The towering Chinese civilization has a long history.

The historical and cultural heritage left by the five thousand years of Chinese civilization, such as "flowing water", nourishes the land of China and guides us to draw the strength of cultural confidence from the long history.

"To be an excellent inheritor of traditional culture" - to retain the historical roots and inherit the Chinese civilization has always been what General Secretary Xi Jinping thinks and does. He has visited the ancient city, searched for cultural context, and looked at intangible cultural heritage...... Since 2022, he has frequently gone deep into local investigation and research. He has always been full of deep feelings and thoughts about protecting Chinese culture.

　　 Denggu City

　　 Activate, protect and reappear the pyrotechnic world

An ancient city, connecting ancient and modern times.

Walking into the ancient city of Pingyao is like walking in a large history museum, where the old and the new blend together.

Pingyao Ancient City is one of the most well preserved ancient cities in China, and it is also the only ancient county town in China that has successfully applied for the world cultural heritage with the whole ancient city.

Here, the nature reserve, scenic spot and community are "three zones in one", and cultural relics, culture and tourism are deeply integrated.

On January 27 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the ancient city of Pingyao, walked into the city from Yingxunmen, climbed the city wall and looked at the whole picture, then took a bus to the Pingyao County Office to listen to the report on the historical evolution, architectural layout, cultural heritage protection and inheritance of the ancient city.

Respecting history, culture and ecology - Xi Jinping pointed out the importance of protecting historical and cultural heritage with three "reverences".

Protecting this "living ancient city" is the mission entrusted by the times.

Legislation first - The Regulations of Shanxi Province on the Protection of Pingyao Ancient City was issued in 1998 and revised at the fifth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th People's Congress of Shanxi Province in 2018, providing guidance for the protection of the cultural heritage of the ancient city from the aspects of planning and protection, inheritance and utilization, supervision and management.

Science and technology are wings - sliding, cracking, collapse, weathering... After more than 2800 years of wind and frost, the protection of the ancient city is faced with various problems. In January 2022, the monitoring and early warning system platform for the world cultural heritage of Pingyao Ancient City will be initially built. Through systematic analysis, transmission and response, the crack and tilt conditions will be mainly monitored, and the protection and management of cultural relics will be "escorted" by science and technology.

Humanism oriented - the difficulty of "living protection" is to improve the function of residential buildings and develop the cultural and tourism industry while preserving the integrity of Pingyao Ancient City. Pay attention to "giving consideration to both ancient and modern times" and hierarchical protection. Today's Pingyao not only retains the ancient charm of a thousand years, but also has a strong pyrotechnic atmosphere to reproduce the bustling market atmosphere of merchants in the past.

"To protect historical and cultural heritage, we need to improve the system, divide the list according to the nature, characteristics and survival of heritage projects, and provide special support for the heritage with distinctive characteristics and complete preservation to improve the inheritance level; we need to strengthen publicity, expand the social influence of cultural heritage, create distinctive cultural brands, expand the inheritance population, and support industrial development; We should promote innovative applications and accelerate creative transformation and innovative development. " Hong Xianghua, a professor of the Central Party School (National School of Administration), said in an interview.

On May 19, the main venue of the 2022 "China Tourism Day" was located in Pingyao Ancient City. A series of tourism products, services, promotion and exhibition activities with rich contents and diverse forms further boosted the confidence of the industry development and enhanced the vitality of the tourism market.

Facing the "14th Five Year Plan", we will build an intangible cultural heritage exhibition hall, promote the innovative development of the lacquer industry, carry out research and tourism in the ancient city, and establish an innovation base for cultural and creative industries.

The millennium old city has a promising future.

　　 Search for context

　　 Tracing the Hometown and Explaining the Thought of Ancient and Modern Culture

One father and son, three words guest, four masters of ancient articles.

Sansu Temple, Dongpo District, Meishan City, Sichuan Province, is the former residence of Su Xun, Su Shi and Su Zhe, three famous litterateurs in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Tracing the hometown, three parts of water, two parts of bamboo, red walls and clear water, towering ancient trees, all of which reflect the profound sense of history.

On June 8, General Secretary Xi Jinping came here to learn about Sansu's life, major literary achievements and family customs, as well as the historical evolution of Sansu Temple and the research and inheritance of Dongpo culture.

