The Silk Road World Heritage Application Coordination Meeting was held in Xi’an. On November 3, 2009, the four-day first meeting of the Silk Road Transnational World Heritage Application Coordination Committee was held in Xi’an. Nearly 60 government representatives, experts and scholars in cultural heritage protection and management from 15 countries including the five Central Asian countries, China, India, and Iran determined the methods and document standards for the Silk Road World Heritage application, as well as the basic principles of heritage management.
This conference was hosted by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the UNESCO World Heritage Center, and hosted by the China Ancient Sites Conservation Association and the Xi’an International Conservation Center of the International Council on Ancient Sites.
The Silk Road’s transnational joint application for World Heritage includes the five Central Asian countries and China. However, due to disputes over the age and scope of the Silk Road, this coordination meeting clarified the way to apply for World Heritage in the future. In addition, it also analyzed and discussed whether to apply for one heritage covering many heritage sites in all countries in the Silk Road heritage application project, or to apply for multiple cultural heritages with the Silk Road as the theme. Whether the Silk Road can be successfully applied for World Heritage status is expected to be announced in 2012.
(Wei Xiaowen Li Changfeng)
The China International Cultural Relics Protection Expo was held in Xi’an
Organized by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade The 2009 China International Cultural Relics Protection Expo co-organized by the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government and the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government was held at the Qujiang International Convention and Exhibition Center in Xi'an from October 29 to 31, 2009.
It is understood that this expo aims to "protect, develop and utilize" and enhances exchanges among international peers by introducing internationally advanced cultural relics protection technology, cultural relics and site development experience and investment and financing systems. and cooperation to explore the establishment and development of a market system for the protection, development, and utilization of cultural relics and ancient sites, and drive the coordinated development of related industries.
The exhibition area of ??this expo is more than 7,000 square meters, with five major exhibition areas: cultural relic protection and archaeological exploration technology; ancient site protection, restoration technology and comprehensive development; museum display and management technology; art Artifact collections and markets; domestic and foreign cultural relics protection government agencies, foundations, professional cultural relics exchange institutions and professional investment companies, related media and educational institutions display, etc. Nearly 200 cultural and museum units from 16 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions including Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Tibet, and Shaanxi, as well as 13 countries and regions including Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States, participated in the exhibition. At this cultural relics protection expo, a number of well-known museums, cultural relics scenic spots and cultural relics protection institutions such as the Palace Museum, Dunhuang Museum, Daming Palace Site Protection and Reconstruction Office, Xi'an Cultural Relics Protection and Restoration Center, Shaanxi Ancient Buildings Protection Research Planning and Design Institute, etc. Set up a place to participate in the exhibition.
During the expo, the "China International Cultural Relics Protection and Restoration Forum", "Oriental Architecture Painting Protection Special Forum", "China International Museum Digitalization Special Forum", "China International Folk Museum Development Forum" and other series were also held Professional forum activities. Cultural relics protection experts, professional technicians, relevant research institutions, educational institutions, investment institutions, enterprises, and museum professionals from all over the world have carried out extensive technical exchanges and project docking.
It is also understood that the "China International Cultural Relics Protection Expo" will be located in Shaanxi in the future. It will be held once a year, with each exhibition lasting three days. It will develop into the highest-level and largest cultural relics protection field in Asia and even the world. Professional event.
(Wei Xiaowen Li Changfeng)
The second Shaanxi Tourism Commodities Expo was successfully held
In order to fully demonstrate the characteristics and characteristics of Shaanxi tourism Advantages, further promote the development of Shaanxi's tourism economy, make the tourism industry bigger and stronger, expand domestic demand, and stimulate consumption. It is sponsored by the Shaanxi Provincial Tourism Bureau, Department of Commerce, Cultural Relics Bureau, Culture Department, Forestry Department, Religious Affairs Bureau, Convention and Exhibition Center, etc., Shaanxi Province The Second Shaanxi Tourism Commodity Expo, co-organized by the Tourism Group Company, Tourism Association, Arts and Crafts Association, Tourist Hotel Association, Travel Agency Association, Tourist Attractions Association, Culinary Association, Fruit Industry Association, etc., was held in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province from November 6 to 9, 2009. Held at Greenland Pico International Convention and Exhibition Center.
