Cultural heritage is not only a witness to historical glory, but also a source of cultural confidence and self-improvement. Research tourism is an important means of bringing cultural heritage to life.
From April 3rd to 4th, as one of the main activities of the 40th China Luoyang Peony Culture Festival, the 2023 World Conference on Research and Tourism was held in Luoyang. Experts, scholars, and industry experts from domestic and foreign research bases, educational institutions, travel agencies, and other parties have provided suggestions and suggestions for research tourism.
Empowering Research Tourism for Heritage Protection and Inheritance
At the opening ceremony, the World Organization for Research and Tourism released the "Luoyang Declaration - Research and Tourism Promotes the Protection and Inheritance of Cultural Heritage", highlighting the importance of cultural heritage protection in research and tourism, and realizing that the responsibility for protecting cultural heritage is the responsibility of all humanity.
The Luoyang Declaration proposes that Luoyang is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, the center of the Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, with three and six world cultural heritage sites, and an excellent destination for developing cultural heritage research. In Luoyang, a famous historical and cultural city, it is of great significance to issue the Luoyang Declaration on promoting the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage through research tourism.
Yang Zhenzhi, Executive Chairman of the World Organization for Research and Tourism, calls for respecting cultural diversity and empowering research and tourism for heritage protection and inheritance; Promote awareness of heritage protection and focus on the quality and benefits of research tourism; Innovate research tourism models and actively participate in the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage.
Museums should encourage researchers to be willing to go and have achievements
Henan is a treasure trove of traditional cultural resources, with four of China's eight ancient capitals.
Huang Dongsheng, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Henan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, said that Henan has deeply implemented the strategy of integrating culture, tourism, culture, and innovation, adhering to the principle of "focusing on one line of the Yellow River, breaking through four cities (Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, and Anyang), and lighting up a few stars". He has built 487 research and tourism bases, and the "Walking Henan, Understanding China" research and tourism brand has begun to have an impact.
Huang Dongsheng said that taking this conference as an opportunity, Henan will further build platforms, enhance communication, and innovate measures, accelerate the cultivation of new formats, models, and products for research tourism, build international research tourism destinations, and create a "reading China" classroom for primary and secondary school students.
In his speech, Ma Xiaolin, the president of Henan Museum, pointed out that in the future, museums should continue to strengthen interactive experiences, skillfully use technological elements, pay attention to innovative educational methods, adhere to people-oriented research content, and make museums the "starting point", "gathering point", and "key chain" of research.
Studying is about telling stories, and the story of Luoyang cannot be finished
"Studying is about telling stories, and Luoyang's stories are endless." In the parallel theme salon, Shi Zishe, the leader of the Luoyang Tang City Task Force of the Archaeological Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that Luoyang has rich historical and cultural resources, and the ruins of the five major cities are rare in the world, of which Luoyang in the Sui and Tang dynasties is a high-quality research route.
Shi Zishe said that the outstanding ancient architect Yu Wenkai adhered to the design concept of "unity of heaven and man" and combined the planning and design of Luoyang City with the mountains and rivers of Luoyang at that time. The historical connotation of Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang dynasties is worth further exploration, and Yingtianmen and Mingtang are witnesses to many major historical events. These all provide inexhaustible materials for research and learning.
Researching tourism is at the right time and has great potential, "said Xu Yixian, the mayor of Luoyang. Luoyang will seize the opportunity of this World Conference on Researching Tourism, deepen international cooperation, work together to create the future, accelerate the construction of a national immersive cultural and tourism destination, continuously polish the cultural and tourism brand of" studying Luoyang and understanding history ", and contribute the" strength of Luoyang "to the development of world research tourism.