Source: Read Zhejiang
On February 23, the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission released the list of the first batch of pilot construction projects for the rejuvenation of the thousand-year-old city in the province, a total of 11.
Careful people may have already discovered that this list lists "ancient cities", not "ancient towns", which is much more demanding; and there is a qualifier: "millennium". With these two conditions alone, everyone should understand how cattle these thousand-year-old cities on the list are.
So, which 11 are these thousand-year-old cities?
They are: Xindeng Town, Fuyang District, Hangzhou City, Meicheng Town, Jiande City, Cicheng Town, Jiangbei District, Ningbo City, Fenglin Town, Yongjia County, Wenzhou City, Qianyuan Town, Deqing County, Huzhou City, Yanguan Town, Jiaxing Haining City, Chongfu Town, Tongxiang City, Fenghui Town, Shangyu District, Shaoxing City, Zhiying Town, Jinhua Yongkang City, Bihu Town, Liandu District, Lishui City, and Gushi Town, Songyang County.
These names, many people should be a little familiar, maybe even have been there.
So where are the cattle in these ancient cities? The list is not long, and I have read the jun to talk about it one by one.
The first is the long history.
The most "old" of these ancient cities should be Cicheng Town, which was first called "Sentence Chapter", which was built by Yue Wang Gu Jian and was built in the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,500 years ago. From the establishment of a county during the Tang Dynasty, Cicheng was the county seat of Cixi for more than 1200 years, until the cixi county government moved in October 1954. After the county was relocated, its name was initially changed to "Cixi Town", then to "Cixi Town", and has been used ever since.
Ci town
Another ancient city is also special: first there is it, then there are counties.
It is the ancient town.
The history of Songyang County is more than 1,800 years, and the history of the ancient city is longer than it, more than 2,000 years. In the fourth year of the Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, in 199 AD, Songyang County was established, and the county administration was located in Gushi.
By the way, songyang county at that time, although it was only a county, actually had a very large jurisdiction, including most of the current Lishui City, Jinhua and parts of Wenzhou. In addition, it was also the earliest relocation of the county government, because of the local floods in the Tang Dynasty, Songyang County was also moved to the ancient Bauhinia Village, which is now the seat of the Songyang County Government Xiping.
Among these ancient cities, the most "arrogant" should be Meicheng Town.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Jiande County, it is the seat of the county, and then became one of the eleven provinces of Zhejiang, Yanzhou Prefecture, under the jurisdiction of Chun'an, Jiande, Tonglu, Fenshui, Shouchang, Sui'an six counties, the jurisdiction is equivalent to the southwest of today's Hangzhou City, brilliant for a while. After liberation, due to the size of the city and the limitations of water transportation, in 1960 Jiande County was moved to Baisha.
May Town
There are also several ancient cities in the list, which were originally also the seats of county administration, but later because of the merger of counties, they no longer became county seats, Xindeng Town, Qianyuan Town, and Chongfu Town.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Eastern Wu established Xincheng County, which was later renamed Xindeng. For more than 1,700 years, Xindeng Town was the seat of county administration. In 1958, Sinden County was abolished and Shinden became a town.
Chongfu Town originated from Chongde County, which was established in 938 AD, and the county administration at that time was located in Yihe City, which is now Chongfu Town. In November 1958, Chongde County was merged into Tongxiang, and the former Chongde County was renamed Chongfu Town.
Among these three towns, the "experience" of Qianyuan Town is a little different. Since the Tang Dynasty set up a county, it has always been Deqing County, in 1958 Deqing, Wukang two counties merged, it is still the seat of the county seat, and then in 1994, although the deqing county moved to Wukang Town, its name is still called Chengguan Town, until 2004, it was renamed Qianyuan Town.
Qianyuan Town
In addition, the county has not changed, it was originally the county seat, but the county administration was moved.
Here, there is the familiar town of Yanguan. When it comes to the Qiantang tide, many people will think of the salt official. In fact, Haining's original name was Yanguan County, and it was not until the Yuan Dynasty that it was renamed Haining. The history of using "Yanguan" as the name of the county has been more than 1,100 years, which is longer than the use of "Haining". In June 1949, haining county was moved to Jiaoshi.
Zhiying Town has a history of more than 1690 years since the establishment of the town in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and during the Liang and Chen dynasties of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Zhiying was once the official office of Jinzhou Prefecture and the seat of Yongkang County.
Zhiying Town
The same is true of Fenghui Town, which was originally named Shangyu City. From 822 (the second year of Tang Changqing) to 1954, it has been the seat of Shangyu County.
Fenglin Town and Bihu Town have also been used as the seats of county administration, but these two towns are famous, mainly in terms of culture: Fenglin Town is the economic, political, educational and cultural center in the history of Nanxi, leaving a large number of celebrity relics and ancient buildings, such as the Holy Will Gate and the Imperial History Temple; Tongjiyan, located in Bihu Town, was founded in 505 AD (the fourth year of Xiaoliang Tianjian in the Southern Dynasty), which is the heritage of the world irrigation project and is still on the watch.
In addition to their glorious history, these thousand-year-old cities have also condensed immeasurable humanistic values. Like Zhiying Town, the birthplace of the ancient Yingguo civilization in southern China, there are nearly 100 Ying ancestral halls within the old market town of less than 0.2 square kilometers; like Fenghui Town, it is the place where stories such as "Liang ZhuHua Butterfly", "Meng Taste Returning Pearls" and "Fan Li Entering the Lake" take place.
That's why the list is titled with the word "revival."
The province also attaches great importance to the revival of the ancient city, and the 2020 Zhejiang Provincial Government Work Report for the first time proposed the "implementation of the 'Millennium Ancient City' rejuvenation plan". At the end of the year, the "Pilot Work Plan for the Rejuvenation of the Millennium Ancient City of Zhejiang Province" was issued and implemented. In January this year, the "Plan for Accelerating the Revitalization of the 'Millennium Ancient City'" was written into the 14th Five-Year Plan of Zhejiang Province.
So how will the pilot work be organized? The content is quite large and the requirements are very high.
For example, in terms of comprehensive planning, it is required to compile with high quality, and it is also required to systematically protect and restore the urban texture of the ancient city, historical streets and alleys, wharves, ancient wells and ancient bridges, ancient temples and towers, ancient roads and ancient trees, and other historical relics to reproduce the historical style through appropriate means; publicize and promote the traditional culture of the ancient city, celebrity anecdotes, characteristic snacks, etc., and create a distinctive ancient city cultural brand, which is also something that will be done with great efforts in the future; In addition, it will also improve the modern transportation infrastructure such as railways, highways, and waterways to improve the level of accessibility and accessibility of the ancient city. Enhance the location advantages and economic development advantages of the ancient city; in addition, the public service capabilities of the ancient city in education, medical care and other aspects will also be greatly improved.
In short, for the revival of these thousand-year-old cities, there will not only be the protection of the original historical relics and culture, but also further carried forward.
These ancient cities have long left an indelible mark in the hearts of ordinary people throughout Zhejiang, carrying countless memories, and their revival is the desire of the people. It is believed that with the advancement of the pilot construction of the rejuvenation of the ancient city, it will continue to promote new urbanization and rural revitalization, and leave a more heavy layer of cultural accumulation for future generations. Source: Zhejiang News Client