This year’s Tourism Expo has the theme of “Developing County Tourism and Prospering the People of Sanqin”, with the promotion of tourism projects, landscapes and products as the main content, and has set up a boutique tourism pavilion and a county tourism economic pavilion. There are three major exhibition halls, the Tourism Services and Specialty Commodity Hall, and about 600 booths. Hundreds of tourism product manufacturing companies from across the province are participating in the exhibition.
The conference launched more than 2,000 tourism cooperation projects and thousands of special tourism products, focusing on promoting and promoting Shaanxi Province’s high-quality tourist attractions and golden tourist routes. During the conference, a number of unique investment promotion and trade activities were also held, such as the Shaanxi Province key tourism project investment promotion meeting, the Ankang ecological tourism promotion meeting, the Weinan boutique attractions, routes and special tourism product recommendation meeting, and the Xianyang City tourism image recommendation meeting.
The biggest highlight of this tourism expo is the opening of a dedicated intangible cultural heritage commodity exhibition area, with selected intangible cultural heritage projects from Xi'an, Baoji and Weinan participating in the exhibition. The intangible cultural heritage items that Xi'an participated in the exhibition are Huxian peasant paintings, Laoyoufang, Ni Miao Miao, Li's woodcuts and clay sculptures.
(Wei Xiaowen Li Changfeng)
The opening of the 4th Xinjiang Ice and Snow Tourism Festival and Winter Expo
On November 27, 2009, visitors from 15 prefectures in Xinjiang A group of exhibitors, more than 400 travel agents, and reporters from more than 40 domestic and foreign news media gathered in Xinjiang to experience Xinjiang's beautiful scenery of thousands of miles of ice and thousands of miles of snow in winter, as well as its folk customs with strong Western Region characteristics.
Inamu Nasirdin, director of the Tourism Bureau of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, said that the 4th Xinjiang Ice and Snow Tourism Festival and Winter Tourism Industry Expo has the theme of "Charming Xinjiang, Ice and Snow Customs", through the exhibition platform , integrate Xinjiang’s superior ice and snow tourism resources, promote Xinjiang ice and snow tourism and leisure and entertainment projects, expand the Silk Road and folk tourism products, attract domestic and foreign merchants and tourists to actively participate in Xinjiang ice and snow tourism, and further enhance the industrial status and brand value of Xinjiang ice and snow tourism projects .
Tibet strongly promotes off-season tourism
In order to stimulate the development of the tourism market and achieve the goal of "not off-season tourism", Tibet will start from early November 2009 to During the implementation of the "Winter Tour in Tibet" initiative on March 31, 2010, the tourism authorities coordinated with scenic spots, travel agencies, hotels and other departments to launch a series of tourism products at favorable prices. Ticket prices for natural scenic spots in Lhasa, Nyingchi, Shigatse and other places will be reduced by 50%, and some cultural attractions will also implement price reduction measures, including world-class tourist attractions such as "Sky Lake" Namtso and Mount Everest.
In the winter of 2009, Tibet even used the Linzhi area, known as "Tibet Jiangnan", as the "bridgehead" for winter tourism. The simultaneous operation of the two routes from Kunming to Linzhi and Chengdu to Linzhi has greatly solved the accessibility problem in the Linzhi area.
The important town on the Silk Road has become "the first county in the collection of ancient Chinese coins"
Xiji County in the south of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is a small county in northwest China , has been an important town on the Silk Road since the Qin and Han Dynasties. Today, Xiji County is known as "the first county in China for collecting ancient coins". There are 3,265 kinds and 200,000 ancient coins in the Xiji County Numismatic Museum. The Xiji County Numismatic Museum is the first county-level coin museum in China.
Since modern times, a large number of coin hoards in Xiji County have been "rediscovered".
