Source: Beijing Daily
Original Title: The World Heritage Conference Side Event Boosts Beijing’s Central Axis Application to Start a New Exploration of Urban Historic Landscape Protection
On July 17, the 44th World Heritage Conference “Urban Historic Landscape Protection and Sustainable Development” side event was held in Fuzhou. Well-known cultural heritage protection experts at home and abroad conducted online discussions, showcased the achievements of the famous city protection, and boosted the Beijing central axis application. Legacy protection. Experts participating in the meeting said that with the guidance of the protection of Beijing’s central axis, Beijing has made useful explorations in the overall protection and organic renewal of the old city.
This side event was co-sponsored by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Beijing Municipal People’s Government and took the form of an online conference. At the meeting, the research results of the protection management and application for the Beijing Central Axis became a hot spot for all parties. Lu Zhou, director of the National Heritage Center of Tsinghua University, interpreted the cultural heritage value of Beijing’s central axis. In recent years, Beijing has achieved remarkable results in promoting the overall protection of the old city with its central axis. Based on sustainable development and protecting the integrity of the city’s historical landscape, it has successively formulated and implemented the “Regulations on the Protection of Beijing’s Famous Historical and Cultural Cities” and compiled the “Beijing Central “Guidelines for Urban Design for the Control of Axis Style and Features” promotes the legislative work on the protection of cultural heritage on the central axis of Beijing, covers the scope of historical and cultural cities in all administrative areas of Beijing, implements the overall pattern protection of the old city and the renovation of the historical environment, which continues and demonstrates the gentle opening , A magnificent and orderly spatial order; a people-centered, organic combination of the protection of the urban historical landscape and scientific use, through the retreat and repair of cultural relics, eliminate hidden dangers of cultural relics safety, expand the area of open areas, improve the quality of life of residents, and promote the realization of the whole people Co-construction and sharing; based on cultural diversity, promote the inclusive and symbiosis of urban tradition and modernity, material and non-material culture, restore the historical regulation of “one acre and three divisions of land” in Xiannongtan, open up the obstruction point of the central axis visual gallery, and reproduce the one-axis connection Historical landscape of north and south. Lu Zhou believes that the current Beijing’s old city protection practice guided by Beijing’s central axis application for heritage is highly compatible with the urban historical landscape protection concepts and methods advocated by UNESCO, and will promote further exploration of Beijing’s urban historical landscape protection. .
Dong Wei, the host of the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Resources Management, believes that the central axis of Beijing is a typical manifestation of the city’s historical changes, and a living heritage of the city. The remains of various eras can be seen along the central axis and on both sides. “The sustainable development of the city in the historical process is very clearly expressed in the system of the central axis, which gives the city a historical diversity and richness.”
“As a Beijinger, I really feel that our environment has become better. The newly built buildings and infrastructure are in harmony with the style and appearance of the ancient capital. This transformation is a gradual and meticulous process that highlights Beijing. The rich history and profound cultural heritage.” Zheng Jun, a researcher at the China Cultural Heritage Research Institute, said that in the process of protecting historical and cultural cities and applying for heritage on the central axis, Beijing has always emphasized “people-centered” and fully considered cultural heritage. The value and significance to people, the cultural heritage is regarded as an important resource for urban culture and economic development; the protection and activation of cultural heritage are used as a medium and means to improve the quality of public life, so that citizens can truly feel the benefits of protection. “Citizens gradually understand and support the protection of cultural heritage, and then actively participate in it. At the same time, all cultural relics retreats and repairs and other projects have complied with the principles of cultural relics protection, achieving a win-win effect of cultural heritage protection and improvement of citizens’ living standards.”
At the meeting, more than ten well-known international experts in the field of cultural heritage protection shared the heritage protection cases of historical cities such as Beijing in China, Rome in Italy, Kyoto in Japan, and Brasilia in Brazil, and discussed in depth the effective ways and means of urban historical landscape protection, as well as Promote the scientific concepts and ideas of urban historical landscape protection within the framework of the World Heritage Convention. The meeting brought together the opinions and suggestions of international authoritative professional institutions and experts, which expanded the international influence of Beijing’s central axis, and provided useful reference for further improving the protection capacity and level of my country’s urban historical landscape and promoting the Beijing central axis’s application for heritage. (Li Qiyao)
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