Abstract
Abstract. By comparing the successive development, government planning, and public expectations of two landmark historical and cultural districts in F city, this paper attempts to explore the state’s selection and cultural setting of heritage spaces, as well as the identity transfer of local residents in individual memory and collective creation. With case studies on historical districts of S and Y neighborhoods, this paper argues that the selection of heritage spaces is actually a borrowing of local history and culture by the state’s modernization tendency. With the extinction/reformation of the medium of identity, the aborigines struggle with disappearance of their place and the affirmation of heritage, eventually extending the boundaries of the meaning of “place” and shifting local identity to national and ethnic identity.
Highlights
1.1 BackgroundIn the past decade, culture has been exploited in a big way as a potential value-added asset in urban and rural China (He et al, 2017)
Under the ideological guideline of "culture on stage, economy singing", a large number of historical and cultural districts, historical museums, cultural and creative parks, and special cultural towns are scattered across the country, and the cultural tourism industry provides an alternative way for governments and enterprises to make money
The S and Y districts discussed in this paper are both historical and cultural districts that have been developed in recent years in F city
Summary
Culture has been exploited in a big way as a potential value-added asset in urban and rural China (He et al, 2017). As a physical record of historical and cultural development stages, architectural heritage is naturally included in the top of urban cultural development. Under the ideological guideline of "culture on stage, economy singing", a large number of historical and cultural districts, historical museums, cultural and creative parks, and special cultural towns are scattered across the country, and the cultural tourism industry provides an alternative way for governments and enterprises to make money. Under the cultural tourism industry's transformation of ancient architectural forms and overall appearance, a large number of indigenous people have become demolished households, and traditional neighbourhoods have become retro shopping streets, appearing as signs of redevelopment of traditional resources. The F district, with its modern Westernstyle architectural heritage, has been developed and protected since 2010, and was listed as a national cultural heritage protection unit in 2013
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