Comparative Study on the Style of Commercial Streets in Traditional Ancient Villages in Gui-Xiang-Gan-Wan Area

Abstract

Using literature review, field survey, historical connection and comparative analysis four kinds of research methods, combined with urban space theory, street space theory and environmental psychology theory, and nature, climate, geography, history and social conditions of village, the landscape characteristics of the commercial streets of eight traditional villages in the Gui-Xiang-Gan-Wan Area are compared. The research content focuses on the interface along the street, the node landscape and the street section. The conclusions show that there are differences in the activities, architectural forms, commercial atmosphere expression, living atmosphere expression, spatial aesthetic expression and transportation mode of these commercial street spaces in ancient village; but it is the same in terms of aesthetic needs, cultural expression needs, designing ideas according to local conditions, and designing reference behaviors. In the end, it is further pointed out that “reference”, “integration”, “innovation” and “inheritance” should be regarded as the ideological principles of the protection and construction of ancient villages in Guilin.