Roses bloom, breeze, spring morning, walking in the Qingmingqiao historical and cultural district in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, a poetic picture of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River is laid out in front of you. On April 22, the reporter saw in the block that a resident moved out of a small stool and sat in front of his house to pick vegetables, with more than 10 pots of green plants beside him.
With the Qingming Bridge as the center and the ancient canal as the axis, the Qingming Bridge Historical and Cultural District has the reputation of "Jiangnan Water Alley and Canal Extinction". The cultural relics in the block are rich in categories, integrating many cultural landscapes such as temples, towers, rivers, streets, kilns, houses, workshops, alleys, and museums, covering various forms such as Jiangnan folk culture, national industrial and commercial culture, and water lane culture, which is a living witness to the continuous growth of Jiangnan millennium culture.
"Do you also live by the canal?" What's the difference between the streets now and before?" Wang Qianhan, who is engaged in cultural tourism in Wuxi, told reporters that tourists often ask about the changes and changes in the life of the old neighborhood.
In this regard, Ruan Xiqing, chairman of the Liangxi District Writers Association of Wuxi City, was deeply touched: "The old streets in my childhood memories are simple and unpretentious, and those street scenes are familiar to me when I was a child, and now I have a lot of new perspectives when I look at the old streets." ”
In Ruan Xiqing's view, the protected Qingmingqiao historical and cultural district has undergone new changes due to the integration of modern lifestyles, and what remains unchanged is that the ancient cultural genes are still continuing and inheriting.
In recent years, with the protection, inheritance and utilization of the cultural heritage of the Grand Canal as the core, the local government has continued to promote river management, water quality improvement, cultural heritage consolidation, protection, repair and development, etc., so that the culture of the Grand Canal will continue to flow.
In the Shushan Gunan Street Historical and Cultural District, located in Dingshu Town, Yixing City, Jiangsu Province, residents are also feeling and witnessing changes. "After the renovation and transformation, our old street has a new look, and many young people have returned here to start their own businesses. Chu Chengliang, the manager of the Yixing Cultural Export Base, told reporters.
Yixing is known as the "pottery capital of China", since the Ming and Qing dynasties, the area of Shushan Gunan Street has been the center of purple sand production and sales, and the inheritance and development of Yixing purple sand is inseparable from the generations of purple sand artists.
"There was a time when Gu Nan Street was a little in decline. Many people go out to work, and their homes are left unused. Chu Chengliang said. In order to protect the cultural context of Gu Nan Street, in 2015, Ding Shu Town began to carry out the overall protection and restoration of Gu Nan Street, and issued the "Gu Nan Street Construction Guidelines" to guide the repair and renovation of houses on Gu Nan Street.
Shen Yang, a professor at the School of Architecture at Southeast University, was involved in the renovation of Gunan Street. He told reporters that in the renovation, tap water and sewage pipes were laid under the old street, which not only facilitated the lives of residents, but also improved the water quality of the Lihe River.
"It's gratifying to see that young people are back, and people come first in cultural inheritance. Shen Yang believes that the protection and inheritance of traditional culture is not achieved overnight, but on a small scale and gradually, from the protection of forms, buildings, streets and alleys to the protection of people's lives.
"As early as 2017, we carried out door-to-door garbage collection and garbage sorting on the old street, which has continued to this day. Chu Chengliang introduced that Gu Nan Street introduced a lot of advanced management concepts during the restoration, and communicated with residents in a timely manner by showing the transformation effect and holding symposiums, so that residents can truly recognize the construction plan and take the initiative to participate, "We will also regularly collect the actual needs of residents and solve them one by one." ”
Between change and change, the smell of fireworks in the old neighborhood is steaming and rising.
"You see, we have built a trail on the bank of the canal, and the city is becoming more and more livable. Wang Qianhan said that when she was working, she saw many tourists praising the beauty of the canal scenery again and again, "Some would ask me a lot about the canal and Wuxi." ”
In her spare time, she also pays more attention to issues related to the city's culture and urban development to better respond to enthusiastic tourists, "I myself have learned more about the culture of the city."
"Wuxi was born and prospered because of the canal, and protecting the canal is the heartfelt action of our Wuxi people. Yang Jianmin, secretary general of the Wuxi Cultural Heritage Protection Foundation, said.
Yang Jianmin believes that on the basis of doing a good job in protection, in the development of the Qingmingqiao Historical and Cultural District, more local atmosphere and fireworks should be highlighted, and the life atmosphere of the residents of the neighborhood should be retained. In addition, more suitable formats can be created, such as specialty restaurants, homestays, inns, etc., so that tourists can not only sail on the river, but also sit and enjoy the beauty of the canal.
After protection and restoration, Shushan Gunan Street still presents a quaint temperament. Walking on the irregular bluestone pavement in the streets and alleys, you can see the pottery such as teapots, gaiwan, and tea pets of different shapes, and see the craftsmen who focus on making pots in the old houses...... At this moment, the "pottery life" has an immersive experience and feeling.
Gu Nan Street is still "new". Thanks to continuous conservation and construction, tourists can now also visit cultural markets and experience intangible cultural heritage learning activities. (Reporter Cheng Lu Zhao Chen)
Source: Workers' Daily
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