Research On The Protection And Reuse Of Qilijie Historical Cultural Area In Guiyang County

Located in the south of Hunan,Guiyang is rich in historical and cultural heritage,and is known as the “Millennium County”,“the capital of mining and metallurgy” and the “Millennium Opera Capital”.In February 2018,Guiyang successfully declared itself as a provincial-level historical and cultural city in Hunan Province.A large number of traditional buildings and three historical conservation areas of Qing Dynasty were excavated and valued.However,due to the rapid construction of Guiyang,these historical conservation areas gradually became the backward areas of the city,traditional buildings have been destroyed to varying degrees,and the traditional way of living and life has gradually disappeared.The preservation of the status quo is not optimistic.As of February 2019,there are 19 provincial-level historical and cultural cities in Hunan Province.Among them,there are 11 historical and cultural cities belong to counties level.Although they are both famous historical and cultural cities,county-level cities do not have advantages in terms of geographical location,economic development,residents’ cultural awareness and the attention of the government.How to protect and activate historical conservation areas in small county such as Guiyang,and to continue the historical context of the city is an urgent problem we need to solve.This paper selects a new historical and cultural city which is Guiyang.Firstly,studies the historical background,formation and development process of Guiyang,and analyzes the two most important factors contributing to the development of Guiyang,which is mining and commerce.Secondly,studies the development history and characteristics of the existing historical and cultural conservation areas in Guiyang,and analyzes traditional streets’ characteristics from spatial form,scale ratio and rhythm,analyzes traditional buildings from plane form,fa?ade features,structure and decorative construction.Those makes regional cultural characteristics of Guiyang more clearly.Subsequently,select Qilijie which is one of the three historical conservation areas in Guiyang,as the key research object.Through social environment,living environment,streets’ feature and cultural relic protection investigations and surveying,found that those existed problems of Qilijie are generated because of its residential function.In order to propose a reasonable solution,summarizes and compares the protection and reuse patterns of historical conservation areas in China,repositions the value of Qilijie,and proposes corresponding protection principles.Finally,suggestions and specific measures for protection and reuse are proposed from the aspects of material environment,social and humanities,and the level of intangible cultural heritage.Hope this paper can provide some guidance for the next protection and development of Qilijie in Guiyang,and provide new inspiration and reference for the other two historical and cultural conservation areas in Guiyang and other historical and cultural districts in other provincial cities.