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Réf.

41664

Type

conference item

Titre

Conserving the comprehensive image of natural settings for World Heritage Sites: A case of the Yu-Long-Xue-Shan Snow Mountain as the landmark for the Old Town of Lijiang

Langues

English

Auteurs

Tianxin, Zhang / Takayoshi, Yamamura / Funilki, Yosuke

Date

2005

Pages

7 p.

Titre de conférence

15th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Monuments and sites in their setting - conserving cultural heritage in changing townscapes and landscapes’

Lieu de conférence

Xi'an, China

Date de conférence

17 – 21 oct 2005

Mots-clés

setting / World Heritage / World Heritage List / historic town centres / natural sites / natural environment / mountains

Pays mentionnés

China

Monuments et sites

Old Town of Lijiang, China
Yulongxueshan Snow Mountain, China

N° Patrimoine mondial

811

Résumé en anglais

The authors propose a concept of Comprehen-sive Image of Natural Settings for World Heritage sites. By this we mean that important natural setting elements represent various cultural images that should be understood and preserved in an integrated way.We take the 5,596-meter-high Yu-long-xue-sh-an Snow Mountain in World Heritage city - Lijiang, Yunan Province, China as a case study. As the city’s most important natural setting element, it connects profoundly with the city and is reflected by the local people in multiple ways: 1st, it has a heroic image described constantly in Naxi people's myths and literature; 2nd, it has a symbolic image visualizing as the city’s landma-rk; 3rd, it has a mystery image owing its ever-changing appearance; 4th, it has a practical image as the productive site for many of the city’s construction materials and life resources. In this paper, the authors discuss how the Yu-long-xue-shan Snow Mountain’s various images coexist and interact in Lijiang’s character, literature, music, artifact, building, and townsca-pe. We will further examine how these images can be preserved and utilized in current city development. All these lead to a comprehensive understanding and preservation of the natural settings for the world heritage sites.

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Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)