Two tons of ancient coins were discovered at one time in Nihe City, the former site of the Song Dynasty, 18 kilometers south of the county. Zhang Xudong, director of the Xiji County Numismatic Museum, said: "Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, Xiji County has been an important town on the Silk Road. Merchants traveling from south to north have brought a wide variety of ancient coins to Xiji County, which should have been in the coastal areas. The discovery of coins in Xiji County in the northwest inland shows that the Silk Road trade circulation was very developed at that time, and the discovery of Arabic silver coins, Persian silver coins and ancient coins from Japan, Annan (now Vietnam), Thailand and other foreign countries also shows that Xiji was at that time. It is the only place that the Silk Road must pass through. "In ancient times, Xiji County had rich water and grass, and many mountains and hills. The Central Plains dynasties and nomadic peoples' regimes continued to alternate here. The troops of various regimes coming and going brought their own coins with them while garrisoning and fighting.
The world’s first Chinese Character Museum opened in Anyang, Henan Province
On November 16, 2009, the Chinese Character Museum was officially opened in Anyang City, Henan Province. In order to enrich the collection of the Museum of Chinese Characters, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Finance donated a set of "Chinese Reconstruction Rare Books" to the museum, totaling 758 kinds and 8,990 volumes.
The Museum of Chinese Characters is my country’s first and the world’s only museum with characters as the theme. According to reports, the cultural relics in the Museum of Chinese Characters include oracle bone inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, bamboo slips, silk scripts and minority languages. Currently, there are 4,123 cultural relics in the collection and 1,058 auxiliary exhibits, including 305 first-class cultural relics. The overall exhibition layout of the museum is divided into four parts: the preface hall, basic exhibition, thematic exhibition and special exhibition, and there are eight exhibition halls.
The Museum of Chinese Characters will be open to the public free of charge. The second phase of the museum project will also start as soon as possible.
The 2009 China International Tourism Mart was held in Kunming
From November 19 to 22, 2009, the 2009 China International Tourism Mart was held in the "Spring City" Kunming hold. The 2009 online popularity rankings of tourist destinations and scenic spots were released at the trade fair.
It is understood that tourist destinations from more than 100 countries and regions participated in this tourism event. During the Tourism Fair, the 2009 China Tourism E-Commerce Conference and Tourism Destination Online Marketing Forum were also held in Kunming from November 20th to 21st. Hundreds of domestic and foreign tourist destinations and scenic spots participated in the forum to jointly discuss how to use Internet technology to develop the online tourism market and promote the development of destination tourism.
The Organizing Committee of the Tourism Fair said that they compiled data from a number of cooperative travel websites and selected the top ten tourist destinations that attracted the most attention from netizens in 2009 and the top ten that gained the fastest online attention in 2009. tourist destination. In addition, through professional selection, multiple awards including "2009 Top Ten Outstanding Destination Sites", "2009 Most Valuable Destination Marketing Platform" and "2009 Destination Marketing Innovation Award" were awarded.
The 2009 China Tourism E-Commerce Conference and Tourism Destination Internet Marketing Forum invited more than 20 experts in the tourism industry to discuss tourism development issues from a practical perspective. The popularity of these tourism destination websites and scenic spots increased rapidly. Analyze the reasons and related marketing methods to provide valuable reference.
2009 China International Tourism Commodities Expo was held in Yiwu
On November 12, 2009, 2009 China International Tourism Commodities Expo was held in Yiwu, Zhejiang. This expo is hosted by the National Tourism Administration and the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government, and organized by the China Tourism Association, Zhejiang Provincial Tourism Bureau and the Yiwu Municipal People's Government. With the purpose of "expanding the functions of tourism commodities, promoting tourism commodity innovation, and promoting the growth of domestic demand", the expo has set up 2,000 international standard indoor booths, including tourism equipment, tourism transportation, entertainment equipment, gardening equipment, tourism supplies and tourism products. Ten major categories of tourism commodities, including souvenirs, participated in exhibitions, sales and trade negotiations.
Tourism products have huge development potential and play an important role in the six major elements of food, accommodation, transportation, travel, shopping and entertainment tourism. The 2009 China International Tourism Commodity Expo aims to promote the innovative development of my country's tourism commodities and promote the transformation and upgrading of the tourism industry by building a large platform for tourism commodity display and trading.
According to reports, this expo is attended by 29 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, as well as companies from 25 countries and regions including Japan, South Korea, the United States, Spain, and Brazil. There are more than 20 trade teams participating in this expo, with more than 60,000 merchants participating, including more than 5,000 overseas merchants.