Symbolic Traditional Villages: On The Reconstruction Of Local Meaning And Countermeasures

Traditional villages,as the settlements of life,are the foundation of Chinese traditional society,and gave birth to Chinese rural culture.The changes of society have made traditional villages show a scene of rapid decline and demise.Protecting traditional villages and saving local heritage have become an important measure to protect the diversity of cultural heritage.However,the current pattern of protection and utilization based on government action and tourism development made the traditional culture of the villages interpreted and manipulated by external discourse through the symbolization method,integrated into other stakeholders' cognition and interests appeals which,essentially speaking,is the transformation and invasion of local culture by external culture.The local meaning of traditional villages is not based on the change of their own discourse,which is detrimental to the authenticity and integrity of traditional villages,and contribute to the secondary destruction based on protection and utilization.Traditional villages are the living space.The core of the protection of traditional villages is to maintain long-term and stable common life and avoid examining the villages in the perspective of solid-state heritage.Rejuvenate the village industry,reunite the popularity,and create new local meaning and cultural confidence based on the new style of life and traditions,so that traditional villages can become self-sufficient and prosperous living spaces.This paper takes the locality of traditional villages as the starting point,and considers that the significance of traditional villages as the core element of village culture,which is an interconnected and consistent system.Based on the analysis of the mechanism of external discourse,considering that other people's cognition and interest appeal shaped the traditional village's symbolic image,and influence the self-expression and cognition of local culture,which impairs the integrity and interconnection of the local meanings of traditional villages.It is believed that the protection of traditional villages should grasp the opportunities brought by the development of strategy for the promotion of rural and maintain common life through industrial rejuvenation.Based on the local resources endowment,create high-quality brand products with local characteristics and market competitiveness through the strategy of “one village,one product” and improve the living situation of residents.Given birth to cultural autonomy based on industrial self-reliance,economic self-sufficiency,and social self-confidence,in order to grow local meaning based on a rational change in daily life.