On Change of Landscaping of Historical Village in Southwest China
Abstract：Five representative historical villages in southwest China were investigated to show how their folk houses landscapes had changed during the last decade, which involving the change of its layout in the village, resident unit, attached spaces and construction material. This article provides an analysis of the dialectical relationship between reservation practices and restless landscape of folk houses from a diachronic perspective, which verifies the shortcomings of the heritage protection programs of historical villages in Southwest China. The results indicate：（1） There is a similar tendency of the 5 villages disregarding of its time, depending on the degree of protection. （2） Ease of access and protect attention bring modernization to the folk houses in the villages. Tourism would affect the direction of the change of the folk houses. （3） All kinds of changes of the folk houses could affect the continuous development of the traditional heritage. （4） Villages with lower protection show erratic tendency in the change of the folk houses. However, for the village with higher protection practice, there shows district difference in the change of the folk houses.
Keywords：historical villagesSoutheast ChinaFolk HousesLandscape changeProtection
Publication Date：2011-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 42-44 )