Yesterday morning, Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director·-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and Xia Jingyuan, Special Adviser to the Director-General, visited Huzhou to investigate the protection and development of agricultural heritage and hold discussions.
Deqing pearl system
Deqing is the first place in the world to carry out the artificial cultivation of freshwater pearls. According to historical records, during the Southern Song Dynasty of China, Ye Jinyang, a person from Huzhou Prefecture, invented the technology of shelled pearl cultivation in Deqing, which opened the historical precedent of human artificial cultivation of freshwater pearls. In the past thousand years, the people of Deqing have inherited and carried forward Ye Jinyang's cultivation technology, and insisted on engaging in pearl cultivation so far, forming a unique agricultural cultural heritage system - Zhejiang Deqing freshwater pearl composite culture system.
At the meeting, the County Agriculture and Rural Bureau introduced the "Deqing Pearl System" World Heritage Project and the progress of the World Heritage Application around the characteristics of the pearl culture system, the development and construction of the whole industry chain of the pearl system, and the excavation, protection and inheritance of agricultural heritage culture.
Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, spoke highly of the protection and development of the Deqing Pearl System. She said that Deqing Pearl's scientific research investment in the promotion of agricultural heritage research and deep processing of pearls is very commendable. Deqing combines the pearl industry with education, and through the research and study activities of agricultural heritage, more people can understand the history and culture of pearl farming, and enhance people's awareness of the protection of agricultural heritage. At the same time, Deqing's scientific research investment in pearl deep processing has continuously introduced new products and technologies, improved the added value of pearls, and provided strong support for the sustainable development of the pearl industry.
In the future, Deqing County will fully explore the cultural connotation of Deqing pearls, make every effort to do a good job in the global declaration of agricultural cultural heritage, adhere to the protection in the excavation, inherit in the utilization, accelerate the promotion of the influence of pearl culture, improve the pearl industry chain, enhance the competitiveness of pearl science and technology, actively participate in cultural exchanges at home and abroad, multi-party cohesion, protection and utilization, inheritance and innovation, so that the "Deqing pearl system" glows with new vitality and shines on the international stage.
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Editor: Yu Gaolan
Editor-in-charge: Li Zhe
Review: Cheng Hao
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