The ancient capital city ranks third in the comprehensive ranking of international influence What are the plus points for Chengdu

Sands' first digital cultural creation product

The "Moon Full Of Golden Sands" mooncake is designed with the most distinctive cultural relics of the six golden sands, such as the gold ornaments of the sun god bird and the frog-shaped gold leaf

Wuhou Ancestral Hall

On the 18th, Chengdu strength circle fans. On the morning of the same day, the 2020 China Ancient Capital Cities International Influence Assessment Report (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") was released in Beijing, and Chengdu, as one of the 27 ancient capital cities on the list, ranked third in the comprehensive ranking of international influence. After more than 2,300 years of unchanged city names, Chengdu's continuous history and modern water and milk blend, so that Chengdu has a consistent cultural temperament and cultural heritage. Chengdu, which is making every effort to build a world cultural city, integrates traditional flavor and international style into a symphony of culture.

It has a long history

Five generations of ancient Shu kings have built their capital in Chengdu

In the "Report" released on the 18th, as an ancient capital city in China, Chengdu was on the list, ranking third in the comprehensive ranking of the international influence of ancient capital cities, second only to Beijing and Xi'an.

In October 2016, Chengdu was selected as one of The "Great Ancient Capitals" of China by the Society of Ancient Capitals of China. Chengdu is not only a historical and cultural city with more than 4,500 years of urban civilization, but also one of the oldest capital cities in China: from the ancient city of Baodun to the ruins of Jinsha, in the pre-Qin period, five generations of ancient Shu kings established the capital city in Chengdu, creating a splendid Baodun civilization, Sanxingdui civilization and Jinsha civilization, and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River centered on Chengdu became one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization.

Chengdu has always been an important political, economic and cultural center in the southwest region. With developed agriculture, prosperous commerce and trade, and prosperous culture, Chengdu became one of the five major industrial and commercial cities in the country during the Han Dynasty, and the only southern industrial and commercial center city among the "five capitals".

In the Tang Dynasty, Chengdu created economic and cultural splendor and became one of the most developed industrial and commercial cities in China, known in history as "Yang Yi Yi Yi Er", which was called the national central city at that time. On the basis of the high prosperity of the commodity economy in the Tang Dynasty, shu merchants in the Song Dynasty invented the world's first paper money interchange, which had a huge impact and confirmed the development of commerce in ancient Chengdu.

Inherit innovation

Remarkable achievements have been made in archaeological discoveries and the preservation of cultural relics

The reporter noted that in the sub-ranking of the inheritance and innovation degree of the "Report", Chengdu ranked fourth.

Chengdu not only has rich cultural heritage resources, but also has made remarkable achievements in archaeological discoveries and cultural relics protection in recent years - Chengdu currently has a total of 627 cultural relics protection units at all levels, the number of cultural relics protection units ranks third in the country, 259,000 state-owned movable cultural relics / set, a total of 160 museums in the city; the city's existing intangible cultural heritage representative projects 230 items, 12 traditional craft industry clusters have been basically formed.

Chengdu is also one of the six major areas of national large ruins identified and supported by the state. Jinsha Ruins, Chengdu Ancient Shu Ship Coffin Tomb, Qiong Kiln, Chengdu Plain Prehistoric City Site, Ming Shu King Mausoleum Group, Tea Horse Ancient Road are included in the list of 150 important sites in the country. Among them, the three key cultural relics protection units of Donghuamen Ruins, Wuhou Ancestral Hall and Du Fu Caotang were included in the list of Shu Dao's application for heritage.

In recent years, Chengdu archaeological excavations have unearthed more than 200,000 precious cultural relics, more than 20 important archaeological discoveries in the country, and 6 archaeological achievements such as the prehistoric ancient city site group of the Chengdu Plain, the Jinsha site, and the Tang and Song Dynasty neighborhood sites of Jiangnanguan Street have been rated as "National Top Ten Archaeological New Discoveries", and the number of major archaeological discoveries ranks first in the country's sub-provincial cities.

