Recently, Guangdong archaeology and cultural relics protection work has frequently sent good news, the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology has been renamed and expanded, and the Guangdong Provincial Underwater Cultural Heritage Protection Center project has begun construction.
The Guangdong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology was renamed and expanded
According to the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, the former "Guangdong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology" was renamed "Guangdong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology", and the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism was a public welfare institution at the department level, and the number of 50 public welfare institutions was expanded from the original financial subsidy category I to 91; the main functions were expanded from the original "undertaking the investigation, protection, excavation, research and publicity of cultural relics" to "undertaking the tasks of land and underwater archaeological survey, exploration, protection, excavation and research in the province; undertaking the protection of ancient tombs of ancient sites, Ancient building survey and design, etc., undertake cultural heritage survey, cultural heritage utilization and public archaeology and other work."
According to industry analysis, after this adjustment, the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology will stand at a new and higher starting point and make new and greater contributions to promoting the high-quality development of Guangdong archaeology in the new era and promoting the construction of a culturally strong province.
Wang Yiyang, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province, introduced in his speech at the 2021 Provincial Culture and Tourism Work Conference: In 2019 and 2020, the two projects of Guangdong Yingde Qingtang Site and "Nanhai I" were successively selected as "Top Ten New Archaeological Discoveries in China", and the underwater archaeological achievements ranked first in the country. The total number of cultural relics from the "Nanhai I" reached 180,000 pieces/sets.
In the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Culture and Tourism in Guangdong Province", it is clear that it is necessary to strengthen and optimize underwater archaeology, continue to promote the excavation, protection and follow-up research of the "South China Sea I", strengthen the investigation and research of the remains of the "Three Seas" (Sea Silk Road, Coastal Defense, and Islands) and underwater cultural heritage, and promote the construction of the Underwater Cultural Heritage Conservation Center in Guangdong Province.
The Guangdong Underwater Cultural Heritage Protection Center project began construction
On December 28, 2021, the construction of the Guangdong Underwater Cultural Heritage Protection Center project, a major provincial landmark cultural project, officially started construction, and the groundbreaking ceremony was held in the form of "online + on-site" on the same day.
According to the Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province, the project is located on the west side of the Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum on Hailing Island in Yangjiang City, covering an area of about 27,000 square meters, with a total construction area of about 32,000 square meters, and a total investment of 350 million yuan in provincial financial funds, which is designed by the Yangjiang Municipal Construction Project Management Bureau and designed by He Jingtang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and is scheduled to be completed in December 2023.
The project is a basic project related to promoting the long-term development of underwater cultural heritage protection in Guangdong Province, and after completion, it will become a cultural landmark building integrating underwater cultural relics exhibition, business research, academic exchanges, cultural relics warehouse and business management, and integrate resources with the "Nanhai I" Museum to fully promote the "Nanhai I" Museum to build a world archaeological brand and build a world-class museum to polish the brand of "Dunhuang on the Sea".
According to the "Guangdong Yangjiang Release", the Guangdong Underwater Cultural Heritage Protection Center and the Guangdong Haisi Pavilion have formed a coordinated and harmonious, harmonious and harmonious underwater cultural heritage archaeological platform and tourist resorts to create a research center for underwater heritage protection that integrates research, exhibition and education, which will promote the development of underwater heritage protection and characteristic tourism in Guangdong.
Written by: Nandu reporter Xiao Yang
Correspondent: Cantonese Cultural Tourism Propaganda
Image source: Guangdong Yangjiang release
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