Today, the "Liangzhu Forum" will be held in Hangzhou.
Hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the People's Government of Zhejiang Province and the China International Cultural Exchange Association, the Liangzhu Forum is one of China's eight actions to support high-quality Belt and Road cooperation.
In the past two days, the "Liangzhu Forum" sub-forum for young sinologists and Chinese and foreign artists were held in Hangzhou, where Chinese and foreign sinologists and artists gathered in Liangzhu to discuss the origin and development of Chinese civilization, and share their views on the "Cultural Silk Road" and the people's hearts.
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Before that, 84 artists from 83 countries also visited Liangzhu Ancient City Ruins Park, Liangzhu Museum, Fuchun River Small Three Gorges, Anjiyu Village, Nanxun Digang Village, West Lake Scenic Area, Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (Hangzhou Section) and other scenic spots to sketch and create.
In these cultural and natural landscapes that best represent Zhejiang, the artists have a deep appreciation of the diversity and richness of Chinese history, culture and art, and intuitively feel the splendid Chinese civilization.
Kazakh artist Nurlan Kilibayev said that after a few days of wind collection, he was deeply touched by the natural scenery of Zhejiang: "The people of Hangzhou and Shaoxing seem to live in a piece of greenery, full of trees, and the environment is so beautiful." ”
Today, the collection of works created by the artists - "Art Silk Road" exhibition will also be exhibited in Liangzhu.
Civilizations are colorful because of exchanges and enriched by mutual learning. The place where Chinese and foreign sinologists and artists carried out exchanges between Chinese and foreign civilizations is the place where the ruins of the ancient city of Liangzhu were discovered - Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
In 2019, the site of the ancient city of Liangzhu was successfully inscribed on the World Heritage List, and this ancient cultural site in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, has passed through the vast clouds of history and proved the 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization.
With the lifting of the veil of "China's First City", we have seen the splendid Chinese civilization, a large number of jade cong, jade bi, jade jue and other cultural relics, as well as jade carving animal ornaments based on birds, cicadas, fish, etc., which have truly and completely preserved the cultural heritage of mankind and become a powerful witness to the development process of Chinese civilization of "pluralism and integration, inclusiveness and continuity".
The archaeological discovery of the ancient city site of Liangzhu has advanced the world's understanding of the history of Chinese civilization and opened a window for the world to understand China.
On November 29, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage held a working meeting on the important progress of the major project of "Archaeological China", and reported the latest progress of four archaeological projects, including the ancient city of Liangzhu and the water conservancy system site in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
The new discovery of the ancient city of Liangzhu and the ruins of the water conservancy system has preliminarily clarified that the Liangzhu ruins have undergone three stages of development, including the construction of scattered settlements by using the landform in front of the mountain, to the planning and construction of the water conservancy system, Mojiao Mountain and Anti-Mountain, and then to the construction of the ancient city of Liangzhu with city walls and outer Guo, which reflects the continuous maturity of the settlement management and urban construction concepts and belief systems of the Liangzhu people, and shows the important significance of the Liangzhu culture in the origin of China's Neolithic civilization.
Magnificent China, thousands of ancient rivers.
If we do not understand China from the perspective of its long historical continuity, it is impossible to understand ancient China, nor can we understand modern China, let alone the future China.
To protect cultural heritage is to protect the root and soul of the nation, and to trace the deepest history to open the longest-term future.
The friendship between countries lies in the people-to-people relationship, and the people-to-people relationship lies in the heart-to-heart connection.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative, and China has built a bridge of people-to-people ties between China and the rest of the world through international exchanges and cooperation with a more open attitude.
The "Liangzhu Forum" held in Hangzhou will deepen the dialogue between civilizations and civilizations with the countries that jointly build the "Belt and Road", gather the power of "Together for the Future", and work together to create a better future.
At present, Hangzhou is speeding up the construction of a world-class socialist modern international metropolis, and Liangzhu culture has opened a broad channel for exchanges and mutual learning between world civilizations, and will also promote Hangzhou to the world and the future.