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Guangzhou Historical and Cultural City International Image Film "Guangzhou: Historical Flower City" has been unveiled at New York Times Square
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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