It is worth mentioning that the "Top 100 Archaeological Discoveries in 100 Years" and the Excellent Project for the Protection and Display of Archaeological Sites announced by the 3rd China Archaeological Congress, the Jinsha Site in Chengdu was selected as one of the "Top 100 Archaeological Discoveries in the Past 100 Years" and the Excellent Project for the Protection and Display of Archaeological Sites. The protection and display of the Jinsha site has become a new path for Chengdu to explore the protection of sites and urban development.

International dissemination

Urban culture is deeply integrated into the international community

Chengdu ranks second in the sub-category of international integration of ancient capital cities, after Beijing. It ranked fourth in the sub-category of urban cultural dissemination.

The Chengdu Cultural And Expo System has close contacts with the international community and has a high degree of external promotion. Among them, Wuhou Cijinli was rated by CNN as the most beautiful street in the world in 2020. The "Three Kingdoms Exhibition" held by the Wuhou Ci Museum is the largest three-country themed touring exhibition since the 21st century, which has triggered a cultural upsurge of viewing the Three Kingdoms and tasting the Three Kingdoms in Japan and many places in China, such as Beijing, Shenzhen and Suzhou. Jinsha Site Museum makes full use of the construction results of the Wisdom Museum to publicize and display the ancient Shu civilization on a global scale, so that foreign audiences can also watch the precious cultural relics such as the "Sun God Bird" gold ornaments and gold masks unearthed at the Jinsha Site that have been included in the national "Cultural Relics Prohibited from Going Abroad (Border) Exhibition" list.

At the "Sichuan Province-Campania Region Cultural Heritage Conservation and Utilization Symposium" held at the Chengdu Museum, cultural preservation and archaeology experts from China and Italy gathered online to discuss the direction of digital development of cultural heritage and how to make emerging heritage such as "living heritage" sustainable.

Chengdu's international communication has also played an important role in promoting Chengdu's expansion of international influence. On December 10, Chengdu was awarded the "Top Ten Pioneer Cities of China's Comprehensive Influence of International Communication" and "Leading Cities of International Expression". Chengdu meets the interests of overseas audiences, makes good use of urban cultural symbols, and starts from Chengdu's historical and cultural symbols such as Jinsha Ruins to convey the charm of Chengdu while showing the world's famous historical and cultural cities.

Wenbo innovation

The number of museums ranks first in the country

As an ancient capital, Chengdu's cultural and expo is always full of fashion vitality. From the influencer Helios Bird Ice Cream to the collaboration with online games... In Chengdu, the international cultural and art exhibitions have been held in turn, the museum's cutting-edge technology has been continuously utilized, the museum has created new talents, and has continuously contributed hot topics to Chengdu, so that Chengdu has been hot and has long occupied the forefront of the list of major cultural tourism. The city's museums hold an average of 523 exhibitions every year, especially after the launch of special exhibitions such as "Dunhuang Art Silk Road Exhibition", "Dazu Stone Carving Exhibition" and "European Painting 500 Years Exhibition" held by the municipal state-owned museum, which has aroused widespread concern in the society and attracted more than 30 million visitors.

Chengdu cultural and cultural institutions have actively innovated ideas and launched more than 3,000 kinds of cultural IP and cultural and creative products such as "Du Fu is busy", "roaming in the Three Kingdoms" and "Ancient Shu Jinsha".

During this year's National Day holiday, various cultural activities held by major museums in Chengdu are popular with citizens and tourists. Among them, cultural and creative projects such as the Chengdu Museum's cultural and cultural exhibition, net red cultural relics, and script tours have greatly enlivened the city's cultural atmosphere. As the city with the largest number of museums in the country, Chengdu citizens going to museums has become a fashion for holidays. (Chengdu Daily reporter Wang Jia)