Wuhan University professor: Wuhan Industrial Heritage Resource preservation is not optimistic

Source: Internet
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Wuhan Heavy Machinery factory gate Yu Zixian assent construction of Huaxin Cement Plant (Yellowstone) One year, Wuhan University Professor Zhao was commissioned by the provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, in all parts of the province carried out a special survey of industrial heritage.  Yesterday he told reporters that our province industrial heritage resources are very rich, but the preservation of the situation is not optimistic, land development is making these former glorious witnesses encounter an unprecedented crisis. The industrial heritage is the heritage concept proposed by UNESCO, which includes plant site, machinery and equipment, industrial towns, canals, etc. In recent years, with the change of social and economic structure, the pace of urban industrial emigration has been accelerated, leaving a lot of industrial heritage, how to evaluate and keep it properly preserved and sustainable use, has become an urgent issue of cultural heritage protection.  In March 2009, our province launched a special survey of industrial heritage, the first to include industrial heritage in the field of heritage protection, and to carry out large-scale rescue of cultural relics discovery and protection operations. Hubei is the birthplace of China's modern industry, but also an important gathering area of modern Chinese manufacturing industry, the period of Westernization movement, the development of national industry, the former Soviet Union and the construction period of the three-phase, have left a lot of industrial heritage here.  Over the past year, Zhao in Wuhan, Yellowstone, Jinzhou Shashi District, Xiangfan, Ezhou and other areas of the survey found that these industrial heritage is in crisis, with urban development, real estate development in full swing, driven by the profit, industrial heritage is being Shing by developers. "The industrial heritage in Wuhan is the richest and the protection is the most worrisome." "Zhao said," the former Soviet Union built China's 156 key projects, eight or nine in Wuhan, Wisco, Wu Chong, Wu Pan are in it. Ten years ago I called for these places can not be demolished, but now, Wu Yu original site has been developed into real estate, Wu Heavy original site fragmented, leaving a door, several old plant sporadic in several real estate. "The survey results let Zhao helpless:" Wuhan used to be famous for industry, now it is difficult to see the shadow of the year. A city needs to be recognized and must retain something that embodies the characteristics of the city, and now these things are losing. "Protecting industrial sites, witnessing historical changes vicissitudes's new spinning four factory Hankou ruins were demolished this March, the famous historian, Wu history professor Feng Tianyu yesterday reluctantly said:" To pay attention to and protect the industrial site of Wuhan, these words I have said too many times. " Feng Tianyu told reporters that Wuhan has different times of industrial sites, mainly including the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China and the first five-year plan period. "At the end of the Qing Dynasty was Hanyang Iron and Arsenal, after the anti-Japanese invasion, the ruins of Wuhan are basically gone, but some equipment is still in Chongqing; During the period of the Republic of China, Shin five is the representative; The first five-year plan, Wu Chong, Wu-Chuan a group of" WU "word head of the enterprise, as well as Hankou exhibition hall, A form of architecture that reflects the pre-industrial period of the Soviet Union. There are many relics of the folk industry, such as the Hankou water tower. "The preservation of industrial sites is not a comprehensive reservation, but rather a representative choice from different periodsLine protection. Feng Tianyu said, "industrial site protection to be able to witness the country's historical changes and industrialization process." such as Germany Thrall industrial zone, those steelmaking blast furnace, all kinds of plant are left behind. Of course, there are other ways to protect, such as the old plant to retain the basic form after he used to do some modern art. "Wuhan has powder do not know to oneself tu" "Shen Four" into the ruins of the message, in exchange for a sigh of He Zuhao: "We just have the powder do not know to tu ah." "Because of the city and cultural feelings, from 2008 onwards, He Zuhao intends to spend three years to find the Republic of China's old Wuhan Industrial and commercial family descendants, in order to" oral history, the way to revive that period of history.  At present, find He Zuhao dictated more than 70 people, involving textiles, finance, tea, jewelry and other industries, many of which he did not know before the nameless font, as well as some stories behind. He Zuhao said that during the Republic of China, there were too many old industrial relics in Wuhan, Light cotton mill on a lot of, relative to the "Shen four" left the regret, with the old brand Yuhua Mill relatively lucky, "I went to see, there are still a little building traces, there is a small production base." "Reporter Liu Wei trainee reporter Rosie

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