Beijing News (Reporter Chen Lin) On September 23, the first batch of cultural vitality cooperation solicitation projects of Dongcheng District were officially released in Taiwan gang . This public solicitation cooperation will fully implement 18 measures to revitalize the cultural vitality of the guild hall. By deeply digging into the regional characteristics of the old guild hall, strengthening regional cultural integration and commonality, gradually forming a new model of protection and utilization with government-led, departmental cooperation and social participation, and building the hall community into a new landmark that highlights the cultural image of the capital.

Dongcheng District Huanfa Guild Hall Cultural Vitality Cooperation Project Solicitation Press Conference. Photo by Wang Guibin, reporter of Beijing News
The scenery along the Sanli River is pleasant, with curved alleys, veranda, flowing water, reed marshes and stone roads. Ducks and fish swimming are interesting. It has the characteristics of a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. There are many guild buildings scattered along the way. There are 10 guild spaces in Dongcheng District that are publicly collected from the public, namely the Guangxi Pingzhen Association, the Jiangxi Xinjian Association, the Dehua Association, the Hubei Huanggang Association, the Macheng Association, the Anhui Taiping County Association, the Jingxian Association, the Wuhu Association, the Shitai Association, and the Fujian Tingzhou Association South Hall.
Taking this cooperation project collection as an opportunity, Dongcheng District will use the guild hall as a fulcrum to promote the transformation and upgrading of historical and cultural blocks, create a "living room" for cultural exchanges and mutual learning, and form a "hundred garden" that gathers Chinese culture.

cooperation project solicitation press conference. Photo by Wang Guibin, reporter of Beijing News
It is reported that this public solicitation includes two categories: the main body of the guild hall and innovative cooperation projects. On the one hand, the club operating entities with the ability to revitalize and utilize cultural relics are widely collected, including but not limited to cultural, commercial institutions, social organizations, chambers of commerce, local well-known enterprises in various provinces and cities, forming a new operation mechanism for the introduction of multi-cultural resources, the gathering of high-quality cultural talents, and the bursting of creative cultural vitality. On the other hand, we will widely solicit innovative cooperation projects with cultural creativity and cultural trends, build an innovative cooperation resource library, and deeply promote drama, performance, art, commerce and international cultural exchanges and cooperation.
Since this year, Dongcheng District has successively issued the "Implementation Plan for the Construction of "Accompanies and Halls" in Dongcheng District" and "Several Measures to Further Revitalize the Cultural Vitality of Dongcheng District's Halls", systematically outlining the bright future of the vitality of the Halls. Dongcheng District will further demonstrate the important value of political interconnection, cultural exchanges and economic interaction in the former site of the guild, highlighting the functions of cultural gathering, radiation and driving, innovation-led, communication and exchange of the National Cultural Center, and build the guild into a display hall of the essence of history and culture, a multicultural integration and symbiosis hall, a creative cultural agglomeration demonstration hall, a cultural consumption trend guide hall, and a Chinese and foreign civilization exchange and mutual learning hall to help the construction of a national cultural center.
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