While Liqiao Town is paying close attention to economic development, it has always put cultural construction on the important agenda. The whole town has a deep understanding that "culture is the key to the prosperity of the town and culture is the soul of development." Only by "two-wheel drive and flying together" of economic development and cultural construction can we build a new highland for development, create new environmental advantages, and gather "positive energy" for leapfrogging.
To this end, the town has clearly put forward the strategic goal of "culture is soft power, but also competitiveness". The work decision-making has put cultural construction on the desk, and the work has been promoted to create a strong cultural atmosphere, and the work has achieved little results. Demonstrate the cultural spirit. For example, the town hired high-end scientific research institutes to compile the "Liqiao Town Cultural Construction and Development Master Plan", which highlights the "red culture" centered on the former residence of the Second Detachment of the New Fourth Army of Jiangshan and the Revolutionary Martyrs Monument in Genglou Lane, Zan Village. The "green culture" represented by green mountains and green waters, natural lakes, and lush vegetation is represented by ancient pagodas (Longxi Pagoda), ancient bridges (Litou Bridge), ancient caves (Shenxian Cave), and ancient kiln sites (Xuanzhou Ancient Kiln). Based on the "golden culture" based on the address), etc., efforts have been made to promote the development of cultural construction and achieve fruitful results.
The town has listed the former residence of the Second Detachment of the New Fourth Army as a patriotic education base for primary and secondary school students, and is fully promoting the Baima Villa cultural and leisure area, Kunshan Lake tourism development and Fumin Reservoir investment construction. The town currently has Longxi There are 4 provincial-protected units, including the pagoda, Zhang's ancestral hall, Shanggang ancient kiln site, and Xiaohekou ancient kiln site, and there are as many as 27 district-protected units. Culture and tourism are like "twin brothers" and they are inseparable. Liqiao Town uses mountains and rivers as its muscles and bones, culture as its soul, and investment promotion as its starting point. It paints a beautiful blueprint and "colorful movement" of cultural tourism among the green mountains and green waters. The town adheres to the green development model and pursues green GDP and sustainable development. It has listed more than 100 square kilometers within the territory as a non-development zone, is committed to protecting the ecological environment, and strives to create an "investment depression", "leisure land" and "land for leisure" for merchants in the Yangtze River Delta region. Health paradise”.
After being approved as an "Outstanding Tourism Town in the Province" and a "National Ecological Town", the town pays more attention to the integration of culture and tourism, and pays more attention to the excavation, protection and inheritance of historical cultural relics. . In view of the fact that there are many historical celebrities and cultural monuments in the territory, the Xiaohekou-Maoshihu ancient kiln site group has been included in the major cultural protection units, and is actively applying for national cultural protection units. In order to prevent the thousand-year-old Longxi Pagoda from being damaged by the "opening of the Shuiyang River", the town raised 1.2 million yuan from various parties to carry out the overall repair of the ancient pagoda, and strived for 3.9 million yuan of funds to implement the overall translation of the ancient pagoda. It was officially moved into place a few days ago. In addition, people were organized to compile three books: "Millennium Ancient Town", "Cultural Liqiao" (tentative title) and "Golden Flying", requiring each village to implement the "Village History Project" so that the history of Liqiao intersects with reality. Integrate and complement each other.
Nowadays, whether walking through the streets, alleys, village intersections in Liqiao Town, or wandering in the provincial economic development zone, there are many historical and famous roads (such as Tingzao Road, Liangchen Road) and cultural characteristics. The street is facing the wind, and you can always touch the cultural atmosphere and the atmosphere of the times exuding from the thousand-year-old town. Liqiao Town is a well-known old revolutionary area. In this red land, mass culture is like a brilliant "azalea" blooming in spring and competing for beauty. Over the years, the town has inherited its unique cultural traditions, given it new era connotations and colorful forms, creating a strong cultural atmosphere. People have built and developed the culture here, and the culture has also nurtured and nourished the people here.
Every Chinese New Year, the large and small lanterns, dragon lanterns and land boats in Liqiao Town compete to appear on stage, making a bustling New Year celebration and celebrating the new year happily; every time the morning bells and evening drums are heard, cultural The leisure square has melodious silk sounds and dancing postures, and people step on the happy drumbeats and dance cheerfully; during the Dragon Boat Festival, Nanyi Lake cuts the waves and shouts to the sky, and athletes from all walks of life show off their skills, and the dragon boat race vividly demonstrates New farmers have a new style; whenever there are major festivals, the town's waist drum troupe and the literary and artistic backbones of each village (school) must perform to add to the fun and create a strong and festive cultural atmosphere.
In addition, cultural activities were held to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the founding of the town, the "Millennium Liqiao Cup Top Ten Prose" selection activity was held, and a large-scale fireworks party for the Lantern Festival was organized, one after another, which was dizzying.
It is reported that Liqiao Town has included Sanbao Lanterns in the "intangible cultural heritage" declaration plan, and put "Dragon Boat Race" on the big stage of group cultural activities. The town waist drum team actively participated in various competitions, and the masses The cultural activities in the square were well received and well-received, and the cultural activities of the government agencies continued to introduce new ones, thus providing rich soil and strong support for "cultural development of the town".