Cuiping Mountain Central Park: Key Project in Ningbo Building a Modern Coastal Metropolis
The 14th Ningbo Municipal CPC Congress twice highlighted the establishment of the Cuiping Mountain cultural and tourism zone. Where on earth is the mountain? Its future development has become the focus of Ningbo citizens.
Cuiping Mountain stretches for more than 40 kilometres from east to west, traversing Zhenhai District, Cixi City, Jiangbei District, Yuyao City and other areas. Most of it sits within the territory of Cixi City.
翠屏山脉东西绵延40余公里，横贯镇海、慈溪、江北、余姚等区域，大部分在翠屏山脊慈溪一侧。
“Cuiping is actually a mountain range, comprising Dapeng Mountain, Wulei Mountain, Dalin Mountain, Laoya Mountain, Dongkaolao Mountain, etc. The peak, Tanao Hill of Laoya Mountain, is 446 meters above sea level.” According to the Cixi Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism, five towns in Cixi City are located at the northern foot of Cuiping Mountain – the most ecologically and culturally promising area.
Cuiping Mountain is rich in historical sites – such as the Tongjia’ao Site (contemporary with the Hemudu Site), the Neolithic Qianshanyang Site, cliff stone carvings on Dapeng Mountain, Fangjiahetou Ancient Village, Changxiling Ancient Trail, Minghe Ancient Town, and the Legend of Xu Fu Taking a Sea-Voyage Eastward (‘national intangible cultural heritage’). The Shanglin Lake Yue Kiln Site has been acknowledged as the central production area of olive-green porcelain and the largest open-air celadon museum in the world.
Born in this area were several prominent figures: Yu Shinan, one of the “Four Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty (618-712)”, Ye Tianlin, the great merchant of traditional Chinese medicine in the Qing Dynasty (1636-1912), and the Sun’s from Henghe Town. The East Zhejiang Base for Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the Sanbei Guerrilla Warfare Headquarter settled in this location.
Natural and ecological resources also abound in this area. Among the six main lakes, Du, Baiyang, Shanglin, and Mei lie at the northern foot, and 100-kilometre hiking trails from east to west are circling through Cuiping Mountain. Shanglin Lake Yue Kiln National Archaeological Site Park (the second of its type in Zhejiang and the only one in Ningbo), Shanglin Lake Celadon Culture Heritage Park, Dapeng Mountain Tourist Resort, and Minghe-Shanglin Lake Scenic Area have been established, with one provincial 4A-level scenic spot (Minghe Ancient Town) and 19 scenic villages to take shape in the same area.
The Hemudu Site in Yuyao City, Cicheng Ancient Town in Jiangbei District, and the Shanglin Lake Yue Kiln Site are like three points of the “golden triangle” (6-8 kilometres wide from north to south, and ca.15 kilometres long from east to west in Yaojiang River Valley and Cuiping Mountain). Covering an area of about 100 square kilometres, Cuiping Mountain Cultural and Tourism Zone faces challenges in further development.
Fang Weidi is representative to the Municipal CPC congress, director of Cixi Hangzhou Bay Innovation Center, and deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee. At this municipal CPC congress, Fang notes, “The connection between east and west is not strong. The traffic network in Jiangbei District, Yuyao City, and Cixi City, as well as the main road of Hengjin Line in Cuiping Mountain demands upgrading.”
Furthermore, for local areas of Ningbo with similar cultural resources, their cooperation is insufficient. For instance, the value of Chinese filial piety is a critical part of the regional cultural identity in both Cicheng Ancient Town and Cixi City, as embodied in the stories of Yan Ziling (39 BC - 41 AD), Yu Shinan (558 - 638), and the Sun’s Family from Henghe Town. These historical and cultural figures are significant for the regions of Yuyao and Cixi; however, the cooperation between the above two areas is currently inadequate in relation to the promotion of cultural icons, harming the popularization of regional culture.
Plans for future development of Cuiping Mountain have been in place.
对于翠屏山的未来，宁波早已做出了规划。
In October 2021, Ningbo Bureau of Natural Resources and Planning completed the Conceptual Planning Study of Cuiping Mountain, thus initiating Special Plan for the Land and Space of Cuiping Mountain.
The 14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Culture and Tourism in Ningbo was officially released on January 1st this year. It highlighted the development of Cuiping Mountain: “To inherit and promote Ningbo’s culture and tourism, the joint development of Hemudu in Yuyao City, Cicheng Ancient Town in Jiangbei District, and Shanglin Lake area in Cixi City needs to be enhanced.”
According to Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism, 59 major cultural and tourism projects are to be launched with a total investment of 31.7 billion yuan and an annual planned investment of 5.1 billion yuan this year. “The construction projects of Sanjiang Cultural Corridor, Millennium City Revival Project, Cultural Tourism Promotion Project in Cuiping Mountain, Beautiful Coast of East China Sea and Poetic Cultural Belt will be coordinated, addressing shortcomings of the city’s cultural tourism project.”
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