Beijing, 8 May (Reporter Song Xue) National Cultural Heritage Administration, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the National Development and Reform Commission recently issued the Notice on Developing the Theme Trail of Cultural Relics in China. According to the notice, the theme trails of cultural relics are divided into China theme trails, regional theme trails and county theme trails, and 3-5 China theme trails will be built during the Tenth Five-Year Plan period.
It is understood that the resources of the theme trail of cultural relics are mainly immovable cultural relics, covering ancient cultural sites, ancient tombs and ancient buildings, cave temples and stone carvings, important historical sites in modern times and representative buildings. Around the theme of heritage trail, historical and cultural cities, towns and villages, historical and cultural blocks, historical buildings and traditional villages can be connected in series, including agricultural heritage, industrial heritage, time-honored brands, water conservancy heritage, scenic spots and natural landscapes, and can be included in museums, memorial halls, libraries, art galleries, theaters, cultural centers, non-legacy museums and other cultural places.
The theme trail of cultural relics in China is related to the major national strategy of building a national cultural park. The theme has national significance and national representativeness, with the focus on strengthening the centripetal force of Chinese culture and expanding its international influence. During the "+Fourth Five-Year Plan" period, 3-5 themed trails of China cultural relics will be built on a pilot basis. The theme tour of regional cultural relics relies on important regional strategies, major projects or important inter-provincial mountains and rivers, focusing on highlighting regional historical and cultural characteristics and streamlining regional cultural heritage tourism logo brands. The theme tour of county cultural relics takes the county as the basic unit, focusing on linking all kinds of cultural relics and cultural heritage resources at all levels, activating low-level immovable cultural relics and better meeting people's spiritual, cultural and tourism needs. Encourage provinces, cities and counties to strengthen cooperation and joint exploration and innovation.
The notice pointed out that the theme is the main line of inspection. It is necessary to systematically sort out cultural relics and cultural heritage resources, summarize the historical development context, important event figures, local cultural characteristics and material and cultural characteristics, and condense the theme according to the connotation of cultural relics to form a connection. Cultural relics are the core resource elements of tourist trails. It is necessary to investigate and analyze the current situation of protection and management, establish a list of immovable cultural relics resources that can be used openly, fully incorporate mature cultural relics resources that have the potential to build cultural relics theme trails, and implement dynamic updating.
In addition, the circular also pointed out that value interpretation is the key link in the construction of cultural relics theme tour, and it is necessary to deeply study the multiple values of cultural relics such as history, times, art, science, society, culture and aesthetics, and reveal the philosophical thoughts, humanistic spirit, values and moral norms behind them. Adhere to the value orientation, the theme of cultural relics should pay attention to authenticity and public welfare, let cultural relics speak, shape historical cognition, inherit Chinese excellent traditional culture, and resolutely avoid excessive commercialization, entertainment and vulgarization. In addition, commentators and tour guides should master the research results, tell the stories of cultural relics in the language and form that tourists like, so as to be popular but not kitsch, and the masses do not follow the crowd. It is forbidden to replace historical facts with unofficial history, and departments of culture, tourism and cultural relics should check the outline, layout draft, commentary and tour guide words.