500 old streets and alleys in Ji'nan disappear, 168 more than 200 names disappear.
the "2010 Ji'nan geographical name culture forum" held on the 5 day, the names of more than 200 old streets and lanes in Ji'nan have been disappearing so far. At the meeting of
, the cultural protection experts from the division of the Ministry of civil affairs, the place names of the Ministry of civil affairs, the place names Research Institute of the Ministry of civil affairs and the Civil Affairs Department of Shandong Province, and Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Nanjing and other cities have discussed the theme of the cultural protection and construction of the geographical names from different angles, such as history, culture and geography, and discuss Ji'nan and even the whole province. The measures, strategies and development direction of the protection of the culture of place names in China.
Sun Xiudong, deputy director of the division of geographical names division of the Ministry of civil affairs of the state, said that in the process of transformation of the old city, many historical and cultural land names have gradually disappeared, and many countries in foreign countries will take the place names for hundreds of years as the protection object, but many thousands of years of land names in China are disappearing, this phenomenon is worth the whole. Social introspection. At present, relevant departments are striving to form relevant policies for the protection of old place names, and to protect historical heritage sites with historical significance.
it is understood that in 2004, the Ji'nan Association of geographical names statistics showed that 168 of the 500 old streets and alleys in Ji'nan had disappeared, and the names had disappeared. Up to now, according to incomplete statistics, more than 200 old streets and alleys have disappeared.
Chen Shuyi, director of the place name Office of Ji'nan, told reporters that the disappearance of the old place names is inevitable in the reconstruction of the old city and the development of the city. At present, the relevant departments are trying to make up for them. For example, the famous Xiang Xiang Lane in Ji'nan has previously been demolished four small streets and lanes. In order to retain the old name of the long history, the newly developed district was named "Xiang Xiang lane". In addition, director Chen said there is another way to make the old place names disappear, that is, standing tablets. Chen Shuyi said that the old place names not only carry the historical culture and the feelings of the older generation of Ji'nan, but also have vivid finger pointing.
"although some old streets and alleys will inevitably disappear in the course of urban development, what we can do is to leave these old place names." Chen Shuyi said.