Source: Three Gorges Daily - Three Gorges Yichang Network
June 12 is the national "Cultural and Natural Heritage Day", with the theme of "People's Intangible Cultural Heritage, Shared by the People".
Cultural and natural heritage is an important treasure in the development of the spiritual world of mankind. Today, let's follow the experts of Yichang Museum to see a "pagoda" in Yichang - a natural tower.
Aerial: Zhong Kai, Jin Rui, Producer: Song Yujie
Located in Wujiagang District, Yichang City, the Natural Pagoda has stood majestically for more than 200 years, and is the only well-preserved Qing Dynasty building in Yichang City, which is an important cultural and natural heritage.
The natural pagoda was built in the Jin Dynasty, abandoned by the Ming Dynasty, and rebuilt in the fifty-fifth year of the Qianlong Dynasty. Since its completion, it has flourished for a while, and tourists have been weaving, "those who come to climb the mountain are called resorts." ”
After the reform and opening up, the natural tower has ushered in a transformation with the development and change of the city. In 1986, in order to protect the natural tower from destruction, a special wall was built around the base of the tower. In 1992, the natural pagoda was announced by Hubei Province as the third batch of cultural relics protection units. Three years later, the Natural Tower Cultural Relics Management Institute was established, and the natural tower was managed and cared for by a special person.
In 2001, when Yichang was building the extension of Yanjiang Avenue, in order to bypass the natural tower, it did not hesitate to increase the investment of 10 million yuan to change the line, changing the 700-meter section from the original planned straight line to a curve, and completely eliminating the various threats that the construction may bring to the natural tower.
In 2006, Yichang invested more than 15 million yuan to green the surrounding environment of the natural tower, and invested 960,000 yuan to "repair the old as old" on the main body of the natural tower. After the restoration, the natural tower has been restored, and the surrounding fields have become a park with exquisite design and exquisite materials.
Today, the natural tower has a new look and has become the most beautiful scenery on the Yichang Riverside Promenade. "The outer walls of the tower are all clean water, the surface is not painted, and more than 200 years later, there is still no denitrification." Zhao Dexiang, chief expert of Yichang Museum, lamented the exquisite craftsmanship of ancient architecture.
In addition to protecting the natural tower, the reporter learned that in order to create a strong social atmosphere for the protection of intangible cultural heritage, highlight the "people's nature" of intangible cultural heritage protection, and let the achievements of intangible cultural heritage protection benefit the people, Yichang has carried out wonderful activities to make our traditional culture "alive" in the festival.
On June 12, Yichang Museum launched the "Art of Light and Shadow" Yichang Shadow Puppet Publicity and Display Experience Activity, where the masses learned to interpret shadow puppetry, made shadow puppetry, deeply experienced non-genetic inheritance, and inherited and carried forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
The Dragon Boat Festival, this year is more interesting. On June 14th, Yichang Museum recruited families to carry out the theme activity of "Dragon Boat Sending Affection for Zongxiang Dragon Boat", inviting the public to the Dragon Boat Punch Point of Yichang Museum to perceive the Culture of Yichang Dragon Boat and find the taste of dragon boat in Zongxiang through the clever design of lectures, interactive games and DIY parent-child handicraft links of Dragon Boat. (Reporters Wang Lin and Song Yujie, correspondent Ding Huiyu)
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