Is there a canal in Dongping?

Dongping has not only canals, but also related canal culture. The following is Dongping's introduction, I hope it will help you.

The connection between Dongping and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal began in the 20th year from Yuan Shizu to Yuan Dynasty (1283). In order to solve the water transport obstruction of the Shandong section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and realize the South-to-North Water Diversion Project to help the capital, in October of the eighteenth year of Yuan Dynasty, Li Shang, a minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, was sent to Jeju to conduct field survey and demarcation, and construction started the following year. After two years of construction, the Jeju River has been dug from Rencheng (now Jining) in the south to Anmin Mountain in Procedural County (now Dongping) in the north. In the 26th year of Yuan Dynasty (1289), Sai-jo ordered the opening of Huitong River, which led Wen Jiyun from Anmin Mountain to Linqing and connected with Yu He River. At this point, the problem of poor land and water traffic in Shandong Canal has been solved, and the Canal has become a real Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Dongping is transported from Xiaoheya Village in Xinhu Township to Henan, and starts from Shilibao Village in Daimiao Township in the north, with a total length of about 30 kilometers. Its sailing time is about 700 years.

Huitong River was dug in Yuan Dynasty and flourished in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The history of the rise and fall of this ancient golden waterway is also the history of the development of Dongping society. In the long 700 years, it has left a huge historical and cultural heritage for Dongping, which is inexhaustible for us. In recent years, under the guidance of Scientific Outlook on Development, Dongping County Party Committee and County People's Government not only attached great importance to the cultural heritage of the Canal, but also systematically protected it. Focusing on the overall goal of building an ecological fishing village in Dongping and Jiangbei, and the development and utilization of the Grand Canal water system, on the basis of investigation and study, the general policy of "scientific planning, overall layout, highlighting key points and developing by stages" has been formulated. According to this policy, a series of important measures have been taken to protect and develop the Dongping section of the canal, and remarkable results have been achieved.

Dongping's rich canal cultural resources

Dongping Canal is rich in cultural resources. There are mainly the famous water diversion project Daicunba, the Pearl of the Canal Zhoucheng, the scenic spot of the Canal Dongping Lake, and the important docks Daanshan and Daijiamiao.

