As the "First Street" of old Foshan, the reconstruction of Donghuali, located in the center of Foshan, has attracted great attention of the society. Moreover, Lingnan Tiandi, a national "three old" transformation project model, was born. Recently, the reporter of Yangcheng Evening News learned that the renovation project of Donghuali ancient building complex to the east of Fuxian road in Foshan City will also start in May, and is expected to officially open to the public in 2019. At the same time, another old urban area of Foshan City -- "Liansheng district" has also been introduced recently.

Bidding for the first batch of buildings completed

  It is understood that as the fourth batch of national key protected cultural relics, the repair work of Donghuali ancient buildings has strict approval procedures. On March 27 this year, the public resources trading network of Foshan City put up the bidding announcement of the first phase renovation project of Donghuali ancient building complex, a key cultural relics protection unit in China (the second time), and opened the bid on the morning of April 19. The reporter learned from the announcement that the renovation work is mainly aimed at the first phase of Donghuali ancient building complex. The main construction content includes the renovation of No. 1-9 buildings of the Republic of China compiled by Donghuali, east of Fuxian road. The project fund is estimated to be about 8 million yuan. The bid inviting party (owner) of the project is Foshan Yikang Real Estate Co., Ltd., and the construction fund comes from self raised funds. It is planned that all the projects will be completed and accepted by Chancheng District Bureau of culture and sports of Foshan City on the 230th. The bidding control price is 6683213.66 yuan.

  According to the reply of the relevant person in charge of Lingnan Tiandi, since Donghuali is a national cultural relic protection building, according to the cultural relics protection law and implementation regulations, the project approval and repair scheme of Donghuali's renovation and activation and utilization need to be approved by the district / city / Province / national departments at all levels. The audit requirements and procedures are very strict, and the time required is also long. At present, the renovation project is divided into three batches for approval and repair. The first batch is nine buildings along the street. The bidding process was completed in April, and the repair construction was carried out in May. It is expected that the project can be opened to the public in 2019. The second and third batches are in the process of examination and approval, and repair work will also be carried out after approval.

  As for the orientation of Donghuali ancient architectural complex in the future, the relevant person in charge of Lingnan Tiandi replied that Donghuali is an important embodiment of Lingnan culture. Ruian will endow Donghuali with the original Lingnan charm according to the original Lingnan characteristics, and will add tourism, culture and other elements to activate its profound historical and cultural heritage. In terms of specific ideas, Ruian will take the ancestral temple, Donghuali and historical area as the main development axis, protect and transform 22 cultural relics buildings and many excellent historical buildings in the area with modern methods, continue the historical streets and create open space with appropriate scale, and make full use of Lingnan architectural features such as riding tower, pot ear type gable, tile ridge, carved eaves, winding streets and lanes, etc Old, make Foshan's historical and cultural features and urban context to be inherited, and give it new vitality.