Zisha Street is back

Changes in the way of scientific development In the early summer of May, at dusk, at 164 Gunan Street, Shaoxing, Yixing, 78-year-old Tian Shunbao's old man was watching the radio and listened to the storytelling in the sunset. Talking about the changes in this street in recent years, the old man’s greatest relief is “returning”.

He said that “returned” refers to the “Zisha Street,” which was full of bustling old streets. After experiencing decades of silence, he reappeared the scene of “Household Clay, Clay, and Houseware”.

Let the "Zisha Street" live in succession, this is just a silhouette of Yixing historical and cultural heritage protection. For more than two years, Yixing City has invested nearly 200 million yuan in the maintenance of historical and cultural blocks, cultural relics protection units at all levels and historic buildings, and the urban cultural heritage has been systematically excavated, consolidated, and protected. This year, Yixing officially approved by the State Council as a "National Historical and Cultural City".

"If we say that the economy is the engine of a city's development, then culture is the source of the city's vitality. It reflects the ultimate competitiveness of a city," said Yihong Jiang Hongliang.

"Can't move" has become a consensus from officials to the people to enter the quiet Gushan Street in Lushan, as if walking into a long history of purple sand, "Gu Jingzhou's old residence" and "Jiang Rong's former residence", each piece of "cultural house" is embedded in more than 30 Home for pottery workshops and pottery shops.

Lushan Gunan Street is located in the heart of Dingbu Town, Yixing. The commercial development of “Moneyscape” is unlimited, but there is another important identity – the important node of Yixing’s 7,000-year history of pottery making and the birthplace of teapot.

Three years ago, a piece of land southeast of Gunan Street was demolished and entered the auction stage. Many developers showed great interest. Once it is developed into a commercial building, it will form a strong contrast with the style of the ancient street. In the face of hundreds of millions of financial revenues, the final decision made by the Yixing municipal government was to terminate the auction and build the site into the supporting area of ​​the ancient South Street style.

In the Yixing interview, from government officials to ordinary people, the reporter often heard the phrase "can not move" - ​​they have formed a consensus: the treatment of historical and cultural heritage, as is the best protection.

According to reports, in order to protect the historical and cultural heritage, Yixing has only halted land development in recent years, and the fiscal revenue has been reduced by 3 billion yuan.

The protection of the ancient city must be "protected and its appearance" and "expressing its beauty." From 2007 to 2009, on the basis of comprehensive investigations, Yixing invited first-rate planning and design experts to carry out protection planning for the three historic districts of Gushan Street, Yicheng Yuecheng Street and Ge Baoju. The repair program of more than 20 cultural and security units such as Zongyi and Ge’s old hall; more than 30 cultural and security units such as Qianshu Longyao, Zhou Peiyuan’s former residence and Xu Beihong’s former residence; 470 newly discovered cultural relics sites, and 43 ancient village dwellings included Data archiving.

The excavation, sorting, and protection of historical culture in Yixing City has received a high degree of recognition from the public and a warm response. A survey of intangible cultural heritage, the clues provided by the public reached more than 17,000. Xu Weiying, director of the Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department, said that due to the enthusiasm of the citizens, the government and the citizens have formed a concerted effort to ensure that a group of historical and cultural relics in Yixing can be effectively protected.

Living heritage, "living" to make the city a better place to protect the ancient city, not only must have static protection, but must have a living legacy. To this end, Yixing conducts point-and-face linkages on cultural and physical protection units, pottery culture, and historical neighborhoods, connecting various tangible buildings and intangible traditions together to form an organic unified protection structure with historical features, cultural connotations, and people’s living forms.

In Yuecheng Street of Yicheng Street, owner Peng Shunda of 72-year-old Dongcang Tuck Bucket Square told reporters that by his generation, the Peng family was already a three-generation hoop barrel. "Hooping two barrels a day, do not do more and do a lot, do more, work is not authentic, and that is his own brand." Peng Laohan famous hoop art, he always remembered this ancestral training.

Moon City Street, where Peng Laohan lived, is an ancient lane in the Ming and Qing Dynasties where the style of the downtown area is relatively well-preserved. In order to protect this historic neighborhood, Yixing City has used the principle of “reconstructing the old ones as they are” to spend money to repair the old houses of old houses; at the same time, it has implemented authentic protection for Old Street in order to retain the indigenous peoples and their lifestyles and customs. It is customary for the government to work hard to improve the living environment of residents living in Laojie, and let the water go down and down into the families of the people. The economically afflicted craftsmen should use a subsistence allowance or subsidy to guarantee their lives.

When you enter Yuecheng Street, you will be attracted by the rich market atmosphere of the old street. Ancient moats, ancient bridges, ancient rivers, ancient folk houses, 2 meters wide streets, restaurants, inns, wooden walkers, bamboo ware lines, tofu shops, bomb cotton shops and other shops, Miefangfang Qingtuan shop lined up in front of a long line... ... The old history of the old streets was vividly presented to the people.

After the history and culture protection and urban development win-win Yixing won the title of "Historical and Cultural City", they did not lie down on their laurels and became complacent. Instead, they protected the development of the ancient city culture as the opening chapter of the "12th Five-Year Plan".

At a recent mobilization meeting for the protection and development of the historical and cultural city of Yixing held in Yixing, the municipal party committee’s Jiang Hongliang’s attitude was clear: the application for the title was not for the title, but for better protection of development; the card was not the end, but the new The higher starting point.

Standing at this new starting point, Yixing people began to seriously examine the propositions of historical and cultural protection and urban development. The consensus reached is that all development must be protected. In terms of protection, they adhere to four principles: preserve the authenticity of history; highlight the integrity of style; reflect the continuity of life; and realize the harmony between man and nature.

At the same time, innovative development in protection. With the rich historical and cultural resources of the ancient city, Yixing has already formed a cultural tour and cultural tour with Yixing characteristics, such as “Tao Culture Tour”, “Tea Culture Tour”, “Religious Culture Tour” and “Folk Culture Tour”. The historical and cultural street of Gushan Street in Sheshan inherited the purple sand culture, and also promoted the development of tourism and other tertiary industries. It was created in the Qianshu Longyao in the Ming Dynasty. It is the only livelihood in Yixing that still burns pottery and purple sand in the traditional way. kiln". The Long Kiln has resumed its 60-year kiln festival this year, attracting tourists from all over the country to visit it. It has become a must-see attraction for Yixing Tao Culture Tourism.

“The process of excavating history and culture is not only a process of constantly understanding its value, but also a process of cultivating the feelings of traditional culture.” Wang Xingsu, mayor of Yixing, said that the protection of historical and cultural cities has made more people willing to calm down and re-understand the culture. value.

The Juntao Factory was originally an important ceramics factory in Dingxiang Town, but the pollution was great. The city did not simply “close it”, but used the original factory building to build it into the Yixing pottery cultural industrial heritage site, built the Gong Tao Museum, the master pottery master studio, and let this place of pollution reborn as a cultural landscape. Better highlights the urban characteristics of Tao.

“Historical culture is a gift that has been left to the present in the past. We must protect and develop it through the famous city and present this gift to the future.” The concept and practice of Yixing people in the protection of historical and cultural cities may give more cities an opportunity to inspire.