Great Wall Network Jiyun Client News (Reporter Zudi Wu Peijian) Construction machinery is working intensively, concrete transport trucks shuttle back and forth, and workers are methodically lashing and welding steel bars... Walking into the construction site of the Great Wall culture museum (tentative name) in Shanhaiguan, it was a busy scene.
Construction site of The Great Wall of China Culture Museum (tentative name) in Shanhaiguan. Great Wall Network Jiyun client reporter Zu Di photo
"Recently, the project has entered a critical period, and more than 300 workers are working overtime to complete the construction of the museum by the end of June." Li Longshuo, the project leader of Qinhuangdao Xinglong Construction Engineering Co., Ltd., who is responsible for the construction, told reporters that the Shanhaiguan China Great Wall Culture Museum, a "new engine" that drives the protection, inheritance and utilization of the Great Wall culture, has pressed the "acceleration button" for various constructions.
Renderings of the Great Wall of China Cultural Museum (tentative name) in Shanhaiguan. The construction of the special class is provided by the picture
Shanhaiguan China Great Wall Culture Museum is a key project at the national level of the Great Wall National Cultural Park and the "No. 1" project of the Construction of the Hebei Section, and officially started construction on December 6, 2021.
The project site is located at the foot of the Great Wall in Shanhaiguan Jiaoshan, with a total planning area of about 106 acres, the main building has one underground floor and three floors above ground, a total construction area of about 30,000 square meters, and a total investment of about 420 million yuan, which will build the Great Wall Cultural Exhibition Hall, the Great Wall National Cultural Park Planning Exhibition Hall, the Great Wall Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall, the International Academic Lecture Hall, the Great Wall Research Room, the Great Wall Volunteer Activity Room, etc.
Qinhuangdao is a large city of cultural resources of the Great Wall, with a territory of 223.1 kilometers of the Ming Great Wall, which is an important section with the most exquisite architecture, the most complete body and the most complete military defense system of the Great Wall of China.
Feng Zhen, head of the engineering construction special class of the Great Wall Culture Museum of Shanhaiguan and director of the Bureau of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Film and Television of Shanhaiguan District, introduced that Shanhaiguan ranks first among the three famous passes of the Ming Great Wall, known as the "first pass in the world", which is not only a collection of Great Wall culture, a miracle in the history of architecture, but also a witness to Chinese history. This makes Shanhaiguan the only choice for building a national Great Wall Cultural Museum. At the same time, the location of the Great Wall Culture Museum of China at the foot of the Jiaoshan Great Wall also integrates cultural, social and economic factors.
"The main building of the museum takes 'city' as the design concept, which is integrated into the castle system of the Great Wall of Shanhaiguan and unified with the historical context of Shanhaiguan." Feng Zhen introduced, "After the completion of the project, it will promote the promotion and protection of China's Great Wall culture, become a centralized display platform for characteristic resources such as the Spirit of the Great Wall, the Culture of the Great Wall, and the intangible cultural heritage along the Great Wall, and become the research base of Great Wall Studies and the landmark project of the Great Wall National Cultural Park." ”
In terms of exhibit collection, in September 2021, Qinhuangdao City began to carry out the collection of cultural relics in the museum, and issued the "Notice on collecting cultural relics exhibits of the Great Wall culture museum of China in Shanhaiguan". Guo Ying, deputy secretary of the party group of the Shanhaiguan District Tourism, Culture, Radio, Film and Television Bureau and president of the Great Wall Society of Shanhaiguan District, said that the current collection work has received extensive attention and strong support from all walks of life and Tibetan friends across the country. After the completion of the museum, it will comprehensively display the emergence and development of the Great Wall of China, the architectural structure and layout of the Great Wall, the historical and cultural legends of the Great Wall, major battles, as well as the culture of the Great Wall in 15 provinces and cities along the route, the protection and utilization of great wall cultural relics, the protection and inheritance of heritage, the construction and development of cultural belts, and the beautiful life brought about by the construction of cultural parks, and comprehensively publicize and promote the Great Wall National Cultural Park.
At the foot of the ancient Great Wall, the construction of new landmarks that carry forward and inherit the culture of the Great Wall is accelerating. With the Shanhaiguan Great Wall Culture Museum as the traction, Shanhaiguan District also plans to implement the construction of the Great Wall Cultural Industrial Park, deeply promote the integration of culture and tourism, drive the development of industries around the Great Wall, continue to release the multiple leading effects of rejuvenating culture, optimizing the environment and promoting development, and make every effort to create a world-class and national first Great Wall cultural landmark and cultural business card.