Grand Canal and the Silk Roads Heritage results will announced | inscription inscription | the silk road of the Grand Canal _ news

Yang Guang Beijing, June 22 (reporter Ding Fei Zhang Xiaocheng Hu Xiaohui) according to voice of reports the news vertical and horizontal, speaking of the "Silk Road" and the "Grand Canal" I believe we are not strangers, are the cultural heritage of human society has left them, their greatest relics bearing the weight of historical memory, is the brilliant mark of pioneering spirit, inclusive of all ethnic groups. However, the originally scheduled for Beijing last night announcing the Grand Canal of China and the Silk Road heritage results delayed again due to schedule delays, World Heritage Convention has not yet begun to consider projects in China. As a result, yesterday the whole process can be summed up in one word: that is, and so on.

Time starts at 8 o'clock in the evening the day before yesterday from Beijing, including 40 alternative project, China entered the most nervous is the most crucial agenda, voting by the World Heritage Committee, new world cultural heritage, and included on the World Heritage list. This year there are two projects, one is the Grand Canal, a silk road.

According to the rules, each country has declared a cultural heritage places, as a result, our quota for this year, gave the Grand Canal. And the Silk Road is and Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan jointly declared, using a Kyrgyzstan places. Full name of the project called "the Silk Road: the start point and the road of tianshan mountain corridor", 5000 km long, which means over a total length of more than 8,000 kilometres of ancient Silk Road to disconnect, intercepted the seven rivers area of Central Asia, involving three countries a total of 33 world heritage, which is 4 provinces a total of 22 World Heritage site in China. This is our first international reporting project.

At present, China has a world heritage site 45, second only to Italy, ranked second in the world. It is said that over the next few years on the tentative list, has been ranked 30 for heritage projects. Why so keen to "World Heritage site"? Put on the "World Heritage" label, and what it means for people?

Is watching TV too much, every site on the Silk Road, and there are always "through" to the ancient illusions. Standing in the desert of Northwest China desert, is also very easy to imagine that the camel herds, traders moved moved in front, carrying over its people, complete strangers, "fresh", such as silk, tea, or spices. But reporters had been puzzling is why today is so keen on "inscription". World Heritage site, what exactly changed? The thought is from Gansu province and Deputy Director of the State cultural relics Bureau Xue Jin, the start of the talks.

Xue Jin: you see there is a protected heritage zone that was built earlier, built above not has a square inscribed in the empty, then waiting to lock in yangcheng inscription after the success, the "World Heritage" logo will be engraved on it for tomorrow.

In our country in all 22 inscription point, locked in yangcheng do not know is not the most unknown, except on the day of the interview, we only saw the trickle of tourists. But here, they have a stunning military defense of the ancient city walls, well-preserved and irrigation systems. Lock in yangcheng, and for local governments, "World Heritage site" means that the site for the world knows, is the economy.

Xue Jin: in order to increase visitors and stimulate the development of local economy.

Reporter: is more than 10,000 visitors last year, after if this one WINS, expect visitors to ... ...

Xue Jin: visitors will surely grow. Inscription once successful, tourists is surging. If no inscription, at least the battery we sit today certainly does not, visit Boardwalk is certainly not, that identifies the stone for sure.

And has long been a popular attraction of Daming Palace in XI ' an have no such worries. This piece of ancient China and even the world's largest palace complex, after 17 emperors, so to speak, are nutrients the starting point of the Silk Road, all trades, Messenger contacts, decrees were issued. Arguably, there appears to be no longer in a "World Heritage" label. But President Zhou ping of the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of cultural heritage and dialogue, let reporters know that, for scholars, for archaeological research, "inscription" meant by scattered to concentrate on heritage preservation, is culture.

Zhou Ping: is the archaeology may be a discovery. But because of the inscription, we can to a general exploration of the whole, this time throughout all of this opens up is to give us a Chinese farming culture of the heyday of the Tang dynasty palace of a plane figure.

Reporter: don't see it before?

Zhou Ping: use to know, about what what what what we know dadu, we know that place is the sanqing Hall, that place is a large Buddhist temple. For us, but this time, such a complete picture in front of you, you're kind of excited, and said, Ah, that did so well! Amount to give world made one of our thousands of years of cultural or heritage and now an answer.

In the Hall of the Daming Palace, there is a real inhabitant shantytown, the humble Adobe houses, narrow and crowded inside, a dozen families share a tap and a toilet. Even right in front of you it's hard to imagine, that's 6 years ago of the Daming palace ruins. This 3.5 square kilometer site in the packed 100,000 people live, because she wants to protect cultural relics, not laying underground pipes, it was never able to enjoy modern urban infrastructure. Old Leung is one of 62 years old. Now that he's been moved to sites outside of the building. For folks and for 100,000 people, "World Heritage site" means the shantytowns to urban green lungs, is life.

Reporter: here is it?

Old beams: Ah, Yes, this is, the family homes in this, the 138th.

Reporter: it was telling when you say because this inscription?

Old beams: said. Without inscription, major said of the Daming palace ruins Park. When you look at the, our House is in that situation, and not much better either. Your personal power again, and no country has great strength, all inside the lane. I am now moving Yang Jia Zhuang, the new community, which basically does not pay a penny.

Historically, this Trans-Eurasian, lingering long Silk Road, used to benefit millions of people along, and ultimately created the prosperity of the Tang dynasty. Today, more than 1000 years, the Silk Road are being given new meaning, constant is still changing the country's economic, cultural and people's lives.

(Original title: the Grand Canal and the Silk roads heritage to the World Heritage Conference results to be announced _fin)

(Edit: SN064)
09:06 on June 22, 2014 Chinese radio network