How many ancient villages are on the verge of disappearing in China?

65438+February 1 1 news sacrifice, old waterwheel, new green in the mountains. . A village or a film "Old Zhuangzi" often entrusts many people with infinite homesickness. But the reality is that these not-so-distant rural life is slowly leaving us.

There is such a shocking data. The reporter learned from the recent Third China Ancient Villages and Towns Conference that the number of traditional villages in China has decreased by nearly 920,000 in the past five years, and it continues to decrease at the rate of 1.6 per day. Many experts call for the establishment of archives of traditional villages, as soon as possible to clean up and rescue the property of traditional villages, and to promulgate a law and regulation to protect traditional villages in China.

Ancient villages on the verge of disappearing

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At present, the traditional villages in China are mostly in the south and less in the north and less in the east, which are concentrated in southwest and east China, with the largest number in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. According to yesterday (10), China Village Culture Think Tank, Guangming Daily Think Tank Research and Publishing Center, Taihe Think Tank and Social Science Literature Publishing House of Central South University released the first report on the protection of traditional villages in China (Blue Book of Traditional Villages in China: Investigation Report on the Protection of Traditional Villages in China (20 17), hereinafter referred to as the report), which has been published in China since 2003.

However, the progress of rescue and protection of ancient villages lags far behind the gradual disappearance of ancient villages.

"If these ancient villages are gone, they are gone, the skin is gone, and the hair will not be attached. Where can we find' homesickness'? " Feng Jicai, chairman of the China Traditional Village Protection Expert Committee, once said anxiously.

Many of the disappearing villages are traditional villages with historical characteristics. From 2000 to 20 10, the number of natural villages in China decreased sharply from 3.63 million to 27 10000, and decreased by more than 900,000 in 10, with an average of 80 villages disappearing to 100 every day, including a large number of traditional villages.

In addition to the sharp decline in the number of ancient villages, some traditional villages are still being destroyed.

In July last year, an old street ran through an ancient village on the branch line of the Yunnan-Tibet line of the ancient tea-horse road, and houses on both sides were built on the street. However, due to a fire, seven houses in the old street were seriously damaged. A Miao village in Sichuan and Chongqing was mostly built from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. The village was seriously hollowed out and some tiles were seriously damaged. .

Throughout the country, there are countless examples of similar ancient villages being destroyed. "In Sichuan and Chongqing, there are also many villages that lack management because of the serious hollowing out of villages. Some houses have loose structures and obvious inclinations, and some exquisite door panels and window grilles fall off. " The Sichuan-Chongqing investigation team of China Village Culture Research Center of Central South University told the reporter.

Many villages were destroyed for various reasons. In the above-mentioned report, the investigators of the Jiangzhe Group also found that many traditional villages in this area have been seriously damaged, such as Fengxi Village, Huaqiao Village, Zesui Village, Shantouxia Village, Shanxiabao Village, Dayao Village, Xu Fan Village and Yangwan Village, all of which are ruined for different reasons.

How to "live" an ancient village rescued against time?

However, many experts and volunteers devoted to the study of ancient village culture are not limited to this.

Some intangible cultural heritages are also facing the phenomenon of lack of successors. For example, Wu Can, who specializes in village culture in China Village Culture Research Center of Central South University, said that among the 14 traditional villages visited by the Yunnan investigation team, there are generally more than a dozen intangible cultural heritages listed in the application materials.

In the process of investigation, it can be found that many intangible cultural heritages are hard to find in most villages except for preserving good national traditions and customs.

What's more, the ancient bridge in the ancient village has become a garbage dump, and the food residue dumped on the street by tourists rots and stinks ... Many traditional villages are facing the threat of environmental damage and pollution while developing their economy.

According to the introduction of the head of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development on June 5438+065438+ 10, the disappearance trend of traditional villages in China has been curbed and entered a recovery period. The fifth batch of traditional village surveys launched this year is expected to have more than 5,000 villages, which are basically included.

The sense of urgency to rescue traditional villages is also urging all parties to establish archives of traditional villages as soon as possible, and to clean up and rescue the property of traditional villages ... but these seem to be "treating the symptoms rather than the root cause".

Wu Can said frankly that it is necessary to formulate a law and regulations for the protection of traditional villages in China, and encourage traditional villages to establish village rules and regulations for the protection of villages. "At the same time, the protection and utilization of traditional villages should be incorporated into the overall planning of new urbanization."

"It is necessary to establish a' protection accountability system', incorporate the protection of traditional villages into the performance appraisal system, and take cultural protection as one of the main tasks of accelerating urbanization." Wu Can also found that at present, the protection and utilization of traditional villages in China has formed a model led by the government and actively participated by all sectors of society. However, among the relevant participants, the right to speak of indigenous people is easily ignored.

Therefore, he suggested that when planning and designing the protection or utilization of traditional villages, the government can also appropriately delegate the management power, so as to give indigenous residents the opportunity to participate in the protection of traditional villages.

At present, all parts of China are also speeding up the rescue of traditional villages that are disappearing.

The country is developing, there is no need to live in backward areas all the time. Unless the state gives people other development in some fields.