Yangzhou Ancient City Protection: Practice Guardian, Continuing Inheritance

Yangzhou, an ancient city with a history of more than 2,500 years. Forty years ago, on February 8, 1982, the first 24 historical and cultural cities announced by the State Council occupied a place in Yangzhou.

September 26, 2022,

It is the sixth ancient city protection day in Yangzhou.

"Protect its appearance, beautiful face, Yang Qiyun, and casting its soul." For 40 years, Yangzhou has adhered to this persistence, and has not been able to make a profit in the protection of the ancient city.

Yangzhou Ancient City protection ushered in the "new starting point"

In July of this year, the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government held a conference on the protection and organic renewal promotion of historical and cultural cities, and released the "Yangzhou Historical and Cultural City Protection and Organic Renewal Overall Plan and the Special Action Plan". Ancient city.

The plan proposes a total of 122 projects related to the protection of historical and cultural cities in the four years of 2022 to 2025. In the core of Yangzhou City, the Ming and Qing historic urban areas with 5.09 square kilometers have also taken this as the top priority of work.

History and cultural district in the historical city of the Ming and Qing dynasties

The historical city of the Ming and Qing dynasties in Yangzhou is the area with the best buildings in the ancient city of Yangzhou, the deepest cultural heritage, and the strongest traditional life. It is the essence of the ancient city of Yangzhou and the main position of the ancient city of Yangzhou.

The four historical and cultural districts of Dongguan Street, Nanhexia, Renfengli, and Wanzi Street cover most of the area of ​​the historical urban area of ​​the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it is also the key core of the ancient city's protection and update work.

Now, what are the new directions for their protection and in the future? In response, the reporter actually explored Yang Conggang, deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Guangling Ancient City Protection Management Committee.

Dongguan Street

Dongguan Street is the most representative historical street in Yangzhou City. It has a relatively complete Ming and Qing building complex and "fish bone -shaped" street system, which maintains and follow the traditional features of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Dongguan Street District is prosperous. There are more than 200 shops and more than 70 "old -fashioned" core stores, forming a victory of "Shili Long Market Jinglian".

Recently, the Provincial Department of Commerce announced the first batch of "Jiangsu Province Demonstration Pedestrian Street" list, and a total of 15 pedestrian streets in the province were selected. Among them, Yangzhou Dongguan Street.

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Yang Conggang, deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee of Guangling Ancient City Protection Management Committee, revealed that the next step will focus on protecting the spatial scale and historical style of the canal, Dongmen, and Dongguan Street, and rectify the environment and the Dongmen site environment that is inaccurate along the street. Control the height of the building and strengthen the traditional pattern of "river -city -street"; integrate the building function of Dongguan Street along the street, and show the traditional business essence of Yangzhou.

Nanhe under the Nanhe

The name under the Nanhe was formed in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. Earlier, it was already the precious source of Yangzhou. It was the most concentrated area of ​​the Yangzhou Salt Chamber of Commerce and the old residence of salt merchants at that time.

Since ancient times, the "garden is mostly a house". In various streets under the Nanhe, the halls and famous houses have gathered, and the monuments are scattered.

Returning to the life of the market, there is a uncomfortable life rhythm under the Nanhe, and the fireworks of chai oil and salt exudes the gas and salt in the ancient alley.

Yang Conggang introduced that the next step will focus on protecting the "gentle" spatial pattern in the history of the district, the delicate urban texture and the clear street system, protect the complete salt merchants, protect the traditional garden space layout, and reflect the garden forests. With a good relationship with the residential house, it fully shows the experience area of ​​Yangzhou's salt business culture.

Renfengli

Renfengli covers an area of ​​12.07 hectares, an alley with a total length of more than 700 meters.

Today's Renfengli also maintains the appearance of the year, and its pattern can even go back to the Lifang system of the Tang Dynasty.

The cultural atmosphere of Renfengli History and Culture District is strong. On the premise of maintaining the original street texture and spatial scale, the ancient city protection and utilization road of "micro renewal, strong culture, civil intelligence, and sustainable" is implemented. Lane roads are used reasonably, introducing cultural and creative industries, and using government funds to leverage private funds to effectively expand cultural venue space. There are currently 27 non -heritage cultural studios, 6 special homestays, and 8 public activity space.

In the next step, the characteristics of the traditional residential neighborhoods of the neighborhood, the "fish bone -shaped" street pattern and the style and characteristics of the Xiaoqin Huaihe River, protect the integrity of historical buildings and streets, show the mixed function of commercial and residential commercial and residential in Yangzhou Area.

Wanzi Street

Wanzi Street is a "oblique street" that moves northeast and southwest. The northeast of the street is connected to Wenchang Road and intersection with Picong Street.

The street building is a typical "bottom -up" layout. The branches of vines on both sides constitute a "heart -based" arc city spatial texture. The most transformed neighborhood retains the original old streets and lanes.

Relying on the many characteristic cultural and creative stores in Zhongpi City District, the neighborhood, it has enhanced and organized a series of cultural and creative market activities through the overall environment. The strong market fireworks attract a large number of citizens and tourists. "Red punching land" has attracted the attention of CCTV three times.

The next step of the historical and cultural district of Wanzi Street will focus on protecting the strong market atmosphere, simple folk customs, many religious buildings, and unique urban texture, and develop into a cultural experience area that experiences Yangzhou's well and local folk customs.

Guangling Road City Renewal Project is in the ancient city area of ​​the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Guangling Road is a very important urban road. It is closely connected to the three historical and cultural districts of Renfengli, Wanzi Street, and Nanhe.

In July 2022, the Guangling Road Urban Renewal Project, which was led by the Guangling Ancient Urban Management Committee and the implementation of the district Cultural Tourism Group, won 13.9 million yuan in provincial fiscal awards funds. Provincial pilot.

The project is located in the Guangling Road and the area along the historic town of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Focusing on a main street +6 large area, scientific and reasonable balanced "retention, remodeling", improved land use function, optimization of transportation organizations, resource activation and utilization, and the vitality of the neighborhood. Raise landscape quality.

Yang Conggang, deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee of Guangling Ancient City Protection Management Committee, revealed that in the future, it will work hard from historical culture, urban memory, people's livelihood guarantee, vitality improvement, traffic governance, system improvement, and strive to form traffic travel, functional optimization, format guidance reasonably The new pattern of orderly, cultural resources activation, and effective environmental quality can truly improve the quality of the neighborhood quality to revive Guangling Road.

The ancient city is the "mother body" of Yangzhou City, the origin of culture, and the homeland of the citizens. In the ancient city of protection, Yangzhou is doing its best. These bricks and tiles full of memories of Lao Yangzhou will also be further protected, inherited, and developed.

(Text/Hua Yantu/Wei Cunyin, Liu Ming, Chen Jianxin)

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