Zhejiang Safeguards the New Cultural Tourism Scene of the "Capital of Swords and Celadon" with Reliable Power

Since the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays this year, Longquan City, Zhejiang Province, has launched 229 cultural tourism activities in five major sections under the theme "Longquan Has Shows." Key scenic areas received 404,700 tourist visits, and tourism revenue increased by 36.1 percent year on year. The newly reopened Longquan Celadon Museum, with its digital exhibitions and interactive experiences, has become the most popular check-in spot, receiving nearly 73,000 visits in seven days. State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power has coordinated precise power supply guarantee services and built a hierarchical and categorized guarantee system to lay a solid power foundation for the living inheritance of sword and celadon culture and the smooth operation of scenic areas.

State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power has implemented a differentiated guarantee mechanism of "one policy for each museum, one policy for each street, and one policy for each village," precisely matching the electricity consumption characteristics of different cultural tourism scenarios. In response to the high-load electricity demand after the reopening of the Longquan Celadon Museum, the company carried out special inspections of the distribution lines involved in exhibition lighting, multimedia equipment, and air-conditioning systems to ensure uninterrupted operation of digital exhibitions during peak visitor flows; in response to the electricity consumption characteristics of daily exhibitions and interactive experiences at the Sword Museum, it focused on special inspections of the distribution circuits and leakage protection configurations of interactive equipment such as exhibition lighting, the VR animation hall, the children's martial arts experience space, and multimedia imaging systems, ensuring stable and reliable power for exhibitions and experiences. At the same time, it provides electrification upgrade services for celadon and sword intangible cultural heritage workshops, promotes smart electric kilns and constant-temperature forging equipment, and relies on stable electric power to achieve precise and controllable kiln temperatures, helping intangible cultural heritage craftsmen steadily control glaze color and forging techniques and continuously improve the yield rate of finished sword and celadon products.

State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power staff inspect distribution circuits for exhibition lighting and multimedia equipment at the Longquan Celadon Museum.

State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power staff check the power supply lines for multimedia and interactive experience equipment at the Longquan Sword Museum.

State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power staff inspect an electric kiln at a celadon workshop in Longquan City and provide guidance on safe electricity use.

At Sanjiangkou in West Street, power points for the hundred-performances street parade and folk performances are scattered and temporary loads are concentrated. Power workers coordinated with the street operator to tailor a power supply guarantee plan, carried out special patrols and temperature measurements on lines for street lighting, stall electricity use, and performance equipment, and stationed personnel on duty in densely crowded areas. In Xiazhang Ancient Village, the company adhered to the concept of "repairing the old as the old," concealed cables beneath bluestone slabs, customized antique-style covers for distribution boxes to blend with rammed earth walls and small gray tiles, and conducted "carpet-style" special patrols of lines and meter boxes at homestays and catering venues in the village, safeguarding the lights and nostalgia of the ancient village.

State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power staff conduct special patrols of lines and meter boxes in Xiazhang Ancient Village, protecting the ancient village's lights with concealed facilities.

Precision temperature-controlled firing in electric kilns at intangible cultural heritage workshops, folk performances in ancient streets, leisure businesses in ancient villages, and digital exhibitions in museums—the electricity demand of these diverse scenarios differs greatly. State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power has embedded reliable power into every key scenario of Longquan City's "sword and celadon culture + ecological cultural tourism." This service model balances the triple goals of cultural relic landscape protection, intangible cultural heritage craft quality improvement, and cultural tourism reception support. It not only preserves the original character of ancient villages and streets but also uses stable, high-quality electric power to empower the external display, exchange, and dissemination of sword and celadon culture. Artists and cultural practitioners from many countries have visited Longquan successively to observe on site celadon electric kiln firing and green energy supply scenarios in ancient villages, and they spoke positively of the practical path of clean energy empowering living cultural heritage and helping dialogue among civilizations.
(Author: Wang Xiaoyi)