Newly constructed ancient towns in China: creating ‘heritage’ in theme parks
Newly constructed ancient towns in China: creating ‘heritage’ in theme parks
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DOI：
10.1080/14766825.2022.2149338
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发表时间：
2022-12
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Chujun Wang;Yali Wang;Di Zhao
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作者：
Chujun Wang;Yali Wang;Di Zhao
摘要 中国正在经历新建古镇（NCAT）的繁荣。在近期中央政策要求遗产活化和文化复兴的影响下，原本作为提供娱乐体验的主题公园的NCAT已经成为一种新型的遗产地。以古北水镇为例，可以看出，在振兴传统文化的名义下，“遗产”是旅游开发商根据游客喜好做出的决策而创造出来的。我们认为，主题环境可能会加剧对当地社区的排斥，并减少遗产解读过程中自下而上谈判的可能性。此外，NCAT 和古镇的融合可能会加速中国文化多样性的衰退。
ABSTRACT China has been experiencing a boom in newly constructed ancient towns (NCAT). Under the influence of recent central policies, requiring heritage activation and cultural revitalisation, NCATs that were viewed as theme parks providing entertaining experiences have become a new type of heritage site. With a case study of Gubei Water Town, it is shown that under the name of revitalising traditional culture, ‘heritage’ is created following the decisions of the tourism developer based on tourist preference. We suggest that themed environments may aggravate the exclusion of local communities and reduce the possibility for bottom-up negotiations in the process of heritage interpretation. Also, the convergence of NCATs and ancient towns may speed up the decline in cultural diversity in China.