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| RESCUE AND VIGOR REVIVAL ON THE INTANGIBLE HERITAGE OF ANCIENT TOWN——A Case Study of The Dayang Ancient Town, Shanxi Province |
| LIU Ting, ZHANG Yang-sheng, GAO Lian-hai, WANG Yin |
| Department of Urban & Resource Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, China |
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Abstract As a particular district, the characters of ancient towns can be expressed by not only its tangible,but also its intangible heritages, such as folk custom, music, which are the important resources and signs of ancient towns. The existent circumstance of the intangible heritages of ancient town, however, is still ignored and the protection work on the intangible heritages of the ancient town is also confronted with many problems in China, including the lack of whole protection consciousness, inadequate protecting strength, imperfect related system, insufficient fund devotion, severe waste of resources, and so on. The paper, first, describes the composition, characteristics, important value and currently dangerous situation about the intangible heritages in China. The authors believe that intangible heritages have extremely important value to whole mankind, being the carrier of civil inheritance and linking the past, present and future of human being. Then, taking Dayang, an ancient town of Shanxi Province as a case, the paper analyzes the reasons causing the above problems. Finally, the paper brings forward some relevantly scientific strategies for the rescue, protection and vigor revival of intangible heritages in ancient town, including 1) the local culture resources should be investigated; 2) the intangible heritages should be registered and protected on the basis of humanism; 3) and the public involvement system should be perfected; 4) and the new carrier of intangible heritages should be chosen. Specifically, the paper argues that industrialization of culture is the most effective way to revive the vigor of intangible heritages in ancient town, making the culture resources of ancient town into the dominant position, enhancing both vigor and competitiveness of the ancient town, and bringing both social and economical benefits. The authors hold that culture industry provides the new drive for the conservation of ancient town while the development of the culture industry makes up the conflict between the economical development and the culture protection. The relevant scientific strategies in paper make a good theoretic infrastructure for commence and further development of the ancient town's cultural industry.
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Received: 12 November 2007
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2009, Vol. 24 
