Good news! Yuzhong District focuses on building historical and cultural blocks

This newspaper (reporter Yang Jun, intern Deng Youshanjie) The reporter recently learned from Yuzhong District that in order to protect the historical and cultural sites in the lower half of Yuzhong District, let more citizens and foreign tourists feel and taste the old Chongqing's style, Yuzhong District is focusing on building a historical and cultural district with 10 traditional style areas, 10 characteristic old neighborhoods, and 10 old mountain towns. Areas such as Shibati and Baixiang Street that citizens are concerned about are all in this column.

The lower half of the city refers to a section of the old city along the north bank of the Yangtze River in Yuzhong District. The entire lower half of the city has rich historical and cultural heritage. There are 61 cultural relics from various periods, including 14 national-level cultural relics, 20 municipal-level cultural relics, 6 district-level cultural relics, and 21 unclassified cultural relics, accounting for 10% of the total in Yuzhong. 35.9% of the total number of cultural relics in the district. It is worth mentioning that the old city gates such as Chaotianmen, Wanglongmen, and Nanjimen, which are familiar to citizens, are also located in the lower half of the city.

As a national civilized urban area, Yuzhong District’s urban civilization improvement project has achieved certain results in recent years. However, with the acceleration of urban development, the infrastructure in the lower half of the city is old and the social public service facilities are weak. The situation is becoming increasingly apparent. In order to change the old urban appearance of the lower half of the city, while protecting, developing and inheriting the historical context and avoiding large-scale demolition and construction, Yuzhong District has specially established a historical and cultural block construction management committee to be responsible for coordinating the promotion of the lower half of the city. Development and construction, industrial development and investment promotion work.

Yuzhong District is focusing on building 10 traditional areas such as Huguang Guild Hall, Shibati, and Baixiang Street; 10 characteristic old neighborhoods such as Luzu Temple, Shengli Road, and Loquat Mountain; Jiaxi Village, International Village, Jintang Street and other 10 old communities in mountain cities. The relevant person in charge of Yuzhong District said that these traditional areas, characteristic old streets, and old mountain communities will reflect Chongqing's Bayu culture, immigrant culture, and port opening culture in different characteristic forms. For example, the Eighteen Staircases mainly display the "ladder-style" architectural style of the mountain city; Hongyadong mainly displays the characteristic "diaojiaolou"; Datong Street mainly displays European-style buildings during the Republic of China. Walking around, people can fully feel the history of Chongqing's urban development and appreciate the humanistic style of Bayu.

The person in charge also said that while building a historical and cultural district, the overall image of the lower half of the city will also be "upgraded." For example, improving the pavement of some residential areas, rectifying the surrounding illegal vendors, etc. This will not only make the lower half of the city more tidy and orderly, facilitate the later maintenance and upkeep of the historical district, but also improve the overall image of Yuzhong District and help Yuzhong District once again builds a civilized urban area.

Tao Changhai, Secretary of the Yuzhong District Party Committee, said that Yuzhong District has accumulated a profound historical and cultural heritage and carries the memory of this city, which is worth savoring by everyone. In the construction of the lower half of the city, Yuzhong District will fully protect and make good use of historical and cultural resources. At the same time, we will also combine the characteristics of each scenic area, neighborhood, and old community to create unique cultural brands, and implement scenic spots and scenic spots to facilitate citizens and tourists to experience old Chongqing.

It is understood that the Huguang Guild Hall is currently undergoing renovation of the exterior and interior walls of the building, with it as the core to renovate the Xie Family Courtyard, Hu Hu’ang’s former residence, the Ming and Qing Inn, etc., which will be completed before the Spring Festival in 2017 Open for street operation, the overall shape of the area is expected to be basically completed by the end of 2017. At the same time, the second phase of Baixiang Street Scenic Area has started construction and is scheduled to take initial shape by the end of next year. The first phase is scheduled to open for operation in May next year. The Shibati traditional style area, which citizens are concerned about, will reproduce the life scenes of "old Chongqing" residential buildings. It is planned to initially reveal the overall style of the core area by the end of 2017.