"Tianjin Wei Ya, Ya Er Yo, Ah Er Ya Er; Tianjin still has four sides of the city, Ah Er Yo, Ah Er Ya Er Yo ..." After disappearing for more than half a century, the Tianjin Canal trumpet sounded again in a wooden boat in the Hangu Salt Industry Style Tour Area of Binhai New Area. The shipwright who took the number sang a sentence, and the boatmen who received the number rhythmically tapped the side of the ship while neatly following a sentence. The rugged and powerful canal horn attracts tourists to watch. Next to the wooden boat, the filming team recorded this scene with multiple cameras.
This is a view of the mouth of the Sancha River in Tianjin (taken on February 27). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Sun Fanyue
"You can save the canal trumpet." Yang Mingqi, director of the Xiqing District Archives who organized the filming activities, recalls that the scene at that time is still excited, and in order to leave this historical memory, he has been searching for 9 years. The resolution adopted by the Sixth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China pointed out that it is necessary to enhance the awareness of cultural relics protection in the whole society and increase the protection of cultural heritage. This is a great affirmation and encouragement for us to carry out the 'Root-Seeking Grand Canal' activities for many years. ”
Tianjin is known as the "city carried by the Grand Canal". The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is divided into two sections in Tianjin, the South Canal and the North Canal, with a total length of more than 170 kilometers. Among them, the 71-kilometer-long "Tianjin Sanchakou Section of the North and South Canals" has been included in the World Cultural Heritage List. Ren Jidong, director of the Institute of History of the Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences, said: "The Grand Canal has given birth to the city of Tianjin and left a precious cultural heritage. The Tianjin Canal is one of them. ”
This is a drone photographed from the air as a cruise ship sailing at the mouth of the Sancha River in Tianjin Haihe (photographed on March 19). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Sun Fanyue
Not only that, Ren Jidong introduced that there are more than 200 historical relics related to the Grand Canal found in Tianjin so far, including canal channels, locks, bridges, embankments on the canal, and official warehouses, guild shops, and ancient inns along the coast. The richer the cultural heritage, the greater the pressure to protect and pass on. In recent years, with the support of a series of policies, Tianjin has made great efforts to excavate, inherit and carry forward the culture of the Grand Canal.
"Since 2008, Xiqing District has launched the 'Root-Seeking Grand Canal' activity, which took four years to conduct fieldwork and rescue excavation of relevant cultural heritage in the district. In recent years, with the strengthening of protection, this activity has reached more than 30 cities along the Grand Canal. Yang Mingqi introduced that the search and investigation along the river has obtained a lot of results, and finally produced more than ten episodes of TV specials and published the series of books "Searching for Roots on the Grand Canal".
In 2015, Tianjin Jinghai District established Tianjin's first canal culture museum, the Chenguantun Canal Culture Museum. Thousands of cultural relics and hundreds of pictures reproduce the grand scene of the Grand Canal with thousands of sails racing and thousands of boats gathering. Tao Mengzhen, director of the Chenguantun Canal Culture Museum, introduced: "Since its opening, the museum has received 300,000 tourists at home and abroad, becoming a window for the masses to feel the charm of the canal. ”
Tianjin Wuqing District North Canal Country Park, Hongqiao District North Canal Peach Blossom Causeway, South Canal "Tianzi Jindu" Heritage Park, Xiqing District Yuhe Landscape... A number of cultural parks with the Grand Canal as the main line have been completed, which has become the choice of ecological leisure tourism for Tianjin citizens.
In Yangliuqing Town, Xiqing District, Tianjin, this is a drone photographing the view of the Royal River from the air (taken on July 3, 2020). Xinhua News Agency
"The Grand Canal has flown to this day, not only becoming the cultural line of Tianjin, but also the ecological line of Tianjin." Ren Jidong said that only by grasping the inheritance and protection of canal resources as a systematic project can we stimulate the vitality and vitality of the ancient canal.
According to the Tianjin Municipal Water Affairs Department, the South Canal has become an important channel for the emergency water supply project of the first phase of the South-to-North Water Diversion East Line to Tianjin. After years of treatment, the Wuqing section of the North Canal has continuously improved the quality of the water environment. According to the relevant departments of Wuqing District, as the water quality improves year by year, fish and aquatic plants gradually recover, and a large number of black swans and other birds come to the canal to "sightsee".
To the excitement of Yang Mingqi and a large number of people involved in the protection of the cultural heritage of the Grand Canal, in April this year, the Tianjin Yangliuqing Grand Canal National Cultural Park program was approved. A planned area of more than 2,800 acres, reflecting cultural heritage, cultural exchanges, cultural consumption of the Grand Canal National Cultural Park is about to come out.
The resolution adopted by the Sixth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China mentioned that China's excellent traditional culture is the outstanding advantage of the Chinese nation and the foundation for us to stand firm in the turmoil of world culture, and it must be inherited and carried forward in combination with the conditions of the new era. Yang Mingqi said that this has pointed out the direction for the construction of the Grand Canal National Cultural Park. "Through our own efforts, we will reserve more excellent traditional cultural elements for the construction of the park, and help the Grand Canal National Cultural Park vividly interpret the connotation of cultural self-confidence."
Source: Xinhua Net