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CCTV News (Focus Interview): Culture is related to the country's capital and national fortunes. Culture, in our daily lives, but also in the cities and villages in which we live. After the Chinese New Year, take a walk around the old street to feel the history and inheritance, and it also has a unique charm. Suzhou Pingjiang Historical and Cultural District has a history of more than 2,500 years. Small bridges and flowing water, pink walls and tiles, Wu Nong's soft words, and the rhyme of commenting on the music, a picture of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River. What kind of past and present life does it have? And in Jingdezhen, the thousand-year-old kiln fire is endless, and the beauty of ceramics amazes the world. What kind of ingenuity does it have?
Approaching the Spring Festival, the Pingjiang Historical and Cultural District located in the ancient city of Suzhou is very lively.
Aunt Yao is an old resident here, and she is very happy to see the festive decorations and the flow of people on the streets.
Yao Zhijian, a resident of Niujiaxiang Community, Pingjiang Street, Gusu District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province: "In the past, it was very dilapidated and there were no tourists, but now there are many tourists. Here I met with our General Secretary. At that time, we were drinking tea here, listening to the commentary, and the general secretary came from the south, and when we saw the general secretary coming, everyone greeted the general secretary one after another. The general secretary said that we are very blessed to live here, and we have indeed felt the little changes in the past ten years, so we want to say thank you to the general secretary. ”
The reason why Yao Zhijian is deeply touched by this time is because of her experience of living in Pingjiang Road for decades.
Located in the ancient city of Suzhou, the Pingjiang Historical and Cultural District has a history of more than 2,500 years. The Grand Canal, which runs through the city, has given birth to the characteristics and lifestyle of the Gusu family, and has also left a rich cultural heritage for the local area. In the heritage of the canal in the Suzhou section, the Pingjiang Historical and Cultural District enjoys a unique status, and there is a saying that "one Pingjiang Road, half of the Gusu City".
However, due to the lack of protection, some of the old buildings here have suffered varying degrees of damage, and this street, which carries the long-standing culture of Gusu, has gradually fallen into disrepair.
Yao Zhijian said that at that time, many old buildings became miscellaneous courtyards, and it was difficult to preserve the historical and cultural atmosphere of the building itself, and for many young people who grew up here, moving away from here was also their greatest childhood wish.
In 2002, Suzhou City launched the Pingjiang Road Landscape Protection and Environmental Improvement Project, but due to various reasons, the protection at that time also had great limitations.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, from the inheritance of cultural heritage to the protection of natural heritage, from strengthening the protection and utilization of tangible cultural heritage to stimulating the innovative vitality of intangible cultural heritage...... From the strategic perspective of retaining the cultural roots and the soul of the nation, the general secretary cares about and promotes the protection of cultural and natural heritage. Like many historical and cultural districts, the overall "skeleton" of Pingjiang Road has not changed, and the texture is becoming healthier and healthier.
Wang Yongfa, Director of the Planning and Protection Division of the Ancient City Protection Committee of Gusu District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province: "Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the state has raised the protection of cultural heritage to a new historical height. ”
In fact, it is not easy to achieve the blending of ancient and modern, the cultural context is preserved, and the style is still the same. For Suzhou Gusu District, first of all, it is necessary to find out the family background of the buildings and cultural relics that need to be protected. To this end, the local government has implemented the "Ancient City Cell Anatomy Project", and in the past three years, a total of 27 neighborhoods in the historical city of Suzhou have been collected, leaving a scientific basis for the restoration work.
A complete historical and cultural district must not only have the original ancient charm, but also have a long-standing heritage, how can a large number of old houses that have been vacated and restored be restored to life?
No. 38 Daru Lane is a place where Yao Zhijian often brings his granddaughter to visit, and before the Spring Festival, lanterns are hung here, filling with a strong festive atmosphere.
In the first half of 2023, the Gusu District Government decided to open it to the outside world as a characteristic cultural space in Suzhou without damaging the original structure of the courtyard in combination with the needs of surrounding residents.
Shi Zheng, director of the Public Cultural Center of Gusu District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu: "For example, the first entry, the brand we are currently building is called Meet the Master, where you can see the masters of intangible cultural heritage anytime and anywhere, and now the exhibition is the woodblock New Year painting display of Taohuawu; Cross talk, performed in it from time to time, shows the historical heritage of No. 38 Daru Lane to citizens and tourists in the form of a combination of movement and static. ”
Under strict supervision, many old houses here have been revitalized and utilized, which not only maintains the main style, but also absorbs new modern elements, which are ancient and vibrant.
Chinese culture has a long history, and Chinese civilization is broad and profound. To this day, we can still touch the Liangzhu culture 5,000 years ago, identify the oracle bone inscriptions more than 3,000 years ago, and stroll through the Forbidden City, which is more than 600 years old. These precious cultural heritages embody the continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness and peace of Chinese civilization. When looking back on the year of 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping has conducted many field investigations on the protection and inheritance of traditional culture, whether it is in the Central Headquarters of the National Version Museum, the Chinese Academy of History, the Cuiyun Corridor Ancient Shu Road, or the Sanxingdui Museum, the East Zhejiang Canal Cultural Park, etc., General Secretary Xi Jinping's care and entrustment demonstrate his love for history and culture and the guidance of cultural inheritance and innovation.
From practice, to practice. In order for Chinese culture to be passed on from generation to generation, it is necessary not only to protect the tangible cultural heritage, but also to protect the intangible cultural heritage, not only the heritage itself, but also the Chinese wisdom and spirit contained in it.
The Spring Festival is approaching, Sun Lixin, the intangible inheritor of Jingdezhen blue and white porcelain painting skills, and his apprentices are making a dragon plate to welcome the New Year, and they want to use the shape of a dragon to present the word blessing on this porcelain plate with a diameter of 1 meter.
After more than 100 days of hard work, the dragon plate will be completed on this day.
Sun Lixin has many apprentices, compared with the inheritance of technology, he always feels that the inheritance of culture is more important, but let him firm this idea, and put it into practice, but also from an opportunity.
On October 11, 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province for investigation and research.
In this investigation and investigation, the general secretary encouraged the inheritors of intangible cultural heritage to uphold the supremacy of art and concentrate on inheritance and innovation, which also gave Sun Lixin a deeper understanding of cultural inheritance.
Yang Zixuan, a 24-year-old apprentice of Sun Lixin, began learning ceramic painting from Sun Lixin in June last year.
In order to let the apprentices understand the traditional culture and the history of Jingdezhen, Sun Lixin began to consciously cultivate their understanding of Chinese history, ceramic history, and traditional Chinese culture.
The key to cultural inheritance lies in people. Today, Jingdezhen has a total of 1,899 intangible cultural heritage inheritors related to ceramic skills, and under their guidance, more and more young people are also devoting themselves to it, and countless masters and apprentices like Sun Lixin and his students are committed to ingenuity.
Inheritance and innovation have injected a steady stream of vitality into Jingdezhen, and Jingdezhen's traditional ceramic skills and culture have been rejuvenated and passed down from generation to generation.