Grand Canal Heritage Trail Aesthetic Significance

Grand Trek is a brand new concept produced for the purpose of protection of cultural heritage. Arouse public awareness of Cultural heritage protection by calling on people riding or walking on the Grand Trek to explore and locate roads along the Grand Canal. Grand Trek has become a hot phenomenon, and the practice is under promotion step by step, while the theoretical study is far behind.Why Grand Trek can attract the public? What is the significance with this phenomenon? This paper points out that it is " aesthetic " that attracts public to take part in the practice of Grand Trek, and the experience of " aesthetic " possesses of a "double process":On the one hand, it takes cultural heritage of the Grand Canal as an aesthetic object, by taking aesthetic experience as the breakthrough point, to feel the culture of the original ecology of the canal better; On the other hand, through " experience ", "exploration", "sharing" and "contribution" to make biological life, spiritual life, social life consummated and transcendent, achieve self-realization and finally realize the harmony between nature and man. " aesthetic " is the emotional link between the public and the cultural heritage. This article will prove that the Grand trek can provide a platform of exploring the depth of aesthetic value of linear cultural heritage.This paper consists of four parts:First chapter defines the new concept clearly and elaborates the spiritual connotation due to there is no relative theoretical study on it. Second chapter is aesthetic interpretation for Grand trek. Taking the experience of " aesthetic "as the breakthrough point, discusses will be discussed, relying on cultural heritage while achieving self-worth by the "double process ". Third chapter explains the significance brought by Grand Trek to cultral heritage lying in that it can provide a solution for the aesthetic predicament of linear cultural heritage. Make use of the dialectical relation between "cultural heritage", "aesthetics", "Grand Trek" and "the public " to analyze the current status of cultural heritage, point out the predicament of its, and prove that Grand Trek method can be the platform for the deep exploration of the aesthetic value of linear cultural heritage. Fourth chapter points Aesthetics plays a enlightenment role on Grand Trek's future.