When Wu Chunyan married from Shanxi to Yunnan in 2000, she still couldn't recognize a few big characters. At first, she set up a stall at the entrance of Heshun Library and couldn't figure out why so many tourists came to the library. Later, she also walked into the library, learned to read, felt the charm of knowledge, and became a frequent visitor to the library. Nowadays, Wu Chunyan has fallen in love with writing and even shares her works with the curator, Cun Yu, when she has free time.

The Heshun Library is located in Heshun Ancient Town, Tengchong City, Yunnan Province. The ancient town is hidden between mountains and rivers, surrounded by five mountains and three springs, with clear streams running fast and winding along the mountains, preserving a relatively complete group of Ming and Qing ancient buildings.   Nowadays, Heshun Ancient Town has become a popular tourist destination, attracting millions of tourists every year. The ancient town, with its simple customs and pleasant scenery, is full of vitality everywhere.

Ancient towns and cities are precious historical and cultural heritage. How to respect historical relics and use embroidery techniques for protective purposes on the basis of "restoring the old as before" is related to the inheritance and development of historical context.

Activating the ancient town requires a thorough inventory of resources. Heshun Ancient Town, with pink walls and black tiles stretching for several miles, integrates folk houses with nature. The Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall, Damabang Museum, Ancestral Temple Culture Museum, and others tell stories of the past. These ancient buildings and new houses are carriers of the historical and cultural heritage of the ancient town. Tourists can stroll through the ancient town and experience the vicissitudes of history and cultural elegance in the complex of ancient buildings that are surrounded by mountains, water, and screens. Protecting and utilizing these unique resources can help enhance the cultural appeal of the ancient town.

To protect the ancient town, we need to focus on active protection. The Ming and Qing residential buildings in the ancient town are diverse and diverse. National key cultural relics protection units such as the Heshun Library are guaranteed by government special funds for maintenance and repair, making protection work relatively easy to carry out. If other ancient buildings are left vacant for a long time, it is difficult to protect them. In recent years, through the integration of culture and tourism, Heshun Ancient Town has enabled indigenous residents to develop industries and find employment nearby, making some ancient buildings more popular. This not only benefits the maintenance of residential buildings, but also promotes the rapid development of the cultural and tourism industry. For old houses and traditional neighborhoods in ancient cities, protection and development go in the same direction. By coordinating protection and development, we can achieve development through protection and protection through development, so that the precious heritage left by our predecessors can shine with new brilliance and create cultural wealth in our hands.

Protecting the ancient town is not only about protecting these buildings, but also about inheriting the culture of the ancient town. Taking Heshun Library as an example, the ancient town with a permanent population of only over 7000 has issued over 3000 borrowing cards. In this ancient town, which has been known for its reverence for literature and education, as well as its emphasis on family values and traditions, cultural resources, including libraries, are an indispensable spiritual asset for the general public. Nowadays, Heshun Library has built electronic reading rooms, mobile libraries, and set up branch libraries in communities far from the ancient town, allowing children there to pick up more books nearby. It can be seen that the protection of historical and cultural resources has practical significance and contemporary value.

Carnival parade, bonfire party, music theater, Chinese New Year market... Heshun Ancient Town is preparing a feast for Chinese New Year, welcoming tourists from all directions. We look forward to preserving the historical and cultural characteristics of the ancient town, preserving beautiful scenery, and allowing people living and traveling here to enjoy a beautiful and harmonious life with a long and harmonious charm.

Article source: People's Daily