The beacon tower showcases its grandeur and the city fortress is revitalized - Xinjiang excavates and protects the cultural relics resources of the Great Wall to promote the integrated development of culture and tourism
2023-12-14
The ancient beacon tower records the years of Guanshan, and the thousand year old garrison tells the story of patriotism. In the desert and Gobi crisscrossing Xinjiang, the Great Wall does not have continuous walls, but is presented in the form of beacon towers, fortresses, post stations, and city fortresses. However, it has also played an important role in maintaining border stability and ensuring the smooth flow of the Silk Road throughout history. In Dahe Town, Balikun Kazakh Autonomous County, on the northern slope of the East Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang, Dahe Tang City has stood quietly for over 1000 years, with the stove leading to the military wall and the beacon smoke guarding the tower. Although the former Jincheng Tangchi is now only broken walls, the tall and broad city wall base, the remains of the towering turrets, and the dried moat are still clearly visible. Jiang Xiaoliang, Secretary of the Party Group of the Cultural and Tourism Bureau of Balikun Kazakh Autonomous County, introduced that in recent years, through archaeological excavations, cultural relics such as bronze mirrors, bronze Buddha, pottery products, and Kaiyuan Tongbao have been unearthed in the city, as well as lotus floor tiles and tiles with exquisite decorations, all of which are typical Tang Dynasty relics. "Historical records and unearthed cultural relics prove that this is the city where the Tang Dynasty army stationed." Currently, the local government department focuses on the Dahe Tang City site, A cultural heritage preservation area has been established, and some damaged areas on the city wall have been repaired. Pedestrian walkways have been laid outside the city wall for tourists to visit and reminisce about the past. According to the statistics of the Xinjiang Department of Culture and Tourism, there are currently 212 Great Wall resources of various sizes in Xinjiang, such as the Great River Tang City. With the strengthening of cultural relics protection in recent years, the Great Wall site in Xinjiang has now achieved fence protection and full coverage of personnel inspections. Some cultural relics sites that were once severely damaged by wind erosion and human activities have undergone professional physical examinations and targeted protection measures. Some sites with convenient transportation conditions are also equipped with video surveillance, temperature measurement, hydrological measurement and other equipment. At the same time, the construction of the Xinjiang Great Wall National Cultural Park is at its peak. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, Xinjiang will focus on promoting 11 construction projects of the Great Wall National Cultural Park. Located in Ush County, Aksu Prefecture, the Beidili Beacon Flint is currently the westernmost site of the Great Wall in China. In late April of this year, the first county-level Great Wall National Cultural Park in Xinjiang, the Ush Beidili Beacon Flint National Cultural Park, was officially completed and opened. Lin Yanfei, the person in charge of the construction project of the Great Wall National Cultural Park in Wushi County, said that at the Beidili Fengsui Great Wall National Cultural Park, tourists can not only fully understand the profound Chinese Great Wall culture, but also see many local historical and cultural relics. As of early December, the Beidili Fengsui Great Wall National Cultural Park has received over 100000 visitors. In Yuli County, located on the eastern edge of the Taklamakan Desert, from 2019 to 2021, the Xinjiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology conducted proactive archaeological excavations on the Tang Dynasty Keyakkuduk Beacon (Sandui Beacon) site. Twelve sites, including houses, wooden fences, steps, ash piles, and ponds, were cleared, and more than 1400 cultural relics such as unearthed documents were unearthed. It was rated as one of the "Top Ten New Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2021". Nowadays, the Great Wall Cultural Museum, which resembles a connected beacon tower at the top of the building, has risen from the ground in the central area of the county. The museum has entered the exhibition stage, with multiple exhibition halls that will comprehensively narrate the development history of China's Great Wall culture through images, text, scene simulation, 3D presentation, and other modes. Built in the Han Dynasty in Kuche City, Kizilgaha
Edit：He Chuanning Responsible editor：Su Suiyue
Source：Xinhua
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