On February 13, 2022, the Beijing News Center held a special press conference on the protection of Beijing's history and culture, and the relevant responsible persons of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, the Haidian District of Beijing, the Shijingshan District of Beijing and the Yanqing District of Beijing introduced the situation.
The scene of the press conference (image source 2022 Beijing News Center)
At the press conference, the reporter learned that Beijing focused on the strategic positioning of the capital city, coordinated the protection of history and culture and urban renewal, and made Beijing, a thousand-year-old ancient capital, glow with new charm, especially the holding of the Winter Olympics, Beijing opened a new window to the world to perceive Chinese culture.
Beijing is a world-famous ancient capital, with a history of more than 3,000 years of city building and more than 860 years of capital construction, and is rich in historical and cultural heritage resources. The city has 7 world cultural heritage sites, 3840 immovable cultural relics, and 5.01 million state-owned movable cultural relics (sets) registered. Entering the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the development of cultural relics in the capital ushered in new historical opportunities, the people are full of ardent expectations for a better life of cultural relics, Beijing will comprehensively promote the development of cultural relics in the new era, better coordinate the protection, inheritance and utilization of cultural relics, and polish the "golden business card" of Beijing's historical and cultural heritage.
In recent years, Beijing has promoted the "Three-Year Action Plan for the Protection of the Central Axis" with high standards, successfully held the Asian Cultural Heritage Protection Dialogue Conference and the 44th World Heritage Conference "Urban Historical Landscape Protection and Sustainable Development" theme side meeting, and continued to expand the international popularity and influence of the Central Axis. In addition, in conjunction with 34 departments (units) such as the Municipal Development and Reform Commission and the Municipal Education Commission, it has actively carried out planning and document preparation work such as the "Beijing Museum City Construction and Development Plan" and "Several Opinions of Beijing Municipality on Encouraging Social Forces to Establish Museums". It has focused on building the Grand Canal Cultural Belt, the Great Wall Cultural Belt, and the Xishan Yongdinghe Cultural Belt. A special survey of the city's revolutionary cultural relics resource base and protection status was launched, and the list of the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics and the first batch of revolutionary memorial halls in Beijing was officially released. New progress has been made in archaeological work and the protection of large sites, and the first Beijing Public Archaeology Season has been successfully held to create the brand of Beijing Public Archaeology Season.
In addition, Beijing has a history of more than 3,000 years of city building and more than 800 years of capital construction, and its rich historical traditions have accumulated a large number of precious intangible cultural heritage.
In order to enhance the level of social participation in the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage, Beijing actively encourages social participation, gives full play to the academic resource advantages of the capital's universities, and entrusts Tsinghua University, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the China Academy of Performing Arts, the Beijing Institute of Fashion and other colleges to help train 1,140 non-genetic inheritors across the country and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
In order to promote the two-way empowerment of intangible cultural heritage protection and tourism, Beijing also organizes tourism enterprises and tourism colleges to jointly design the "Beijing Central Axis Intangible Cultural Heritage Tour", supports the time-honored brands to cultivate the "Beijing Gift" brand of intangible cultural heritage, and encourages enterprises such as Beijing Enamel Factory and Laoshe Tea House to build intangible cultural heritage tourism experience bases.
In order to promote the integration of intangible cultural heritage into contemporary life, together with the Bank of China and the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the first set of Beijing intangible cultural heritage theme series of bank cards was designed and launched, among which the bank card based on the Peking Opera Brick Tiger Head Shield was warmly sought after by young people in the Year of the Tiger, fully demonstrating the energy of social participation and the permanent charm of traditional culture.
It is reported that Beijing encourages and supports activities such as intangible cultural heritage entering campuses, communities, villages, and scenic spots, holding activities such as "Mobile Culture - Grand Canal Cultural Belt Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Intangible Cultural Heritage Joint Exhibition" and "Beijing Intangible Cultural Heritage Tribute to a Hundred Years" of Beijing Cultural and Natural Heritage Day Intangible Cultural Heritage Theme Publicity and Display Activities in 8 provinces and cities along the Grand Canal, seizing the opportunity of the Winter Olympics to promote the Beijing Intangible Cultural Heritage Experience, launching the Winter Olympics and the Great Wall-themed intangible cultural heritage tourism routes, and providing citizens with seasonal options for enjoying the Winter Olympics and winter leisure tours.
Guizhou Daily Tianyan news reporter Ye Mei
Edited by Hu Lan
Editor Wang Luyao Shi Yuling