The integration of culture and tourism has made the Grand Canal culture deeply rooted in the hearts of the people

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Nanchuan Building heavy eaves to accumulate spires, Langyin Building heavy eaves rest on the top of the mountain, all carved beams and painted buildings, majestic and magnificent...... Recently, in Nanchuan Old Street on the bank of the Grand Canal in the central city of Cangzhou, Nanchuan Building and Langyin Building, which have attracted much attention from the public, were opened.

During this year's New Year's Day holiday, Nanchuan Old Street was extremely popular, receiving a total of 95,000 tourists. Watching performances, tasting food, appreciating intangible cultural heritage, wonderful cultural activities, and multi-format business models have attracted many tourists to come and play.

Since 2023, Cangzhou City has insisted on doing a good job in protecting, inheriting, and utilizing articles, further promoting the construction of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt, strengthening the protection of cultural heritage, improving the level of the ecological environment, and promoting the integrated development of the cultural and tourism industries, so as to make the Grand Canal Cultural Belt more brilliant and benefit the people.

Strictly abide by the red line of protection, strengthen ecological restoration and governance, and bloom the canal with new vitality

In winter, the world cultural heritage on the east bank of the Grand Canal in Lianzhen Town, Dongguang County, Dongguang Xiejiaba, attracts the attention of tourists.

There are many bends in the northern section of the Grand Canal, resulting in many dangerous sections, and Lianzhen Xiejiaba is one of the dangerous sections, and there have been many breaches here in history. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, the squire of the Xie family in Lianzhen donated money to purchase a large amount of glutinous rice from the south, and organized manpower to build an embankment with glutinous rice porridge and mixed ash and soil, so it was named Xiejiaba. The combination of ash and glutinous rice creates a sturdy embankment that guards both sides of the canal.

Next to Xiejiaba, the Xiejiaba Hydraulic Wisdom Museum, built next to the river, welcomed many visitors this winter. The museum was completed at the end of June 2021, where people can experience the charm of the world cultural heritage and feel the hydraulic wisdom of the Grand Canal through real objects, texts, pictures, models, etc.

After thousands of years of nourishment, the Grand Canal has not only become an important cultural source and memory symbol of Cangzhou, but also a cultural landmark and spiritual highland of Cangzhou, and the "mother river" of Cangzhou people.

Du Jinyue, deputy director of the Construction Office of the Grand Canal Cultural Development Belt of Cangzhou City, introduced that in promoting the construction of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt, Cangzhou City strictly adheres to the red line of ecological protection, strengthens ecological restoration and governance, and blooms the new vitality of the canal.

Since 2023, Cangzhou City has vigorously strengthened the protection of the cultural heritage of the Grand Canal, completed the restoration projects of Botou Mosque, Sun Fuyou's former residence, Lanyang Academy, etc., systematically protected the tomb of Ji Xiaolan, and carried out archaeological exploration at the Qiyan kiln site and the Ming and Qing kiln sites. We continued to carry out the intangible cultural heritage recording project, and completed the digital recording of 59 provincial-level intangible cultural heritage items along the canal.

Based on strengthening the management and control of ecological space, Cangzhou City has carried out canal water quality monitoring, and the water quality of the canal has reached the surface water class III standard. Strengthen the management and control of rural domestic sewage, complete the treatment of rural domestic sewage in 140 villages along the route, and maintain the dynamic clearance of black and odorous water bodies in rural areas.

Concentrate on comprehensive environmental improvement. In 2023, 29,000 weeping willows will be planted on both sides of the canal in Cangzhou City, and 678,000 cubic meters of weeds and garbage will be removed. Large-scale planting along the canal was implemented, and 138,500 acres of land were transferred.

Dig deep into the cultural connotation, revitalize the display of intangible cultural heritage, and rejuvenate the canal

On December 28, 2023, the reporter walked into the exhibition hall of the intangible cultural heritage of the Grand Canal of China, and the shipping style, representative buildings and intangible cultural heritage items of the eight provinces (cities) along the Grand Canal basin were in full view.

In the Hebei exhibition area, I saw the Cangzhou iron lion surrounded by the "streamer" in the form of a canal, and the image of the "martial arts master" with different moves was set on the "streamer", showing the Cangzhou martial arts. Next to the iron lion is the Hengshui painting, which depicts the great rivers and mountains of the motherland and the landmark buildings of the cities along the canal of our province in the crystal clear altar bottle. Further back, intangible cultural heritage items such as Cizhou kiln, Xing porcelain, and Shengfang Lantern Festival were also presented one by one.

Moving on, the Shandong section of the "Qilu Zhongshenxiu", the Henan section of the "Luoyang Peony Jiatianxia" exhibition area, and the Anhui section of the white-walled Daiwa chime have different styles......

Walking into the Wuqiao Acrobatic World Scenic Area, He Shusen, the representative inheritor of the provincial intangible cultural heritage acrobatic suona, blows the suona with a hot water kettle on his head, which can not only blow with his mouth but also with his nose, and even blow the teapot, which perfectly combines acrobatics and suona performance.