The great project in the history of China Canal-Daicun Dam. After the Yuan Dynasty unified China, in order to realize the South-to-North Grain Transfer through the Sui Canal, it became a top priority to solve the problem of land and water transportation in Shandong. Guo Shoujing, the leader of the Yuan Dynasty, came up with a way. Guo Shoujing adopted the method of digging canals in the low-lying plain of western Shandong, leading Sishui and Wenshui to the south of Jining and entering the Huaihe River, then opening a new river at the confluence, dividing the water to the north through the "Wangnanshui Ridge" and digging Huitong River leading from Jeju River to Linqing, thus solving the problem of poor shipping. However, this situation lasted less than a hundred years. Due to frequent breaches of the Yellow River, serious siltation in canals and insufficient water flow in rivers gradually formed, which seriously affected the transportation of grain from south to north to ensure Kyoto, and dredging rivers became a top priority. Song Li, Minister of Industry and Industry of the Yuan Dynasty, took the advice of Bai Ying, a farmer's water conservancy expert, and built a dam on the Dawen River in Dongping to intercept the water from the newly dug Xiaowen River to the top of Wangnanling Mountain in Wenshang. By building a sluice to control the north-south water diversion, Brunei's water will be diverted from north to south, which is called "seven-divided emperor and three-divided south" to raise the water level of the canal. At the same time, Wang Nan, Anshan, Machang, Zhaoyang and other lakes will be transformed into "water tanks" for free water storage, and spring water from Yanzhou, Qingzhou and Jeju will be introduced to supplement the canal water source, effectively solving the "bottleneck" of the canal, that is, the problem that Wang Nan is blocked from going northward because of its high terrain, and realizing the long-term smooth flow of the canal. The key project of this project is Daicun Dam. Daicunba was built in the ninth year of Yongle (14 1 1) and has been repaired and strengthened many times. The whole dam is north-south, slightly solitary, with its arch back facing the water. The dam type structure of Daicun Dam is divided into three sections, with roller dam in the south, rock dam in the middle and Linglong dam in the north. Among the three dam sections, the Linglong dam in the north section is 10 cm higher than the roller compacted dam in the south section, and the rockfill dam in the middle section is 20 cm higher than the roller compacted dam, forming an asymmetrical concave shape on both sides and a convex shape in the middle. In this way, the three dams can discharge flood by stages, so as to achieve the purpose of flood discharge and overflow prevention, and to store wenshui for economic transportation. In the second year of Qing Daoguang (1822), a concrete dam with a height of 2 meters and a length of 260 meters was built in the northeast of the dam. When the overflow level of the stone dam exceeds 2 meters, the dam automatically discharges water, which skillfully plays the role of flood discharge and dam protection. Between the stone dam and the concrete dam, there is a dam about 1,000 meters long in the northeast and southwest, which is called Tai Huang dike. The water facing the dam is made of stones. The function of this dike is that when the water volume is too large and fierce in the wet season, the head will hit the wall and flow southward, thus slowing down the water flow and ensuring the flood discharge safety of the main dam. The total length of Daicun Dam from north to south is about 3000m, and the width of dam crest is about10m. At the intersection of Dawen River and Daqing River, like a long dragon lying in the waves, like a caged tiger, it is extremely magnificent. Daicun Dam plays an important role. It can be said that without Daicun Dam, there would be no smooth flow of Shandong Canal and no prosperity of water transportation in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The brilliant idea of Daicun Dam, like the Dujiangyan project of Li Bing and his son in Sichuan, can be called the first-class great idea in the history of water conservancy construction in the world. Its exquisite design, exquisite manufacture, exquisite application and accurate water distribution fully show the high wisdom of the Chinese nation and have been highly praised by international water conservancy experts. For a long time, it has enjoyed the reputation of "the second Dujiangyan in China". In fact, in my opinion, Daicun Dam is much bigger than Dujiangyan, and it only plays a role of regional diversion in water conservancy. The practical function of Daicunba not only ensured the transportation of grain from the south to the north to help the capital, but also benefited the rule of feudal dynasty and the unity of the country politically, and promoted the great exchange between the north and the south and the cultural and psychological identity of all ethnic groups culturally, thus forming a long-term social stability since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has avoided the division and chaos of the three countries, the north and the south, and the chaos of the five countries in history. For the country, this is more important than any economic interest.

Pearl of the canal.-maybe. The opening of the Grand Canal left Dongping with another huge cultural heritage: Zhoucheng. Zhoucheng, originally the old city of Dongping, was built in Song Xianping for three years (1000) and has always been the resident of Dongping prefecture, province, prefecture and county. It is an ancient cultural city with a history of thousands of years. The rise and fall of cities is closely related to the rise and fall of canals. During the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, cities prospered, and it was also the time when the Grand Canal ran through. During the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Dongping Road was established in the Yuan Dynasty, and it was strictly the general manager of Dongping Road. According to "Dongping County Records", at this time, Dongping Dao led 54 counties, which was the period with the largest jurisdiction in the history of Dongping organizational system and the period when the city's economy and culture reached its peak. During this period, merchants from prefectures and cities gathered and all walks of life flourished; There are many shops and workshops dotted around; There are many sails on the canal, and the shafts are connected to each other. The horns ring and the lights are on day and night. Cars and horses are noisy and goods are piling up on the shore. Peanuts, cotton, cloth, cattail and other local agricultural and sideline products are continuously exported to all directions; Tea, silk, bamboo and sugar in the south; Leather goods, coal, wood and sundries in the north are gathered here through the canal, and then dispersed throughout the country through the canal. Businessmen from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Shanxi, Qin and other places flooded into the city, and buildings and halls of various chambers of commerce stood beside the river. Gold shops, banks, bookstores, Bizhuang, restaurants, theaters, pharmacies and teahouses are all over the city. As a result, the famous Italian tourist Kyle Poirot praised in his travel notes, "This is a magnificent and beautiful metropolis with rich commodities and handicrafts. Ships in the river are woven, and it will be surprising to see the tonnage and quantity of these ships loaded with priceless goods. " The poet Gao Shi wrote a poem of praise, "Looking at the high city for a long time, the sound of the city is vast and noisy." The city is not only economically developed, but also culturally prosperous. Dongping Road has been under the jurisdiction of Yan and his son for half a century. The society is stable, the official school is prosperous, the talents in the north and the south are abundant, and there are many salty cities. A group of Dongping writers, represented by Gao Wenxiu, a great dramatist, appeared all over the city, singing and dancing day and night, making Dongping a famous hometown of traditional operas and an important town of zaju in northern China except metropolis. In particular, Fu Xue's prosperity has trained a large number of talents, and there is even a saying that "half of the DPRK officials go to Dongping". What makes Dongping people proud is that Wang Zhen, a great scientist, was born in Yuan Dynasty, and his Agricultural Book became a masterpiece in the history of world agriculture. At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, Luo Guanzhong, the author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin, appeared, forming four rare wonders of classical novels in the history of China literature. In this bustling city, ancient buildings abound. Famous temples include Confucian Temple, Guandi Temple, Fire Temple, City God Temple, Zhenwu Temple and so on. Hoonji, mosque; Zhuangyuanfu; Shanshan Guild Hall and various memorial archways, such as Liang Hao and Gu Liang's memorial archway in Song Dynasty, and Longmen Lian Yue memorial archway in Wujin and Wuzhi, are called "seventy-two". There are also many ancient sites branded with canal culture and so on. The ecological environment of the ancient city is very good. According to Qing Daoguang's Dongping County Records, Huitong River has many famous springs, including Banmu Spring, Youlongquan Spring, Shuangming Spring, Wang Yongquan and Shenjing Spring. There are many springs and forests. After the summer, on both sides of the canal, by the spring, poplars and green willows cover the sky; Strange flowers and different grasses compete for beauty. Tourists enjoy the scenery, wandering in the Woods, listening to birds and watching the sails on the river, just like painting. Therefore, Dongping County in the Republic of China is very beautiful, and it is "the turn of summer and autumn, not inferior to Jiangnan".

