"The Old City is a testimony of the history of the city. It is the place where local history and culture inherit and accumulate. Xiushan West Street was once the economic and cultural center of Xiushan Old Town. There are still some ancient buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the famous gossip Well, Temple of Heaven and other sites, this is the older generation left us a valuable asset, rather than reinvent the wheel as old as the restoration of its original appearance!


   At the beginning of this century, it was during the demolition and reconstruction of various parts of the country that many historical cities, especially the small cities like Xiushan, were mostly razed in the roaring roar of machines. A few years later, Reinforced concrete city show in front of people. However, people are time and again marvel at the infinite human power, but always bowed his head thin taste, the feeling seems to be less what?


   "Economic development, social progress and urban construction are imperative. However, urban construction does not necessarily mean destroying the history and culture of the localities. On the contrary, more efforts should be made to restore and protect the cities."


   CPPCC members Yin Ning Zheng, Yu Shangqing and others a collective proposal caused Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County Committee, the county government attaches great importance.


   After earnest and in-depth research and full consultation with CPPCC members, deputies, local cultural and artistes, veterans and some people and other people, the county started the comprehensive renovation of the West Street Area in 2011, Principle to restore the historical features of West Street, combined with the six elements of tourism, the West Street to Chengdu Kuanzhai Lane mode, according to the national 5A-class tourist scenic standards to build, to culture, commerce, tourism as the core function of change.


   In order to further promote the integration of literature and travel and speed up the progress of restoration and reconstruction in the West Street, in recent years, the CPPCC National Committee has organized a number of special committee members to conduct special investigations and studies on the protection and development of the West Street. Members have deepened the excavation of the lantern culture and the historic oil depot, Historical allusions and the restoration and reconstruction of the Temple of the Three Kingdoms, the rational layout of commercial formats, housing facades and other aspects of the transformation of the views of suggestions by the county party committee and government and county-level relevant departments attach great importance and actively adopt the implementation. In the county party committee and government put forward around the Phoenix Mountain, Meijiang River and West Street based "mountain and water one street", focusing on building "Shili lantern Fairview Wuling" national 4A-level scenic spots, the county CPPCC also around the scenic text brigade Integration of thematic research, targeted to improve the overall planning of scenic spots, to create a unique scenic landscape, cultural training to integrate the new format, innovation and marketing mode, optimize the development of scenic environment and other aspects of the proposal, to promote the rapid development and maturity of the scenic area played a very Good effect.


   After several years of hard work, the construction of infrastructure around "Shilihuashiyizhan" has basically been completed. The Fenghuangshan lantern folk-custom tourist area was successfully established as a national 3A-level tourist attraction. Riverside Park, Riverside Fengqing Street, Pingkai Park, Meijiang River and other landscape projects across the river are all completed and put into use, West Street facade style transformation, lighting engineering, commercial layout, the Tin Hau Temple, Bagua well restoration and reconstruction work fully completed in 2016 On October 20, West Street successfully opened the streets, attracting a large number of tourists from both inside and outside the city for leisure and sightseeing.


   On December 26, county party secretary Wang Jie made clear at the fourteenth congress of the county that the goal of Xiushan County's tourism work in the next five years is to focus on the county seat and focus on the "border town + river cover" Built Wuling Mountain cultural tourism city. "The county is responsible for tourism development in West Street, a responsible person," Our next focus is to accelerate the construction of key projects, and strive to 'Shili Lantern Fairview Fair Wuling 'Scenic success to create a national 4A-level tourist attractions.'