習近平回信勉勵北京市八達嶺長城腳下的鄉親們

習近平回信勉勵北京市八達嶺長城腳下的鄉親們

帶動更多人了解長城保護長城

把祖先留下的這份珍貴財富世世代代傳下去

中共中央總書記、國家主席、中央軍委主席習近平5月14日給北京市延慶區八達嶺鎮石峽村的鄉親們回信，向他們致以誠摯問候並提出殷切期望。

習近平在回信中説，這些年你們自發守護長城、傳承長城文化，並依託長城資源走上了致富路，我很高興。

習近平強調，長城是中華民族的代表性符號和中華文明的重要象徵，凝聚著中華民族自強不息的奮鬥精神和眾志成城、堅韌不屈的愛國情懷。保護好、傳承好這一歷史文化遺産，是我們共同的責任。希望大家接續努力、久久為功，像守護家園一樣守護好長城，弘揚長城文化，講好長城故事，帶動更多人了解長城、保護長城，把祖先留下的這份珍貴財富世世代代傳下去，為建設社會主義文化強國、推進中國式現代化貢獻力量。

長城是我國現存規模最大的文化遺産。1984年，鄧小平、習仲勳等領導同志為首都一些單位發起的“愛我中華　修我長城”活動題詞，激發了海內外中華兒女保護長城的熱情。黨的十八大以來，習近平總書記高度重視長城文化價值發掘和文物遺産傳承保護工作，多次作出重要指示，指導推動長城國家文化公園建設。近日，北京市八達嶺長城腳下的石峽村村民給習總書記寫信，彙報自發參與長城保護工作和村裏的發展變化等情況，表達繼續守護長城、傳承長城文化的決心。

Xi calls for greater efforts to promote, protect Great Wall

 Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to let more people know about the Great Wall and engage more people in its protection to pass on the ancestors' precious heritage to future generations.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in a reply letter sent Tuesday to villagers living at the foot of the Badaling Great Wall in a northern suburb of Beijing.

Residents of Shixia Village in Yanqing District recently wrote to Xi, reporting their work in protecting the Great Wall and changes taking place in the village.

In the reply letter, Xi said he was pleased to learn that the villagers had taken the initiative over the years to protect the Great Wall, inherit the Great Wall culture, and rely on its resources on their way to prosperity.

The Great Wall is a representative symbol of the Chinese nation and an important symbol of the Chinese civilization, Xi said. "It is our common responsibility to protect and pass on this historical and cultural heritage."

Xi voiced the hope that the villagers will continue protecting the Great Wall as they protect their homes, carry forward the Great Wall culture and tell stories about the Great Wall well.

The villagers are encouraged to contribute to building a strong socialist culture in China and promoting Chinese modernization.

The Great Wall is the largest-scale existing cultural heritage in China. Since 2012, Xi has paid great attention to the work concerning tapping the cultural values and inheriting and protecting cultural relics of the Great Wall, and made multiple instructions on advancing the building of the Great Wall national cultural park.