Dongping Lake is a provincial-level scenic spot integrated with the Grand Canal. Historically, after the Grand Canal entered Dongping, it was basically parallel to the Daqing River where Daimiao Township flowed into the Yellow River today, but it did not intersect. Now Dongping Lake is actually a low-lying Shui Ze before Daqing River entered the Yellow River. When Dongping Lake Reservoir was built in 1950s, the Grand Canal and Daqing River entered the Yellow River and became the largest plain reservoir in the Central Plains-Dongping Lake. So it can be said that Dongping Lake culture, that is, the Grand Canal culture. At present, more than 30 miles along the lake, from Da 'anshan to Daijiamiao, used to be the prosperous zone of commerce, trade, economy and folk art of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. Qing Daoguang's "Dongping Zhouzhi" records that Daanshan and Daijiamiao have river gates respectively, and there are masters specializing in this position. Both of them are land and water terminals where merchants come and go, everything gathers, goods are distributed, and business is booming. In the summer of 2007, when I was doing a survey of the Grand Canal, I heard from villagers who had worked as canal boatmen in Da 'anshan that the village was built next to the canal, with 72 hutongs leading to it. There used to be ten streets in Daijia Temple, and each street led to the canal. The city is full of pearls and pearls, with numerous households, and its economy and culture are extremely prosperous. At that time, there was a saying among the people, "From Da 'anshan to Daimiao, I stayed up all night. "It means that between the two big docks, there are many masts on the river, the lights are intertwined, and the city is boiling like day. According to an 80-year-old boatman who spent most of his life on the canal, at that time, there were at most 48 fleets on the canal (each fleet 100). As you can imagine, 5,000 grain carriers hang their sails high and walk with their tails between their legs, like dragons roaming, without seeing the beginning and the end. What a spectacular sight! Therefore, "Huihe Fanying" has become one of the eight ancient scenic spots in Dongping, and it still remains in the memory of people on both sides of the canal. After the integration of rivers and lakes, Dongping Lake has a total area of 627 square kilometers and a water storage capacity of 4 billion cubic meters. At present, the water surface is more than 200 square kilometers all the year round. It has become a scenic spot surrounded by green hills, green willows hanging down the shore, blue waves of reeds and seagulls flying into the sky. It is a beautiful picture of nature. Dongping Lake is rich in aquatic resources. According to the survey, there are more than 60 species of aquatic animals such as fish and shellfish, and more than 40 species of aquatic plants in the lake, with an annual output of more than 3,000 tons. Dongping Lake is surrounded by mountains, and Lashan National Forest Park is the most famous. It is a famous Taoist mountain, and there are many historical sites on the mountain, such as Sanqing Palace, Tibetan Classics Pavilion, ancient stage, Jade Emperor Hall and so on. Jianfu Temple in Liugongshan, adjacent to Lashan, is the birthplace of meridians, one of the four major folk martial arts in China. Up to now, there are still relics such as the hero of the Water Margin and Lu, the founder of Meridian Liuzhu. There is an island in the lake called Wuyingshan. Legend has it that this place was once the hiding place of the heroes of the Water Margin, and now it is renamed Juyi Island. There are many cultural relics on the island, including Cangmei Temple, classical tombs, Bell and Drum Tower, etc. Juyi Island is an ideal summer resort. Here, Xia Feng is blowing, and the night is as cool as autumn; The island shore is long and white as snow, making it an excellent natural bathing beach. There are also many precious cultural relics and historic sites around Dongping Lake, such as Baifoshan Sui Dynasty Giant Buddha, Daotunwa National Wetland Park, Cliff Stone Carvings of Hongding Mountain in the North Dynasty, Cliff Stone Carvings of Silishan Mountain, and the Tomb of Chu Wangba in the old county.

