The Research Of Public Space Among Minority Ethnic Groups In Guangxi,china

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,is a provincial-level region with the largest minority ethnicities in China.Guangxi is characterized by its complex geographical environment and diverse ethnic culture.Historically,the region experienced a variety of political and cultural evolution,such as governed by emperors and political upheavals in central China,the colonization by the Han,battle and assimilation between local Zhuang and Dong people and Han immigrants,transition to Tu’si(i.e.the system appointing national minority hereditary headmen Yuan,Ming Qing dynasties),land development,communication with western economic culture and other cultural communication and transmission,which has influenced the development of social and cultural characteristics and further affected its architecture.The architecture in Guangxi is a mixture of various culture and it has become a crucial component in Lingnan culture.Furthermore,this valuable culture plays an important role in architecture globally.This article applies theories and perspectives from multiple disciplines,such as ethnology,history and human geography,to comprehensively and systematically describe the configuration feature and deep structure in the public space in rural Guangxi;discovers the significance of social culture and its impact and effect on traditional rural public space;and discusses the protection and development of the growth of Guangxi’s architecture culture and ethnical characteristics.This study is based on detailed field investigation and literature review;emphasizes on comprehensive analysis of typology,space syntax and historical,and geographical interpretation;and explains Guangxi’s ethnical culture and provides an overview of the evaluation of its traditional rural public space in different dimensions.First of all,this study discusses factors that have influenced the formation of Guangxi’s ethnical culture and traditional settlement as well as its characteristics and rules of spacial distribution.Secondly,the study adopts ideas from typology and space syntax;qualitatively and quantitatively describes the form,characteristics and configuration feature of Guangxi’s traditional rural public space;and,furthermore,establishes a database in Guangxi.In addition,the study discusses the critical factors-the ethnicity and the regionalism-for determination of the diversity of traditional public space;and,summarizes the differences and similarities of Guangxi’s traditional minority ethnic villages according to the comparison of the public space: within same minority in different places;among different minorities in the same area;and between minorities and the Han.Moreover,the study discovers the system of public space and social and cultural environment.It explores the tendency of the effect of nature,social,culture and other factors on public space configuration in the aspects of history and geography.At Last,the study proposes some specific strategies for protection and establishment of traditional rural public space.It also discusses methods of construction of modern villages by adopting the advantages from traditional architecture in the future.