation in the development, meet the people’s yearning for a better life.
(Zhou Nengbing)