In a word, Dongping's canal culture is rich and colorful. It is an extremely valuable cultural wealth left by history to our contemporary people.

Significance, Principles and Measures of Building Dongping Canal Cultural and Natural Landscape Belt

Dongping County Party Committee and Dongping County People's Government believe that the canal culture is a huge human resource. Doing this great article well will not only bring great social benefits, but also considerable economic benefits, which is of immeasurable practical significance to promoting and developing the county economy.

The construction of canal humanistic natural scenic spot can meet people's demand for material and cultural life and directly serve the construction of harmonious society. With the continuous improvement of people's material living standards, people's choices for spiritual life are getting wider and wider, and their needs are getting higher and higher. Fashion entertainment, leisure entertainment and cultural entertainment are accepted by more and more people. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which runs thousands of miles north and south of China, has formed a canal culture with unique connotation in the long process of social development. It covers a large area and has a wide influence, which is also very attractive and penetrating to people's cultural consciousness. To explore and carry forward the canal culture is to carry forward the traditional excellent national culture. In today's international economic integration, foreign culture is eroding local culture day by day, and the culture in the social transition period is diversified and blended. It is of great practical significance to awaken people's awareness of awe, protection and inheritance of excellent culture, and it is also an indispensable factor in building a harmonious society.

The construction of canal culture and natural scenic spots is an indispensable part in the development of local tourism. Canal culture is an open culture across regions and time and space. It absorbs the cultures of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, and integrates the regional cultures of wuyue, Chuxiang, Qilu and Zhao Yan. It strengthened the psychological identity of the people of all ethnic groups on both sides of the canal by flowing through history and Taoism, and played an inestimable role in promoting national unity and national unity. At the same time, it has greatly enriched Chinese culture and left countless cultural treasures. After entering the 2 1 century, after 30 years of reform and opening-up, China's tourism industry has become a pillar industry of economic development. Culture is the soul of tourism and an indispensable factor in building a tourism brand. Lack of cultural tourism resources is destined not to become a hot spot for tourists. With its unique cultural connotation and lasting vitality, the cultural relics and historic sites left by the canal site will show strong magnetism, and every scenic spot built will become a place for people to visit. As a typical practice and outstanding creation of China's ancient philosophy of "harmony between man and nature", the canal has been recognized as a "living cultural heritage". The construction of canal culture and natural scenic spots will surely become inexhaustible resources to promote the sustainable development of tourism. Especially in Dongping, there are relics of Dongping Lake and Guliangshanpo, which are precious resources that gave birth to the world-famous water margin story. The construction of canal culture and natural landscape belt will become a hot spot on the water margin cultural tourism line.

