Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ)
Online ISSN : 1881-8161
Print ISSN : 1340-4210
ISSN-L : 1340-4210
POSSIBILITY OF MAINTAINING ORIGINAL HABITATION FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN “OLD VILLAGE” AND “NEW VILLAGE”
Lingquan Village in Guanzhong area of Shaanxi province
Yingtao QINaoko SAIO
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2020 Volume 85 Issue 768 Pages 297-306

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Abstract

 With the rapid development of tourism, the possibility of habitability, traditional culture and life of most traditional villages in China is rapidly disappearing. In this paper, we selected Lingquan village located in Guanzhong area of Shaanxi province as research subject, which was registered in Chinese Traditional Village List in 2013. The purpose of this paper is to obtain knowledge of traditional culture inheritance and sustainable planning for maintaining habitation originality by analyzing the relationship between “old village” and “new village” and residents’ living situation.

 In chapter two, we clarified the transition of the residence maintenance mechanism on policies, plans and projects of living area, production area and faith area. We found that the policy caused many historical buildings destroyed from 1950s to 1970s. However, since Fushan temple has been designated as tourist resort in 2000, this village is being preserved and developed gradually for its livability.

 In chapter three, we classified dwelling houses of this village into five types as I. Traditional building prototype, II. Reuse of traditional building, III. Traditional inheritance, IV. Ordinary type and V. Development of traditional inheritance based on classification variables which are building age, layout, structure and material, and facade. The characteristics and issues of each type are figured out based on the classification. Many types of dwelling houses are mixed both in old village and new village, but we found that the trend of transition into Development of Traditional Inheritance type which is suitable for modern life is increasing and alongside the project “New Dwelling House” has been implemented. As a result, not only old village will keep its original habitation but also traditional landscape will lead to enhance the value both of cultural heritage and tourism. In addition, it is possible to enhance values of cultural heritage of the new village and maintain integral landscape of the village in future along with new houses that are built in new village by reusing materials of traditional buildings from old village.

 In chapter four, we classified living patterns of the resident into four types as A. living in old or new village, B. living back and forth in old and new village with change of season, C. living in city but owning vacant house in old village and D. living in the Fushan temple but owning vacant house in old village, and selected three examples from three out of four types and analyzed the relationship between migration behavior and transformation of houses. We found that the originality of traditional houses are returning in new houses due to migration behavior from old village to new village, and old materials of traditional houses are utilized after generation change. Moreover, the elderly who is living back and forth between the old and new village with change of season, plays a significant role as an intermediary to connect the old and new village. The regional faith and traditional culture could be passed on to the next generation in spite of the old or new village. However, the vacant house of traditional dwelling will be a difficult issue in the future due to an increasing number of residents migrating to the city.

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