What is the cultural background of the ancient city of Lijiang

The ancient city of Lijiang is a historical and cultural city with high comprehensive value and overall value, which concentrates on the local history, culture and national customs, and embodies the essential features of social progress at that time. The flowing urban space, full of vitality of the water system, unified style of building groups, appropriate scale of residential buildings, friendly and pleasant spatial environment, as well as unique style of ethnic art content, etc., make it different from other historical and cultural cities in China. The construction of the ancient city is more reflective of the spirit of human creativity and the significance of progress that is unique to the architecture of towns and cities under specific historical conditions, as well as the valuable qualities of naturalism, pragmatism, straightforwardness, and compatibility. Lijiang Ancient City is a traditional settlement of ethnic minorities of great significance, and its existence provides valuable information for the study of the history of human urban construction and the study of the history of the development of human nationalities, and it is a precious cultural heritage, a treasure of China and even of the world, which is in line with the reasons for joining the World Heritage List.

(A) Lijiang ancient city in China's famous city status

Lijiang ancient city has a long history, simple and natural, both the water town of the face, the appearance of the mountain city, it as a long history of ethnic minority cities, from the city's overall layout to the engineering, architectural integration of the Han, White, Yi, Tibetan essence of the various ethnic groups, well since the unique style of the Naxi people. In 1986, the Chinese government will be listed as a national historical and cultural city, to determine the status of the ancient city of Lijiang in the Chinese city.

(2) Lijiang Ancient City fully reflects the achievements of ancient Chinese city construction

Different from any of China's royal city, Lijiang Ancient City is not affected by the "square nine miles, next to the three gates, the country of the nine warp and nine weft, through the way of the nine tracks," the copy of the original city of the Central Plains. The city has no rules of the road network, no strict walls, the layout of the ancient city of the three mountains for the screen, a river connected; water use in the three rivers through the city, home water; street layout "meridian" set and "curved, quiet, narrow, up to" style; buildings on the water on the mountains, staggered design art The design and art of staggering is extremely rare in the existing ancient cities in China, which is the result of the Naxi ancestors' re-creation according to the national tradition and environment.

(3) Lijiang old town houses are one of the types of Chinese houses with distinctive features and styles

Towns, buildings themselves are the physical form of social life, residential buildings are more reflective of the economy and culture of an ethnic group and a region, customs and religious beliefs than the official government offices, temples and halls and other buildings. Lijiang ancient city dwellings in the layout, structure and modeling according to their own specific conditions and traditional living habits, organic combination of the ancient architecture of the Central Plains, as well as the Bai and Tibetan dwellings of the best traditions, well in the housing seismic, sunshade, rain, ventilation, decoration and other aspects of the bold innovation and development of a unique style, the distinctive feature lies in the composition of the body of the non-uniform, clearly showing the mountains and water, poor in the wisdom, Its distinctive feature is that it has no uniform compositional body, which obviously shows the creativity of relying on mountains and water, wisdom in poverty, skill and natural simplicity, and it also has great influence on the development of the Naxi nation in a long time and in a specific region. Lijiang houses are a rare and important heritage for the study of Chinese architectural and cultural history.

(4) Lijiang ancient city is the natural beauty and artificial beauty, art and applicable economy of the organic unity

Lijiang ancient city is a well-preserved model of the overall style of the old city. Relying on the three mountains and built the old city, and nature has produced an organic and complete unity, the ancient city of tile houses, lined up, surrounded by verdant mountains, the tightly linked pieces of the old city tightly embraced. The simple and vivid modeling of the city dwellings, exquisite and elegant decoration is the crystallization of Naxi culture and technology. The art of the ancient city comes from the Naxi people's deep understanding of life, reflecting the wisdom of the people, is the product of the local cultural and technical exchanges and integration of ethnic groups, is an important part of the valuable architectural heritage of the Chinese nation.

(E) Lijiang Old Town is rich in traditional ethnic culture, reflecting the prosperity and development of the Naxi people, and is an important historical material for the study of the development of human culture

The prosperity of the Lijiang Old Town has a history of more than 800 years, and has gradually become the economic and cultural center of northwestern Yunnan Province, which has provided a good environment for the development of ethnic culture, and the Naxi who live here have created a glorious and beautiful life together with other ethnic minorities. The Naxi people living here together with other ethnic minorities have created a glorious national culture. Whether it is the ancient city streets, squares, water systems, bridges, or residential decorations, courtyard vignettes, threshold joint plaques, monumental carvings, all permeated with Naxi people's cultural cultivation and aesthetic taste, and fully embodies the local ethnic religion, aesthetics, literature and other aspects of the cultural connotations, moods and charisma, to show that the history of the culture of the depth and richness of the content. Especially with the rich connotation of the Dongba culture, Baisha murals and other traditional culture and art is the history of human civilization has left a brilliant chapter.

(F) about the authenticity of the old city of Lijiang

Lijiang ancient city from the overall layout of the town to the form of residential, as well as building materials, technology and decoration, construction technology, environment, etc., are well preserved in ancient times, first of all, the road and water system to maintain the original state, the five stone pavement, the stone arch bridge, boardwalk, Sifangjie Trade Square has been retained. Residences are still being restored and constructed with traditional crafts and materials, and the style of the ancient city has been protected to the maximum extent by the local government, and all the construction activities are controlled and guided by Yange. Lijiang Old Town has always been created by the people, and well continue to be created. As a settlement, additions or "new buildings" that depart from the original form and structure of the Old Town are gradually being removed or refurbished to ensure that the artistic or historical value of the Old Town itself can be fully developed.

The Lijiang Ancient City is a historical and cultural city of comprehensive value and overall value, which can only be protected by its inclusion in the World Heritage List, so that it can be handed down for a long time, and the well can better fulfill its world significance.