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41487
Type
conference item
Titre
The West Lake of Hangzhou: A National Cultural Icon of China and the Spirit of Place
Langues
English
Auteurs
Han, Feng
Date
2008
Pagination de section
1-10
Titre de conférence
16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’
Lieu de conférence
Quebec, Canada
Date de conférence
29 sept – 4 oct 2008
Mots-clés
lakes / spirit of place / sustainable development / World Heritage Convention / conservation / tentative lists / cultural landscapes / management / World Heritage / criteria / intangible heritage / living landscapes
Pays mentionnés
China
Monuments et sites
West Lake of Hangzhou, China
Résumé en anglais
The ancient city Hangzhou with the essence of theWest Lake is known as “the Heaven on Earth”. Today successfully
inherited its grand historic fame and respect, the West Lake is anational cultural icon and a representative of living cultural
landscape of true life underpinned by Chinese philosophy andaesthetics on the relationship between human beings and nature.
This paper illustrates the procedure of the West Lake from a naturallagoon to a symbolic landscape and examines the physical and
spiritual interaction between the society and the lake. This paperargues that the spirit of the West Lake is socially and culturally
constructed through history. The lessons and debates of inheritingand re-thinking the spirit of the West Lake as evolving and
continuing landscape is also a focus of this paper.
inherited its grand historic fame and respect, the West Lake is anational cultural icon and a representative of living cultural
landscape of true life underpinned by Chinese philosophy andaesthetics on the relationship between human beings and nature.
This paper illustrates the procedure of the West Lake from a naturallagoon to a symbolic landscape and examines the physical and
spiritual interaction between the society and the lake. This paperargues that the spirit of the West Lake is socially and culturally
constructed through history. The lessons and debates of inheritingand re-thinking the spirit of the West Lake as evolving and
continuing landscape is also a focus of this paper.
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