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GUANGZHOU, China, June 26, 2023 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--

Recently, Guangzhou historical and cultural city international image film

"Guangzhou :Historical Flower City" has been unveiled at New York Times Square.

As the national central city of China and the major city of the Guangdong-Hong

Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Guangzhou has considerable economic strength,

known as the pacesetter of China's reform and opening up, but also has a

history of more than 2,200 years of urban construction. Guangzhou is renowned

both at home and abroad as the millennial commercial capital, the originating

port of the Maritime Silk Road, and the birthplace of China's democratic

revolution, which all contribute Guangzhou to be one of China's famous

historical and cultural cities.

The image film takes "embroidery" as the visual main line, responding to what

the General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward when he inspected Guangzhou in

2018: urban planning and construction should attach great importance to

historical and cultural protection, do not rush for quick success, and do not

tear down large-scale construction. It is necessary to highlight local

characteristics, pay attention to the improvement of the living environment,

use more micro-transformation with meticulous effort like "embroidery", pay

attention to the inheritance of civilization and the continuation of culture,

to retain a city's historical and cultural memories so that history and

hometown memory can take roots in people's minds.

The image film is presented in three chapters: Fame of Guangzhou, Spirit of

Guangzhou and People of Guangzhou, which comprehensively and vividly shows that

Guangzhou has unswervingly promoted the protection and development of

historical and cultural city for more than 40 years, so that cultural relics

are preserved and made "alive", and the old historical districts are starting

to thrive, injecting new vigor and vitality into the old city.

The image film has fully integrated the historical and cultural essence of

Guangzhou, including the urban layout of "the mountains all stretch into the

sea and embrace the city", the urban heritage of the city's central axis lasted

for more than 2200 years, the important buildings and areas that have witnessed

the historical development of Guangzhou, such as Zhenhai Tower, Sun Yat-sen

Memorial Hall and historical and cultural districts such as Beijing Road and

Enning Road, and the quintessence of lingnan culture such as canton porcelain,

cantonese embroidery, cantonese opera and dancing lion.

At the same time, the image film also focuses on the kindergarten transformed

from the former site of Chengzhitang warehouse, Guangzhou Railway Museum, 1978

CINEMA and other vivid cases showing Guangzhou's protection of historical and

cultural city with meticulous effort like "embroidery".

The relevant person in charge of the Guangzhou Municipal Planning and Natural

Resources Bureau said that Guangzhou needs to attach equal importance to

protection and development, deal with the relationship between "old" and "new",

and explore a road to practice with Guangzhou characteristics.

Today, Guangzhou, renowned in the world as the beautiful flower city, on the

high-quality development road of "New Vitality to the Historical City" and new

achievements in comprehensive urban functions, comprehensive strength of urban

culture, modern service industry and modern international business environment,

not only carefully guards the people's aspiration for a better life and the

homesickness of compatriots at home and abroad with meticulous effort like

"embroidery", but also constantly explores and innovates the connotation of

historical and cultural city under Chinese modernization with the pioneering

spirit.

Source: Guangzhou Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Bureau

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   Caption: Guangzhou historical and cultural city international image film "Guangzhou:

Historical Flower City" has been unveiled at New York Times Square.