"The little copper gong is round and leisurely, learning to play tricks in the rivers and lakes, Nanjing has taken Nanjing, Beijing has received Beijing tour, north and south kyoto are not collected, and the two banks of the canal have spent spring and autumn!" On the banks of the Grand Canal in Wuqiao County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, the "hometown of acrobatics", the actors of the "PengJiaban" of the Acrobatic World Scenic Spot sang gongs and performed acrobatics live on the Internet.
↑On May 26, at the Wuqiao Wharf of Wuqiao Canal Park in Wuqiao County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, the staff of Wuqiao Acrobatic World broadcast a webcast. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Luo Xuefeng
"Back then, we played along the canal, and the canal fed us acrobats. Now that the days are better, we acrobats have passed down the canal culture and intangible cultural heritage skills, singing Duan Gong songs and performing Duan Wuqiao acrobatics, so that everyone can enjoy the beauty of the Grand Canal and watch Wuqiao acrobatics. Peng Lixin, an actor of the Acrobatic World Scenic Spot, talked about acrobatics and the Grand Canal, and his face was full of pride.
Wuqiao County is famous as the "acrobatic town". Wuqiao acrobatics can be traced back to the Han Dynasty, and after the completion of the Grand Canal, it led to the rise of docks and towns along the river basin. For thousands of years, Wuqiao acrobatic artists have performed and sold art along the Grand Canal by boat, and in modern history, the famous artist activity gathering areas that have appeared in the big cities of the Canal Basin in modern history, such as the Tianqiao in Beijing, the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, and the "Three Disregards" in Tianjin, almost all have Wuqiao people, and the Wuqiao acrobatic art can be inherited and developed under the nourishment of the water of the Grand Canal, going to all parts of the country, and gradually appearing on the world stage.
↑This is a view of canal park in Wuqiao County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, taken on May 25 (drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Luo Xuefeng
The total length of the Wuqiao section of the Grand Canal is 34.8 km. Relying on the construction of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt, Wuqiao County has deeply excavated the canal culture and acrobatic culture, created special cultural tourism projects such as canal park, Jilu Customs Garden, and canal "five seasons" park, starting from optimizing the canal ecology and promoting rural revitalization, vigorously developing 10,000 mu of red sorghum, 1,000 mu of honeysuckle and other characteristic agricultural projects, creating an industrial chain of planting, processing and sales of Chinese medicinal materials, promoting the structural adjustment of the agricultural industry along the Grand Canal, increasing the added value of agricultural products, and promoting farmers' income. "Picking honeysuckle by the canal earns you nearly 100 yuan a day." Xue Jianliang, 62, is a villager in Dadi Ninth Village, Sangyuan Town, Wuqiao County. He used to cultivate land for a living, but now he has transferred his 10 acres of land out, and he can also work and earn money in the agricultural and tourism integration project by the Grand Canal in front of his home.
↑This is a view of the Canal "Five Seasons" Park in Wuqiao County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, taken on May 26 (drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Luo Xuefeng
The local government coordinated the functions of industry, ecology, transportation, culture, tourism and other functions, implemented the Grand Canal governance and improvement projects such as the cleaning and rectification of the Grand Canal and the hardening of the top of the embankment road, built the canal embankment road and 6 "fish thorn roads", built the canal ecology with clear water, smooth rivers, green banks and beautiful scenery, continued to optimize the living environment around the Grand Canal, accelerated the development of road facilities in rural areas, and strengthened the protection, inheritance and utilization of the cultural heritage of the Grand Canal.
"Now the village has changed a lot, the village has built a Grand Canal Folk Museum, the door is the Canal Park, the cultural square also plays movies, the environment is beautiful, the pockets are bulging, and the people are also happy!" Speaking of today's life, Wang Lixin, a villager in Dadi Ninth Village who has lived by the canal for more than 50 years, is quite touched.
↑On May 25, students from Zhang Shuo Acrobatic Art Center in Wuqiao County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, practiced acrobatics at The Canal Park in Wuqiao County. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Luo Xuefeng
Reporter: Luo Xuefeng
Source: Xinhua News Agency