On The Vicissitude And Character Of Modern Changde Urban Culture

As an ancient city with more than two-thousand-year history, Changde has profound sediment of historical culture. In history, Changde city is a military area, the important commercial port of Hunan province, main thoroughfare of circumjacent five provinces, accumulated plenty cultural resources. The article divides into three parts .The first part of this text discuss hundred year-old huge change of Changde, explores the modern urban culture of Changde from 1840 to 1949. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, this well-known traditional agricultural civilization began its modernization under the stimulation of the penetration of the capitalist economy and Western culture. However, during this procedure of mutation, the status of Changde has come in for perturbation, including the advantage of transportation, the predominance of commercial culture, the superiority of person with ability .Even worse, it was surpassed by many other cities. Since the war against Japanese invasion had broken out, Changde being an important battlefield, was unprecedentedly ransacked.The second part discusses the content of the modern urban culture of Changde in details .The article views that Changde is a well-found city in modern period. The wanderring river, twinkling lake, and mountains surrounding by, its favorable entironment, along with a deeply rooted civilization has nourished a convergence of businessman, as well as a reclusive-oriented culture meaning. Architectures varied in function present a healthiness of the city's development, while the diversified spirit civilization shows a dynamic scene of spiritual creativity and a booming spiritual consumption. The traditional simple lives of the ancient lanes is another picture of this commercialized river-bank city, and scores of elitists proved the profundity of its culture.The last part summarizes characteristic of modern urban culture of Changde. In modern period, Changde urban culture is rich and colourful. It comes into being its own local and historic characteristics. Its civilization has a tight relationship with water, which is the thread through out its history. Confucianism plus Rash is the core of the culture; kindness and morality is the soul. The city is interspersed with subculture areas that each represents a characteristic of a special folk.