Jiangsu "Canal 100 Scenic Spots", Wuxi was selected the most; the most beautiful public cultural space, all over the urban and rural areas of Wuxi; all year round, inside and outside the theater, Wuxi good drama is connected to the stage... With cultural people, silent and colorful Wuxi urban culture, it enriches urban life and fills the hearts of the people.
In Wuxi, the "15-minute cultural venue coverage circle" has been realized, the total number of cultural venues and art institutions has reached 189, the city has built 1081 village (community) comprehensive cultural service centers; the city has 2 national tourist resorts and 5 provincial tourist resorts, the number of domestic and foreign tourists in the city has exceeded 100 million person-times, and the total income has reached a new level of 200 billion yuan; the number of national security and provincial security units in Wuxi ranks among the top in the country, and many original literary and artistic works have been funded by national and provincial art funds..." The Pearl of Taihu Lake and the Grand Land of Jiangnan are rejuvenated in the new era.
Carrier construction "cultural beacons" can be seen everywhere
Reciting the scriptures, dressing in the right clothes, worshiping the ancestors... Jiang Yumeng, class 2 (1) of Lianyuan Street Primary School, walked into Donglin College under the leadership of her father to participate in the theme study experience held by the college. In the second month of Wuxi Cultural Venues, Xicheng set off a "punch card fever" for cultural venues, and citizens and tourists stamped the seal of the venue on one special postcard after another, wrote down the visiting testimonials, and made exquisite hand accounts, leaving a unique memory of Wuxi. According to the relevant person in charge of the Wuxi Celebrity Former Residence Cultural Management Center, the number of visitors to the Former Residence of Qin Bangxian and the Memorial Hall of Gu Yuxuan increased by about 50% year-on-year, and the former residence of Qin Bangxian reached an average of 8,000 visits per month, and minors are the main body.
High-quality cultural activities continue to enrich people's hearts. In the AR experience class in the Social Education Experience Center of Wuxi Museum, the children swept with the equipment on the table, and Wu Wangyuan's sword "jumped" out of the screen and told the story of the sword. Wuxi Municipal Library's public welfare day reading activities lead readers out of the library, reading while walking, and reading "Reading City". The painting experience class of Wuxi Art Museum is popular with parent-child families, and the aesthetic education function of the art museum is deeply released. In Jiangyin, children visit xu xiake's former residence and Zhou Shaomei's former residence, listen to celebrity stories, and see the changing times. In Yixing, xu beihong and his friends works exhibition, Yu Ling memorial exhibition, Yunhu Chinese and foreign photography competition winning works exhibition in each exhibition hall, multi-angle to tell the story of Yixing. The public's enthusiasm for high art is once again ignited...
From cities to towns, "cultural lighthouses" add weight to a happy life. Wuxi (including Jiangyin and Yixing) has 19 public cultural spaces such as Wuxi Municipal Library Metro Branch, Liangxi District Non-Genetic Inheritance Base, Donggang Town Urban Study Room in Xishan District, Hudai Town Cultural and Sports Service Center in Binhu District, Jiangyin Cultural Center, Yixing Wu Guanzhong Art Museum, etc., which were awarded the "Most Beautiful Public Cultural Space" in Jiangsu Province in 2021. Humanistic lectures, reading salons, handmade experiences, art exhibitions, literary and art performances... Various activities have been carried out here, meeting the new expectations of the public for cultural life. According to the statistics of Wuxi Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, the total number of public libraries, cultural centers, museums, art galleries and art institutions in the city has reached 189. During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, Wuxi built 1,081 village (community) comprehensive cultural service centers, achieving full coverage of village and community comprehensive cultural service centers.
Benefiting the people to serve colorful literature and art to enrich life
Poetry recitation "Red Boat, Set Sail from the South Lake", commentary drama "Red Army Story"... This summer, the Wuxi stage is "red", awakening the audience's red memories. From May to July, the "Red Mark of a Hundred Years of Style" Wuxi Municipal Literary and Art Academy Troupe's performance season arranged more than 20 high-quality plays and more than 60 performance activities, including literary and artistic masterpieces created by various literary and art academies and troupes around the theme of the centenary of the founding of the Party in recent years, such as the dance drama "Singing the Motherland"; the modern tin drama "Butterfly Love Flower Shen Wan", which took more than a year to carefully polish, based on the story of the communist Shen Anna (formerly known as Shen Wan) and her husband Hua Mingzhi (Wuxi Langkouren). The Wuxi Municipal Chinese Orchestra strives to create a large-scale national symphony epic "Bright Walk", taking Liu Tianhua, a giant of Chinese music, using string music to express the story of the people's hearts as the "base", revealing the magnificent historical picture of China in the early 20th century; the situational party history class "Just a Hundred Years of Style", and the innovative form of "Party History Propaganda + Art", leading the audience to relive the century-old party history and urge people to forge ahead. The red story of Wuxi has been put on the stage, and the city has become readable and amiable.
From cities to townships, a large net of literary and artistic services for the benefit of the people was spread out in Tin, and it became more and more densely woven. Whether it is a city theater or a small rural theater, more and more original literary and artistic works have emerged on the stage, and xicheng has a good drama. "The overall aesthetic and artistic expectations of the audience are constantly improving, which requires creators to come up with more and better works to give back to the audience." Liu Zhongbao, artistic director of Wuxi Cultural Development Group, said. The dance drama "Singing the Motherland", which was selected for the national "100 Years and 100" creation plan, the national opera "Erquan", which was exhibited in the highest hall of Chinese art, the film "Eight Hundred" and "Captain China" with "Wuxi Elements"... In recent years, literary and artistic works have been improved from time to time in terms of creative concepts and methods, bringing citizens a new experience, and are also using the power of literature and art to promote the high-quality development of the city.
