When it comes to a traditional village, the concepts of development and protection often seem contradictory. Every coin has two sides, and businessmen may have their own side of the story to tell.
Fast facts about Chinese tradtional villages.
Chinadaily.com.cn spoke with experts to find out how the world preserves traditional villages and what China can learn from their examples.
Q&A on protection of traditional villages with He Wei, associate professor at the Architecture Department in the Central Academy of Fine Art.
Q&A on protection of traditional villages with Hu Xiaoyu, a master in intangible cultural heritage at Sun Yat-sen University, who now works with a Guangzhou-based cultural company.
Q&A on protection of traditional villages with Jiang Haoshu, a civil servant in Beijing, and founder of volunteer team Rural Cultural Renewal Initiative.
Q&A on protection of traditional villages with Li Huadong, secretary general of the Conservation and Development Center of Chinese Traditional Villages.
Q&A on protection of traditional villages with Wu Xiangyang, an entrepreneur who runs the scenic spot of Huangling, a small village in Wuyuan county in East China's Jiangxi province.
How and why we should protect China’s traditional villages and rural culture is a discussion that can go on and on. Thanks to the insiders, experts and entrepreneurs who talked to us in this special coverage, our insight into Chinese traditional villages has gone one step further.
China has a huge numbers of villages and wide varieties of folk culture, and future development of villages is upon all of us. When everybody adds fuel, the flames rise high. Let's hear what a volunteer has to say.
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About 900,000 natural villages have disappeared over the past 10 years and the situation is becoming more serious than anticipated, Feng Jicai, a famed writer and CPPCC member, said on Wednesday.
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