Announcement! → on the collection of clues on immovable cultural relics

Hanzhong City Fourth National Cultural Relics Census Leading Group Office

Announcement on the collection of clues on immovable cultural relics

According to the arrangement of the State Council, the fourth national cultural relics census will start in November 2023 and end in June 2026. In order to smoothly carry out the fourth national cultural relics census of Hanzhong City, comprehensively grasp the situation of immovable cultural relics resources in Hanzhong City, and achieve "all the information that should be preserved and recorded", we are now collecting information on the clues of immovable cultural relics from the society, especially new information on immovable cultural relics such as revolutionary cultural relics, industry, agriculture, underwater heritage and modern representative buildings, and hope that friends from all walks of life will actively provide relevant clues and jointly contribute to the development of the protection of Chinese and Chinese cultural relics.

1. Scope of solicitation

Newly discovered immovable cultural relics above ground, underground and underwater in Hanzhong City.

Second, the content of the solicitation

Cultural relics are tangible cultural heritage created by human beings or related to human activities and have historical, artistic and scientific value. Immovable cultural relics mainly include the following six categories:

(1) Ancient ruins

Requirements for clues of ancient ruins:

1. There is cultural accumulation and a clear distribution range;

2. Ancient cultural relics have been found on the surface of the earth, and they have a certain distribution range;

3. After archaeological excavation, the remains still exist, and the topography and landform of the original site have not undergone fundamental changes;

4. Some components or foundation sites of buildings and structures still exist.

Ancient cultural sites generally include: early human activity sites, settlement sites, city sites, kiln sites, kiln storage sites, mining and metallurgical sites, battlefield sites, post station ruins, military facility sites, bridge and wharf sites, sacrificial sites, underwater sites, water conservancy facility sites, temple sites, palace government office sites, handicraft workshop sites, other ancient cultural sites and other types.

(2) Burial of an ancient grave

Requirements for clues in ancient tombs:

1. The shape or structure or relics still exist;

2. Relocation as a whole, occupying an independent geographical scope at the new location;

3. After archaeological excavations, the topography and landform of the original site have not been fundamentally changed.

Ancient tombs generally include: imperial tombs, tombs of celebrities or nobles, ordinary tombs, other tombs and other types.

(3) Ancient buildings

Requirements for clues in ancient buildings:

1. The main body of the building or structure exists;

2. Where the entire relocation is carried out after approval in accordance with law, the new relocation site occupies an independent geographical scope;

3. If the original site is rebuilt after approval in accordance with the law, the original style or shape shall be retained, and important components reflecting the historical, artistic and scientific values shall be retained.

Ancient buildings generally include: city walls (and other military buildings and facilities), palaces, mansions, residences, altars, temples, ancestral halls, government offices (and other administrative buildings), academies (and other cultural and educational buildings), post halls and guild halls (and other transportation road facilities, travel service facilities), shops and workshops (and other financial and commercial buildings, industrial and commercial building facilities), archway shadow walls, pavilions and towers (and other landscape buildings, opera performance buildings, astronomical observation buildings), temples and towers (and other religious buildings), Gardens, bridges, culverts, wharves, dams, canals, weirs (and other water conservancy facilities), ponds, wells, springs and other types.

(4) Cave temples and stone carvings

Requirements for cave temples and stone carvings:

1. The cave still exists, regardless of the degree of preservation;

2. The ontology of stone carvings and petroglyphs still exists, regardless of the degree of preservation;

3. The cave temple and stone carvings are relocated, and the new relocation occupies an independent geographical scope.

(5) Important historical sites and representative buildings in modern and modern times

1. Requirements for clues of important historical sites in modern and modern times:

(1) The ontology of historical sites related to historical processes, important historical events, revolutionary movements, and historical figures still exists or there are relics;

(2) Buildings and structures established to commemorate important historical events, especially revolutionary movements or historical figures, especially revolutionary figures, have symbolic and typical significance.

Important historical sites in modern and modern times generally include: major historical events and important institutional sites (and war sites, industrial sites, etc.), important revolutionary historical events and commemorative sites for revolutionary figures' activities, martyrs' tombs and commemorative facilities, former residences of celebrities, celebrity tombs, and other types of buildings and structures established to commemorate major historical events or famous figures.

2. Requirements for clues of modern and modern representative buildings:

(1) It has the characteristics of the times and is typical in a certain area;

(2) It is representative in all fields of society and in all eras;

(3) The form and style are special, and the structure and shape are complete;

(4) If the original site is rebuilt after examination and approval in accordance with the law, it has symbolic significance, symbolic significance or typical significance.

Modern and modern representative buildings generally include: traditional houses, religious buildings, industrial buildings and ancillary equipment (and other industrial heritage), financial and commercial buildings (including Chinese time-honored brands), water conservancy, agriculture-related buildings, facilities and appurtenances (and other water conservancy and agricultural heritage), cultural and educational buildings and accessories, medical and health buildings, military buildings and facilities, traffic road facilities, typical style buildings or structures, large volumes of various materials (such as stone, copper, iron, clay, etc.) sculptures, Immovable cultural relics reconstructed on the original site after approval in accordance with the law, and have symbolic or typical significance, other types of modern and modern representative buildings.

(6) Others

Other types of lead requirements:

1. As a combination of human behavior and nature, a cultural landscape that has a clear material entity and provides a special witness to the history, culture, and customs of a certain region or group;

2. Fossil sites of Australopithecus, hominins, and Quaternary vertebrates or other paleontology related to ancient human activities;

3. Others have certain historical, artistic, and scientific value, and the entity still exists.

3. Solicitation requirements

1. In order to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the information, please provide a detailed description of the situation as much as possible, including name, year, detailed address (if conditions permit, please also provide latitude and longitude coordinates, on-site photos), contact information, etc.

2. The lead provider shall guarantee the authenticity and accuracy of the information provided, and shall not fabricate or distort the facts.

3. Information involving personal privacy or business secrets shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed without authorization.

Fourth, the collection time

From the date of this announcement to May 31, 2025.

5. Solicitation method

Fill in the "Registration Form for Clues of Newly Discovered Cultural Relics in the Fourth National Cultural Relics Census of Hanzhong City", send it to the e-mail address, and call the clue collection telephone.

Contact: Wang Keli

Contact number: 0916-2996589

Email: [email protected]

Hanzhong City's Fourth National Cultural Relics Census Newly Discovered Cultural Relics Clue Registration Form

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Hanzhong City Fourth National Cultural Relics Census Leading Group Office

May 14, 2024

(Source: Hanzhong Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism) (X)