In addition to professional literary and art academies, more than 3,000 active qunwen teams in Wuxi are also a strong literary and artistic force. Since 2011, Wuxi has set up a special fund for small subsidies for mass cultural teams, and evaluated the group culture team according to the star rating to guide its scientific and orderly development. Under the cultivation of cultural tourism departments at all levels in Xicheng, the cultural seeds buried deep in the soil of the masses have gradually sprouted and blossomed, and the cultural enthusiasm of the masses has also been activated: the Wuxi Red Song Society in Liangxi District is a Wuxi "five-star" group literary team, including vocal music, dance, instrumental music and other categories, with a history of 12 years, under the jurisdiction of nearly 100 teams, distributed in various districts; The Huishan District Xiqu Art Heritage Center carries out more than 100 theatrical performances every year, and its rehearsed original tin opera "On the Road to Chasing Dreams" has won the "Selected Repertoire Award" of the Zijin Culture and Art Festival. And other awards, selected for the Sixth National Ethnic Minority Literature and Art Festival; Xishan District Xingyun Art Troupe insists on sending dramas to the campus all year round to cultivate small actors and small audiences of tin opera...
During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the city held a total of 26,221 public welfare performances and 4,383 temporary exhibitions, and completed 9,373 grassroots performances under the delivery of plays, 496,400 copies of books at the grassroots level, and 2,482 times under the exhibition. Wuxi also makes full use of cultural centers (stations) at all levels and other mass cultural fronts to organize and hold various art popularization, art training and literary and artistic volunteer activities, carrying out a total of 8944 social art training classes and holding 8190 free cultural lectures.
The cultural tourism integration tourism experience has been comprehensively upgraded
On the weekend, Xiao Mo, who came to Wuxi from Shanghai to travel, clocked in the Qingmingqiao Historical and Cultural Block. Walking down the Qingming Bridge, looking at the Yo-Yo Ancient Canal, she held the Qingmingqiao Cultural and Creative Ice Cream in one hand and pressed the photo button of her mobile phone with the other. Xiao Mo said excitedly, "Taking photos with the ancient canal and the ancient bridge, this is probably the 'most Wuxi' experience." Qingmingqiao Historical and Cultural District, with its famous landmarks "Canal Guyi Arch" and "Qingmingqiao" as the prototype of cultural and creative ice cream, is realistic and cute, and attracts countless powders. Non-heritage into the scenic spots, tourism adds vitality, today's Qingmingqiao Historical and Cultural Block, more and more points to see, the experience is more abundant. In South Long Street, Xiao Mo experienced clay people and embroidery, and in the former residence of Zhu Dachun, a cultural protection unit, she also played a script to kill, calling "it is worth the trip".
Driving on Mashan Huanshan East Road, a 9,000-meter-long rainbow road, according to the "eight realms" around the mountain, with distinctive colors segmented, meandering, stretching forward. Zhongshan Road, which is already "80 years old", is full of light and color, showing a different style in the high-tech light and shadow expression such as naked-eye 3D. In Wuxi, there are beautiful and pleasant natural scenery such as Taihu Lake and the cherry blossom viewing resort, as well as cultural landmarks such as Huishan Ancient Town and Xiaolou Lane that have continued the cultural context of a thousand years. Cultural tourism complexes, cultural tourism characteristic towns, theme parks, amusement parks... One after another, comprehensive cultural tourism resorts with rich connotations and plump bodies have risen in Wuxi's urban and rural areas, and even become the vane of regional international norms.
Touring Wuxi, memorable, can be a trip to the landscape and a garden, or a sea of flowers and a delicious meal, creative festivals, using natural landscapes and garden courtyards as the stage of immersive live performances, so that the audience can be immersed in the scene and feel the unique cultural and tourism integration experience. After the poem and the distant "hand in hand", the popularity of the integration of cultural tourism in Wuxi continued to rise. The data shows that the city's reception of domestic and foreign tourists has already exceeded the 100 million mark, and the total tourism revenue has also reached a new level of 200 billion yuan. Dangkou Ancient Town Light and Shadow Art Festival, Yuantouzhu Mid-Autumn Moon Viewing Water Music Fireworks Festival, Ancient Canal Style Night Tour Festival... A series of innovative and creative cultural and tourism integration activities were launched during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, which continuously enriched the beautiful experience of citizens. Through the "culture +", "tourism +" and "performing arts +" festivals, tourists have extended their stay in Xi, which has stimulated leisure consumption other than tickets, and the proportion of secondary consumption in Wuxi city scenic spots and resorts has also increased from 19% to 28%.
Many cultural tourism scenic spots such as Donglin Academy have opened up online tour functions, and a number of VR cultural tourism products have been disseminated online, allowing people to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Wuxi's crowned Jiangnan without leaving home. The smart global tourism supervision and service platform launched last year with big data analysis as the support has realized the four-in-one integrated management service of smart tourism emergency management, real-time monitoring, one-stop service, promotion and marketing, and at present, 30 scenic spots above 4A in the city have completed the production of intelligent tour guides, and the "Cultural Wuxi" cloud platform has also gathered more than 100 cultural unit service platforms.
Under the support of culture, a heart-to-heart tourism experience is like a beating note, playing a colorful movement, cultivating and enriching people's spiritual home. (Han Ling, Zhang Yue)
Source: Wuxi Daily