Shijiazhuang, Xinhua News Agency, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- The ancient city of Zhengding: The integration of culture and tourism benefits the people's livelihood.
Xinhua News Agency reporters Qi Leijie and Zhang Weihua.
The Spring Festival holiday has passed, and the ancient city of Zhengding in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province is still lively. On the south city gate, thousands of lanterns are colorful and colorful, and tourists are vying to check in. In the Rongguo Mansion Scenic Area, Grandma Liu's welcome, Bao Dai's first meeting, and the provincial relatives of the Yuan Concubine were performed, which made the audience addicted. In Longxing Temple, tourists wander among them, facing exquisite cultural relics everywhere, sighing again and ......again
Since 2017, the national historical and cultural city is scheduled to implement a series of restoration and upgrading projects for the ancient city. In the protection of the ancient city, Zhengding does not carry out large-scale demolition and construction, but combines the inheritance of historical context with the protection of the ancient city, so that the cultural relics are "lived", tourism is "fired", and culture is "prosperous", so as to promote the integrated development of culture and tourism.
When night falls, the lights are on, and the ancient city of Zhengding is full of tourists. At the gate of the city, the nearly 100-meter-long giant dragon and phoenix lantern is eye-catching. Climb the Changle Gate Tower and overlook, the ancient temples and towers, the ancient streets and ancient buildings are gradually lined up, and the colorful and shining lanterns make the whole ancient city shine brightly, as if wearing a "full costume".
There are many kinds of lanterns on the city wall, and it is a blockbuster when you take a picture, which is very cultural and lively. Zhang Wanying, a student from the School of Fine Arts of Langfang Normal University, and her classmate Wang Kaixuan, dressed in Chinese-style costumes, took photos while watching the lanterns. Among the bustling tourists, many people are dressed in national style costumes and wear colorful garlands on their heads, as if they are experiencing a journey through ancient and modern times.
Zhengding's "Thousand Lanterns Painting Ancient City" large-scale lantern festival opened on February 2 and will last until March 11. Liu Weina, deputy director of the Zhengding County Culture, Radio, Television, Sports and Tourism Bureau, said that the lantern festival set up more than 1,000 lanterns with five themes, including "Prosperous Beauty", "Nine Dynasties Shen Yun" and "Blessed Land Treasure City". There are not only lanterns such as the New Year of the Beast and the Dragon Gate of the Fish, but also the lanterns restored from landmark ancient buildings such as Guanghui Temple, Linji Temple and Tianning Temple. Tourists can not only feast their eyes, but also taste the ancient charm of the ancient city and understand the profound history and culture of Zhengding.
The filming location of the 1987 version of the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions" - Zhengding Rongguofu Scenic Area is lit up, and groups of tourists shuttle through the antique courtyard, passing through the flower hall, passing through Jia's mother's courtyard, entering Sister Feng's house, and taking photos from time to time. Grandma Liu's welcome, Bao Dai's first meeting, and the provincial relatives of the Yuan Concubine were staged in turn, so that tourists who like "Dream of Red Mansions" were immersed in it and had a lot of fun. Li Chunhong, a tourist from Shenzhou City, Hengshui, said that the cultural atmosphere here is particularly strong, and many things that used to be only seen in books have an immersive feeling.
During the Spring Festival, Zhengding County Museum Spring Festival Painting Exhibition, Ancient City New Year Customs Parade, Zhaoyun Temple Martial Arts and Tai Chi Competition, Longxing Temple Thousand Hands Guanyin Performance and other cultural and sports activities were staged, so that the local people and foreign tourists can enjoy the cultural feast. All parking lots in the ancient city are free, a number of direct drinking water landscape pavilions are set up around the scenic spot, and more than 300 warm cushions are installed on the leisure benches, so that tourists can really feel comfortable.
The "free Zhengding" tourism brand continues to develop, and Zhengding has become a popular tourist check-in place. Liu Weina said that in 2023, the annual number of tourists in Zhengding will exceed 15 million, a year-on-year increase of 18904％；Tourism income 114500 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16734%。(ENDS).