The construction of the canal humanistic natural landscape belt can effectively protect the intangible cultural heritage on both sides of the canal. For hundreds of years, the intangible cultural heritage characterized by folk culture along the Dongping Canal has been an important part of the canal culture. For example, popular folk customs on both sides of the canal, such as worshipping river gods, dragon boat racing, walking on stilts, lion dancing, folk martial arts, lantern festivals and so on. In the past, due to the decline of the canal, these precious intangible cultures tended to be deserted or even lost. Through the construction of the canal humanistic natural scenery belt, these folk cultures can be effectively protected from being discarded under the impact of powerful modern fashion culture, and these folk cultures with strong national characteristics can become the most dynamic and unique cultural form that attracts tourists' attention. For example, in Daijiamiao village, which used to be a canal pier, the people have always maintained a strong martial arts habit. Every year in the tourist season, martial arts lovers have to show their faces in Dongping Lake Scenic Area, which is very popular among tourists. The construction of the canal cultural natural scenic spot can not only fully protect many intangible cultural heritages accompanying the canal, but also play an irreplaceable role in tourism.

The construction of the Canal Cultural Natural Scenic Area is beneficial to the rescue and protection of the Canal Cultural Sites. Due to the long-term interruption of the Dongping section of the canal, many people in the villages on both sides of the river have changed from fishermen to farmers. Villages and towns that used to be important distribution centers for goods or prosperous water docks have gradually become lonely, desolate and declining because they have lost the specific conditions for economic and cultural development. On the surface, this is a historic change, but in fact it is the disappearance of countless cultural heritages. Don't say that a city, even a market town pier, contains a lot of political, economic, cultural, military and other information about human life. With the relentless abandonment, all this information will disappear. For example, Daanshan and Daijia Temple in Dongping were once very prosperous docks on both sides of the canal. On the canal line of Ming and Qing dynasties for hundreds of years, it can be said that "everyone knows you". With the interruption of the canal, these once-dotted docks have long been eclipsed and turned into ordinary villages, and some even can't see the shadow of the canal. The construction of the Canal Cultural Natural Scenic Area, through measures such as protection and development, can make these important canal cultural sites be rescued, rejuvenated and serve the reality.

The construction of canal culture and natural scenic spots is conducive to the harmonious coexistence between people and the environment. After the Dongping section of the canal was cut off, after nearly half a century of changes, especially after the Dazhai Movement in the 1960s and 1970s, the old canal road was completely unrecognizable. In some places, rivers are filled and banks are destroyed. Brick factories are widely built in the adjacent reaches of Dongping, Wenshang and Liangshan counties, which cause the canal limbs to break. Since the reform and opening up, township enterprises have sprung up everywhere, which is a good thing, but environmental protection has been ignored. In some places, the old canal road has been regarded as a natural garbage dump and sewage pit, which has caused serious pollution to the canal and serious damage to the ecological environment. The construction of the canal's humanistic natural scenic spot is conducive to repairing the damaged environment, reappearing the beautiful scenery of trees, birds and fish and shrimp on both sides of the canal, and realizing the harmony between man and nature.

Several basic principles for the construction of Dongping Canal Cultural and Natural Scenic Area. First, the principle of combining short-term development with long-term construction. The Dongping section of the canal is 30 kilometers long, and it is difficult to comprehensively manage it in a short time or even more than ten years only by county finance. What can we do? We can only focus on development. We should implement strict protection measures for the river sections that are not developed for the time being, maintain the status quo, and put an end to the destruction of all purposes. After the national East Route Project of South-to-North Water Transfer is fully implemented, it will be planned and utilized as a whole. The second is the principle of gradual progress to prevent blind development. There are many places to choose from in Dongping section of the Canal, which are distributed in six towns along the route, and each town has a canal cultural site. In order to prevent blind development, the county unified the development order. Third, strictly abide by the law on the protection of cultural relics, repair the old as the old, and do not cause new damage due to development. Dongping county party committee and government attach great importance to the cultural heritage and cultural relics of the canal, and believe that the canal culture belongs to the spiritual wealth of all mankind and must be well protected, publicized and utilized. All canal cultural resources belonging to cultural relics must be guided by relevant experts and respect their opinions in the development process. Fourth, it is conducive to the integration of resources, key investment, short-term results and other principles.

Form a good pattern of harmonious coexistence and optimized development of humanities, ecology and tourism.

