Reasons for the formation of China's famous historical and cultural cities

The "name" of a famous historical and cultural city must be inseparable from "history", and history must have a carrier.

First, the preservation of cultural relics is particularly rich;

Second, historical buildings are concentrated in pieces;

The third is to retain the traditional pattern and historical features;

Fourth, it has been used as a political, economic, cultural, transportation center or military important place in history, or important historical events have occurred, or its traditional industries and major projects built in history have had an important impact on the development of the region, or can reflect the cultural and national characteristics of the buildings in the region;

Fifth, there should be more than two historical and cultural blocks within the scope of protection of historical and cultural cities.

Extended data

National historical and cultural cities are mainly divided into seven categories according to their characteristics.

(1) Historical ancient capital type: a city characterized by historical relics of the capital era and the style of the ancient capital.

(2) Traditional style: a city that has preserved the complete buildings accumulated in one or several historical periods.

(3) General types of historical sites: cities with historical traditions as the main manifestation and cultural relics scattered all over the city.

(4) Scenic spot type: a city with distinctive personality characteristics due to the superposition of architecture and landscape environment.

(5) Regional characteristics: cities with regional or individual characteristics, ethnic customs and local culture constitute the main body of urban landscape.

(6) Types of modern historical sites: cities characterized by buildings or buildings reflecting an event or a certain stage in history.

(7) Special functional type: a city whose function occupies a very prominent position in history.