On The Heritage Value Study Of The Eighteen Steps In Chongqing From The Perspective Of Cultural Memory

The historical and cultural district witnessed the historical changes of the city.The current acceleration of urbanization has forced the cultural heritage with past memories to face changes.Protection and development have become a problem that heritage protectors need to ponder necessarily.The development of city requires the assistance of capital,but the mentality and choice of people in the face of capital have begun to influence the existence of cultural heritage.Precious cultural relics are generally preserved in museums,but the historical and cultural blocks that carrying and presenting the realm of the people’s life are always unable to escape the fate of the retrofit in antique form.The author takes the case of Eighteen steps in Chongqing as a case of study,not only to explore the value of ontological heritage,but also to be a reflection based on the status quo.The Eighteen steps is a unique cultural symbol of Chongqing.It is located in Chongqing Yuzhong peninsula.It has always been the largest and most important route connecting the upper and lower cities.Its core historical value is recognized by official.Back to the beginning,the Eighteen steps is only a long stone ladder that was built to facilitate people’s travel.It has not been given a cultural meaning.Looking back at the historical context,when the lower half of Chongqing became a trade and distribution center,people gathered and the specific community gradually formed.The Eighteen steps,as a necessary path for trade,has also been given more meaning and value.Entering the current context,urban development has strongly triggered the replacement of old and new.As the Eighteenth steps of bearing past memories,adapting to changes has become an inevitable choice."The last slum" is the past label of the Eighteen steps.With the reconstruction progresses,the "Memory of the mother city" and "Taste of Chongqing" have also given the new cultural meaning to the Eighteen steps.Due to the change of words implies with the subtle change of emotions,the memory of the Eighteen steps has also been extended.Memory and reminiscence can build the identity of the crowd.The historical memory,individual memory,and spatial memory attached to the eighteen steps also have the value of forming the identity of the Chongqing people and someone living in the eighteen steps.From space to architecture to home,the lifestyle related to people forms an endless life scene.In other words,before the scenery became a landscape,the scenery and the people were never separated.When we define the heritage value of the landscape,we should not ignore the people who participated in the construction of the landscape meaning.For the Eighteen steps in Chongqing,it should not be just a listing of "traditional style districts" or "historical and cultural districts",moreover it should also present the life scene of the eighteen steps aboriginal people in a great extent.