Revitalizing Traditional Urban Districts Viability

Chinese urban traditional district developed in the long-term evolution of the history. Its space has traditional culture characteristics and genes, which is an important carrier of traditional culture. At the same time traditional district have the unique dynamic elements as valuable material and spiritual wealth of the city, which is an important part of the urban vitality. But over time, with the development of the modern city, a great number of traditional district have been seriously loss their vitality and had to be faced with bad luck of removing because that they can not maintain its own survival.The traditional district and the development of the city are over the barrel. For urban residents, the traditional district are not only a way that people have a better understanding to the city, but also an important component of urban memory.After the background of now the city gradually disappear as a large-scale construction, urban residents need traditional district which has unique geographical features, historical continue, good neighborhood relations and living more than ever before. A traditional district environment owned traditional culture and vitality could meet the sense of belonging and identification. At the same time, traditional district revitalization should develop and heritage people's lives, inherit the vitality of traditional district, respect the value of new era vitality, but not just stay in the improving of material environment and living standards. This article start from the conflict between the protection and heritage of historical culture of traditional district and new materials and functional elements which is required by the modern life required, and combed into the process and rules of traditional district historical development and evolution. Through an in-depth analysis and evaluation of vitality value and constituent elements explore the feasibility of renewal and transformation activities face restore traditional district vitality, and put forward the ways of restore traditional district vitality from the two levels belong concepts and practices.