Abstract
Abstract. Chang'an is the starting point of "Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor", which was listed as World Heritage in 2014. Based on the practice and exploration of presentation of the Chang'an City Site of Tang Dynasty in Xi'an, this paper presents a discussion of how to combine the interpretation of cultural routes with the interpretation and presentation of the urban traces under a modern city. Under the pressure of urban development and renewal, it explores the interpretation strategies based on cultural routes, trying to solve the contradictions between the needs of potential heritage conservation and urban development. Moreover, the paper explores contradictions between meanings and values arising among approaches to heritage sites in relation to the urban role as a starting point of the Silk Road. Focusing on the need to actively integrate potential underground ruins into the development plan of the city, the paper extends the notion of "setting" to include the historic urban context and their structuring components. Integrating archaeological and literature materials and based on the heritage value of Chang'an City of Tang Dynasty in the cultural route, the paper attempts to sort out the relationship of inheritance and continuity between the underground city and the modern city patterns. It is argued that such kind of sorting is a key task for spatial interpretation. Furthermore, the spatial interpretation-based strategy for potential sites is recommended as the tool to explore the guiding principles of urban cultural heritage interpretation and land use co-development.
Highlights
Serving as the main channel of economic and cultural exchanges between the East and the West in ancient times, the Silk Road is widely considered the road of friendship between China and Eurasia
Under the pressure of urban development and renewal, this paper explores interpretation strategies based on cultural routes, trying to solve the conflicts and contradictions between potential underground heritage conservation needs and urban development
There are a large number of potential remains in Chang'an City of Tang Dynasty, which can be explained because of its unique urban planning and construction in history, the inheritance of the original spatial pattern of urban construction in later generations, the special recording methods of historical and geographical documents, especially the exploration and positioning of the overall pattern of the city site since 1957
Summary
Serving as the main channel of economic and cultural exchanges between the East and the West in ancient times, the Silk Road is widely considered the road of friendship between China and Eurasia. In the selection of the Silk Road World Heritage Site, only the Site of Daming Palace, Great Wild Goose Pagoda, Small Wild Goose Pagoda and Xingjiaosi Pagodas in Chang'an City of Tang Dynasty are included (UNESCO, 2014). The destruction of urban construction and sites is gaining speed, involving unexcavated sites as well as previously excavated and explored ones In this case, the best way to deal with it is to "present first" and raise the public's awareness and protection awareness of the ruins. Integrating archaeological and literature materials, based on the heritage value of Chang'an City of Tang Dynasty in the cultural route, this paper attempts to sort out the relationship of inheritance and continuity between the underground city and the modern city patterns. Some sites have carried out presentation works, various factors lead to the lack of integrated consideration based on the overall perspective of the city site, the protection, presentation and utilization work is relatively scattered, and it is difficult to systematically describe the historical memory and connotation of the city
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