Discover Xuwen: the ancient departure port on maritime Silk Road

Strengthen the promotion, protection, development and utilization of the cultural heritages in the departure port of maritime Silk Road

The ancient port draws broad coverage by major media outlets in China.

The culture of Maritime Silk Road is the cultural treasure of Chinese nation. Xuwen county did a lot of work on promotion, protection, development and utilization of the cultural heritages in the departure port of Maritime Silk Road.

In recent years, by holding academic research conference about Maritime Silk Road, Xuwen county attracted many reporters from People’s Daily, Nanfang Daily, New Express, Southern Urban Daily, Guangzhou Daily, Zhanjing Daily, Zhanjiang Evening Paper, Guangdong TV Station, Zhanjiang TV Station, and Xinhuanet to report on Xuwen.Compile protection planning. The cultural sectors of Xuwen county made overall general survey and established records on the relics of Han Dynasty in the whole county. The county government successively issued Inform on Publishing the Second Batch of Important Cultural Relic Protection Sites in Xuwen County and Inform about Protecting the Remains of Departure Port in Maritime Silk Road in 1990 and 2000, which listed the remains of departure port on the ancient maritime Silk Road in Han Dynasty as key cultural relic protection site in the county, defined the protection scope, set up signs and strictly implemented the protection and management administrative regulations and policies, to preserve the sites of Han Dynasty, especially the sites of the departure port on the ancient maritime Silk Road.

In April, 2012, a historical and cultural study leading group in Xuwen County was set up to enhance the study on the culture of the maritime Silk Road. They edited and published many works about the departure port in Xuwen such as Exploration on Maritime Silk Road, Wind of Port in Han Dynasty, Records of Cultural Relics in Xuwen County, Two Thousand Years of Xuwen in Han Dynasty, Charm of the Silk Port, Silk Road of the South China Sea—the First Port of Xuwen and so on. They built up museums to make full exhibition of the cultural relics, pictures and the related materials of the departure port on the Maritime Silk Road in Xuwen. Xuwen has invested more than 10 million Yuan in the first stage to build the Three Clusters of Han Dynasty tourist attraction, construct roads, constantly optimize the site and the nearby environment of the departure port on the Maritime Silk Road and beautify the village appearance of Erqiao, Shiwei, Nanzhuang and other villages. By attracting investment, the second stage project introduced the Zhejiang Superman Group in China to forge a 4A scenic spot.

This year, Xuwen grasps the strategic opportunity that the central government offered to construct the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, and vied for listing as the world cultural heritage. Xuwen will strive to construct the national level marine demonstration area, make scientific plans, constantly accelerate the development of marine industry and develop the economy of the port; combine the relics protection of the departure port on the maritime Silk Road in Han Dynasty with city construction and the development of tourism, to revitalize the ancient historical and cultural resources and inject new energy into the economic and social development, and to push forward the construction process of the coastal city.