The development and utilization of the canal is a systematic project, and developers should have enthusiasm and patience. Both financial resources and wisdom are needed; Only on the scientific track, combining various favorable conditions and mobilizing all positive factors can we build a good pattern of harmonious coexistence and optimized development of humanities, ecology and tourism. In order to achieve this goal, Dongping County Committee of the Communist Party of China, on the basis of investigation and demonstration, combined with the development of tourism in the county, formulated the general policy of "scientific planning, comprehensive layout, highlighting key points and developing by stages". It is not enough to have a general policy, but also to have sufficient funds as a guarantee, otherwise, even the best ideas can only be castles in the air. Historically, Dongping was an agricultural county with poor financial resources. How to expand financing channels and ensure the smooth development and construction? The county party Committee adopted four measures: first, make full use of the policy to win a little from the state; Second, the county finance set up special funds to ensure the implementation of the project; Third, formulate specific policies for investment beneficiaries and those who attract foreign investment and social idle funds; Fourth, do a good job in the construction of key projects and use the recovered funds to continue to invest in the development and construction of new projects. These measures have achieved good results.

First of all, the county party committee has made clear the strategic thinking for the development of grand tourism, and accelerated the construction of scenic spots according to the theme positioning of "Hometown of Water Margin, Jiangbei Fishing Village" and the market positioning of "Pushing Water Margin Culture Far and Pushing Leisure Vacation Near", with the goal of striving for a strong national tourism county and building a well-known domestic tourist destination. Drawing lessons from the general plan of Bai Ying, a farmer water conservancy expert in history, we will divert water from Wenzhou to Dongping New City and turn the county into a "water city". Daicunba, a famous canal in history, is located five kilometers east of the county seat, and its upstream channel is Dawen River, which originated in Laishan, Thailand, with a drainage area of 1 10,000 square kilometers. Dawen River has excellent water quality and abundant water resources. It flows into Dongping Lake through the Daqing River downstream, which provides a unique condition for Dongping to use this natural water resources. Since the beginning of this year, the county has invested hundreds of millions of yuan to build a water diversion project in the upper reaches of Daicunba. At present, more than half of the project is completed, and it is expected to be completed before the National Day. At the same time, the county party Committee plans to invest a total of 2 billion yuan to carry out comprehensive dredging and reconstruction of the waterway from Daicunba to Dongping Lake and from the Grand Canal to the Yellow River with a total length of about 150 km. At present, the 40km reach from Daicunba to Dongping Lake has been dredged, and there are 15 wharf nodes and more than 40 scenic spots along the coast, some of which have been completed and some are still under construction. The newly-built "Qinghe Park" and tourist wharf at the south exit of the county seat allow visitors to go straight to Dongping Lake by boat. Along this scenic belt in the upper reaches of the water, they can enjoy the idyllic scenery of green grass, flocks of cattle and sheep, the shadows of crows and the fragrance of frost bridges on both sides of Daqing River, and also enjoy the charming wetland scenery of Dongping Lake. At the same time, Daicunba Leisure Amusement Park, Luo Guanzhong Memorial Hall, Luo Guanzhong's hometown archway, Daotunwa City Wetland Park, Water Forest Amusement Park, Canal Fishing Village, Fisherman's Style Garden and other scenic spots are under construction.

