Source: Xinhua Net
On November 2, the inauguration meeting of China Research Institute of the Great Wall was held at Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao. More than 130 experts and scholars from the Great Wall Society of China, the China Foundation for Cultural Heritage Conservation, and other management units and research institutions of the Great Wall of China attended the meeting. The “China Research Institute of the Great Wall” was officially unveiled at the meeting.
The Great Wall is the largest and most extensive cultural heritage and important tourism resource in Qinhuangdao, which starts from the Stone Fort of the Old Dragon’s Head in the east, and ends at the Chengziling Gate of Qinglong County in the west. Within a total length of 223.1 kilometers, there are 905 single buildings and 62 passes and forts, gathered the most essential parts of the Great Wall in Ming Dynasty such as the Great Wall at the sea, by the coast, on the plain, on the mountains, in the river, and so on.
The China Research Institute of the Great Wall is a research and teaching institution established in the college by the Great Wall Society of China and Northeastern University on the “Great Wall Studies”. It is located at the foot of the Great Wall among the mountains and the sea in Qinhuangdao, consisting of the Institute of the Great Wall Archaeology, the Research Institute of the Great Wall Restoration, the Research Institute of the Great Wall Ancient Village, the Research Institute of the Great Wall Tourism, the Research Institute of the Great Wall Brand, the Research Institute of the Great Wall Digital, and the China Digital Museum of the Great Wall. It is committed to protecting the Great Wall heritage, exploring the value of the Great Wall, promoting the spirit of the Great Wall, and conducting the comprehensive, systematic, and scientific in-depth research on the protection, history and culture of the Great Wall, based on the long history and culture of the Great Wall in China, in accordance with the research philosophy of several generations of the Great Wall research scholars, and with advanced scientific research methods.
Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao will take the opportunity of the establishment of the China Research Institute of the Great Wall, to comprehensively and systematically study the Great Wall and Chinese traditional culture, trace up the civilization, history and culture of China, actively explore the development laws and external relations of the disciplines of the Great Wall studies, build a scientific Great Wall theory system, continuously strengthen information communication and academic exchanges on the Great Wall with researchers at home and abroad, actively carry out the application and research of major projects, and carry forward the far-reaching academic meaning of the Great Wall research.
“The Great Wall culture of Qinhuangdao is an important part of the Great Wall culture of China. The establishment of the China Research Institute of the Great Wall seized the unique geographical advantage of Qinhuangdao, taking the Great Wall culture research in Qinhuangdao City of Hebei Province as the main battlefield, and radiating the Great Wall research to all over the country, which injected cultural nutrient with the national spirit into the urban construction of Qinhuangdao, and will inevitably stimulate more cities and people into the Great Wall protection and the national spirit heritage.” said Chen Yuguo, member of the Standing Committee of the Qinhuangdao Municipal Party Committee and minister of the Publicity Department. (Photo by Guo Nan)
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