"The Grand Canal crosses the border in Wuqiao County, dressing up as the 'hometown of acrobatics'. Over the years, I have shown the charm of intangible cultural heritage through performances, and at the same time taught and taught art by hand, hoping to pass on the acrobatic suona skills. He Shusen said.

The Grand Canal stretches for thousands of miles and has given rise to countless intangible cultural heritages. Cangzhou martial arts once performed the story of "darts do not shout Cang" here, famous all over the world, and acrobats traveled north and south along the Grand Canal to show the charm and legend of "the hometown of acrobatics".

Cangzhou City digs deep into the cultural connotation, revitalizes the display of intangible cultural heritage, and rejuvenates the ancient Grand Canal.

In order to inherit intangible cultural heritage, Cangzhou City continues to carry out inheritance assessment of national intangible cultural heritage representatives, and vigorously carries out skills training for intangible cultural heritage inheritors by using intangible cultural heritage Xi centers and personal studios. It has built the largest exhibition hall of intangible cultural heritage of China's Grand Canal along the canal, presenting 1,022 intangible cultural heritage items of 8 provinces (cities) along the Grand Canal, built the Cangzhou Water Conservancy Culture Exhibition Hall and the China Grand Canal Ji Xiaolan Cultural Park, and successfully held the 5th Provincial Cultural and Creative Design Competition for Tourism Commodities Special Session of the Grand Canal.

Based on telling the story of the Grand Canal, he created the sitcom "Eight Extremes of Qiankun", completed the picture scroll of "Universiade Long Song", published the book "Chinese Long Knife", the acrobatic program "Dragon Leap Shenzhou" appeared on the 2023 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and Wuqiao acrobatics and Cangzhou martial arts appeared in CCTV's "China in Intangible Cultural Heritage" column.

Highlight the construction of the project, do a good job in the operation of the project, and release the new potential of the canal

On January 2nd, in Nanchuan Old Street, the streets and alleys are lined with shops, tourists are weaving, and the streets of Zhumen Daiwa and the canal in winter reflect each other, which is beautiful.

The name "Nanchuan" originates from the "cultural marker" of the old street - Nanchuan Building. Nanchuan Tower was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. Built along the river, and because of the river's "new life", Nanchuan Building glows with the beauty of the times.

Luo Jingya, general manager of Cangzhou Grand Canal Operation and Management Co., Ltd., said that from mid-January to the end of February, Nanchuan Old Street will continue to carry out a series of folk cultural activities. From February 2nd to March 11th, the first Spring Festival Lantern Festival of the Grand Canal (Cangzhou) will be held in Cangzhou Garden Expo Park, showing the new look of Cangzhou culture and the Grand Canal landscape belt with a festive atmosphere and fashionable and brilliant colors.

In the Cangzhou Dahua Industrial Heritage Cultural Zone, the towering granulation tower has a new appearance, the new sightseeing corridor runs through the north and south, and the ground corridor winds between the industrial equipment, and the former chemical production equipment has become an industrial art gathering place.

Cangzhou Dahua Industrial Heritage Cultural Zone was originally a fertilizer plant built in the early 70s of the 20th century, and the fertilizer plant was shut down and relocated in 2016. Cangzhou City makes full use of the remaining factories, warehouses, workshops, living facilities and industrial equipment to build industrial art forests, industrial intangible cultural heritage memory museums, etc., and become a "real classroom" for the general public to understand industrial history and learn Xi chemical knowledge, so as to realize the living use of industrial heritage.

A few days ago, in the efficient and intelligent insulation shed in Simazhuang Village, Qingxian County, on the bank of the Grand Canal, tourists happily picked strawberries and tomatoes. After the picking, they went to the forest park and village by the canal to experience the fun of the canal picking tour.

"Tourists come to Sima Zhuang to experience the rural idyllic scenery by the canal in addition to picking. Liu Jianxun, secretary of the party branch of Simazhuang Village, said that in recent years, they have vigorously developed canal picking tours, created a sightseeing belt of Simazhuang Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, built canal forest parks, water parks and squares, and increased sightseeing trains and water cruises.

Cangzhou City highlights the construction of the project, does a good job in the operation of the project, and releases the new potential of the Grand Canal. Projects such as the Garden Expo Park, Cangzhou Dahua Industrial Heritage Cultural Zone, and Nanchuan Old Street have all been completed and opened to the public.

In order to promote the integrated development of the cultural and tourism industry, Cangzhou City continues to promote the improvement and upgrading of 15 key tourist attractions along the canal such as Wuqiao Acrobatic World. Actively build the Grand Canal Rural Tourism Demonstration Belt, Wuqiao County was rated as the first batch of "Hebei Famous Tourism County Creation County", and Cangxian County Zhifangtou Township Dabaiyangqiao Village was awarded "Hebei Province Rural Tourism Key Village". At the same time, we will continue to expand the scale of characteristic agricultural industries, and build two ten-mile corridors along the canal, including the Botou Shadi Pear Corridor and the Taohuayuan Corridor in Fujiaquan, Cangxian County, forming 5 agricultural areas of more than 10,000 mu and 8 characteristic planting demonstration areas of more than 1,000 mu.

(Source: Hebei Daily)