Secondly, invest a lot of money to rescue and protect the Pearl City of the Canal. As mentioned earlier, can was once a thousand-year-old city. In the development and construction of the Canal Culture and Natural Landscape Belt, the Dongping County Party Committee and County People's Government of China regard the restoration of the historical features of the Canal as the highlight of the construction of the Canal Culture Landscape Belt, and also as the top priority of integrating the county's tourism resources. At the beginning of the year, the county government set up an expert group to make a comprehensive plan for the city according to the records of Dongping House in Qing Dynasty, and identified more than 30 scenic spots that need to be rebuilt, namely, four city gate towers, eight-mile-long Song Dynasty streets, Confucian temples, fire temples, sex temples and 65,438+00 memorial archways in history. For all scenic spots, it is decided to raise funds, attract investment and land in the city. The first phase of the project invested 300 million yuan to build Song Street with a total length of 4,300 meters, connecting the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the south and Dongping Lake in the north, which is divided into three functional areas: leisure, sightseeing and service. At the same time, repair and improve the canal relics Yongji Bridge and mosque; Rebuild the North Gate Building, Zhuangyuan Building, Longmen Lian Yue Square, Shengping Ren Rui Square, Jinshi, Square and other cultural relics; The streets are all paved with bluestone slabs, and the buildings along the streets are developed in accordance with the style of the Song Dynasty, reappearing the bustling scene of the market in the Song Dynasty. The second phase of the project invested 450 million yuan to rebuild the long-established walls of Dongping House, Confucian Temple, Hongji, Guandi Temple and Laochengmen, repair the moat and build a tourist pier. The third phase of the project will invest 500 million yuan to comprehensively transform the urban area, reproduce the historical features of the old streets and lanes such as Guandimiao Street, Miao Wen Street, Meng Jia Street and Baiyitang Street, build a cultural square, imitate the high-end residential quarters and high-end hotels in the Song Dynasty, and create the harmonious beauty of Song Cheng in the Millennium. After three years, the historical landscape of the Pearl City of the Canal can basically be restored. At present, the project is progressing smoothly, and three famous historical buildings, namely Shengping Square, Longmen Square and Jinshiji Square, have been installed. Dongping Lake Tourist Wharf outside the North Gate has been built. With a history of more than 500 years, the Canal Mosque has invested more than 600,000 yuan in the county finance, renovated the Hall of the Great Hero and added rooms, which revived this exquisite ancient building. Zhoucheng is the hometown of Wan Li, former chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), and the former residence of Wan Li. It is not only the precious spiritual wealth of Dongping people, but also an important red tourism resource. Wan Li's former residence, covering an area of about 3,000 square meters, is also being planned and implemented. The city is surrounded by water, with reeds and green willows. It is a typical water city, once known as "Venice of the East". After the historical restoration of the city, the original moats and ponds will focus on developing sightseeing agriculture and planting Puwei lotus flowers, reappearing the beautiful scenery recorded in Dongping County Records of the Republic of China, which is "at the turn of summer and autumn, lotus flowers are half the city, fishing boats sing late, and the scenery is as beautiful as Jiangnan". We are convinced that after the completion of the third phase of the project, with the rise of the Canal Cultural Tour and the Water Margin Cultural Tour, Zhoucheng will surely become a unique tourist attraction on the Canal Tourism Line.

Third, strive to build the tourism brand of Dongping Lake. Dongping Lake, which is rich in the connotation of canal culture and water margin culture, is the largest tourism resource in Dongping and the leading project of canal cultural tourism. Dongping County Party Committee and government have always regarded Dongping Lake as the strategic focus of tourism industrialization construction. In the case of insufficient financial resources in the county, the Dongping Lake Scenic Area and Lashan National Forest Park were designed and developed in a way of "attracting investment and development, mutual benefit and win-win", and the ancient buildings such as Cangmei Temple and Bell and Drum Tower on Juyi Island were successively restored, as well as cottages and water villages built according to the classical novel Water Margin. This year, through expert evaluation, the canal wetland, namely Dongping Lake wetland, is regarded as the core area of tourism development, and idle resources are integrated. In Wangtai, Dongping Lake, the "Shuihu Ancient Town" is planned to be built, which is not only a film and television base, but also a large-scale tourist dock and leisure and entertainment place. It is basically completed at present. With the construction of Dongping Lake Scenic Area, many projects such as the tourist pier along Daqing River, the high-grade sightseeing road from the county to Dongping Lake, and the sightseeing road around the lake are under construction. Yu Meng, which used to be an important pier of the Canal, is planning to build a Canal Cultural Amusement Park and develop leisure tourism projects with fishing, ling picking, wooden boat tour, water sports and canal-flavored snacks as the main contents.

After the implementation of all these projects, Dongping's ecological environment will be fundamentally improved, tourism will have a brand-new landscape, and the economic benefits of tourism will be greatly improved. A good environment for people to live in harmony with nature is accelerating. Dongping is the development and construction site of canal culture and natural scenic spots. In three or four years, a total of more than 5 billion will be invested. This year, the actual investment was 654.38+0.2 billion yuan, which improved the tourism industry from the quantity and quality of scenic spots. This great planning, layout and boldness of vision have brought huge economic returns. Since last year, the number of tourists has continued to explode, and tourism revenue has also increased significantly.

At present, the construction of Dongping Canal cultural and natural landscape belt is still in its infancy. However, we firmly believe that with the in-depth excavation and continuous improvement of the canal culture, a boutique-level tourist belt with Dongping Lake as the core and fully embodying the characteristics of the canal culture will surely appear in southern Shandong and become the first choice for tourists. □