Recently, Hangzhou issued the Hangzhou Grand Canal Culture Protection Heritage Utilization and National Cultural Park Construction Program, to discuss how to protect the Grand Canal culture heritage and build the Grand Canal National Cultural Park.

The distributions map of Grand Canal National Cultural Park (Photo/Zhejiang News)

The construction scope of the Grand Canal National Cultural Park covers 7 urban areas along the Grand Canal, including Shangcheng District, Gongshu District, West Lake District, Binjiang District, Xiaoshan District, Yuhang District, Linping District.

The construction period is from 2022 to 2025, of which, by the end of 2023 for the basic completion phase; by the end of 2025 for the optimization of the development phase. Within the Grand Canal Cultural Park, various types of cultural heritage resources will under protection and a graded classification display system will be basically formed.

National cultural park emphasizes the construction of four function zone, namely, control and protection, thematic display, cultural tourism integration, traditional usage to create the Grand Canal National Cultural Park entity in Hangzhou according to the overall layout of cultural relics and cultural resources, natural conditions, supporting facilities, and territorial spatial planning.

Editor: Huang Yan