Looking back over the millennia, Sushi adhered to the concept of "waste merit in corruption, and become honest", and wrote for the common people's friends and hardship.

Educating people with history, General Secretary Xi Jinping has quoted Su Shi's famous lines on many occasions, and put forward the requirements for party members and cadres to "cultivate the good family style of Communists in the new era".

"A drop of water can see the sun, and a Sansu Temple can see the breadth and depth of our Chinese culture. We said that we should strengthen cultural self-confidence, and China has the" Sansu ", which is an important example." General Secretary Xi Jinping has deep feelings about this.

"We should be good at learning the concept and thinking of governance from the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and widely learn from all the outstanding achievements of civilization in the world. We should not be closed and rigid, let alone adhere to the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics with foreign things as the standard." General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out profoundly.

In recent years, the Opinions on the Implementation of the Inheritance and Development Project of Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture and the 14th Five Year Plan of the Inheritance and Development Project of Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture and other documents have been issued in succession, in order to do a good job in cultural inheritance and development.

Hong Xianghua said that we should promote the adaptation of Chinese excellent traditional culture to social development from the perspective of combining history and reality, theory and practice. Cultivating a good family style reflects the inheritance of China's excellent traditional culture. How to cultivate a good family style and implement self-cultivation and family management is a major issue that every party member and cadre must answer.

After five thousand years of exploration, the excellent traditional Chinese culture still has strong vitality and vitality of the times today. It promotes cultural development to extend its roots, expand its growth, and precipitate the power of cultural self-confidence.

Millennium context, lighting up the future.

　　 See Intangible Cultural Heritage

　　 Inherited from generation to generation, it will create a splendid future

Spinning, dyeing, weaving, embroidery, colorful yarn shuttling through layers, heald jacquard, broken weft weaving color, through multiple complex processes, inch by inch woven dense cloth, woven intangible heritage heritage "spring".

Li brocade, known as the "living fossil" in China's textile history, can be traced back to 3000 years ago and is the earliest cotton textile in China.

"Very good! Intangible cultural heritage, the handicraft of the Chinese nation, is both traditional and fashionable."

In the afternoon of April 11, General Secretary Xi Jinping went to Wuzhishan City in the central and southern part of Hainan Island for an investigation and survey. In Maona Village, Shuiman Township, he observed Li ethnic characteristic agricultural products and Li brocade, rattan weaving and other intangible cultural heritage displays along the corridor.

General Secretary Xi Jinping has always attached great importance to the protection of traditional cultural heritage by praising the inheritors of Miao embroidery, investigating the production workshop of Tibetan carpets, and entering the exhibition hall of intangible cultural heritage.

In 2009, the traditional textile, dyeing, weaving and embroidery skills of the Li nationality were included in the first batch of "intangible cultural heritage list in urgent need of protection" of UNESCO. In the face of the era proposition of development in protection and protection in development, generations of inheritors continue to explore and innovate, so that the traditional skills glow with new vitality.

Inherit and make intangible cultural heritage "live"——

Liu Xianglan, the national representative inheritor of the traditional textile, dyeing, weaving and embroidery skills of the Li nationality, has focused on the inheritance and promotion of the Li brocade skills for more than 40 years.

In 2021, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the Opinions on Further Strengthening the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage, improving the representative project system, the representative successor system, and the regional overall protection system, providing an effective path for cultural inheritance.

Integration to make culture "hot"——

Bags, shirts, ties, cushions... Liu Xianglan also combines traditional Li brocade with modern technology to develop cultural and creative products. In constant exploration, the transformation is maturing and the industrial chain is expanding.

More and more people have taken over the baton of the times and written new stories that have been handed down from generation to generation through the establishment of Li brocade skill inheritance villages, inheritance halls and productive protection demonstration bases, as well as the promotion of Li brocade skills into the campus.

Today, the traditional textile, dyeing, weaving and embroidery skills of the Li nationality have become one of the most significant projects to change their endangered status through protection and inheritance. Li brocade, "out of danger", is like a microcosm of China's intangible cultural heritage protection practice, silently recounting the past and future of the history and culture of the ancient Chinese civilization.

Millennium Lijin, fingertip inheritance.