TITLE:
Spatial Characteristics of Traditional Villages under the Influence of Religious Beliefs: The Case of Datun Village, China
AUTHORS:
Gegentana , Longge Di, Tinghua Hu, Xiaoqing Hu, Yuanjing Yin
KEYWORDS:
Religion and Belief, Traditional Villages, Spatial Patterns
JOURNAL NAME:
Current Urban Studies,
Vol.8 No.2,
April
15,
2020
ABSTRACT: As the carrier of thousands of years of farming
culture in China, the value of traditional villages is self-evident, with the
rapid development of cities, the problem of hollowing out villages is becoming more and more serious, and
religious traditional villages are rich in culture and are also facing threats.
Taking Datun village with strong religious belief and well-preserved spatial
features of the village as an example, starting from the religious belief of
the traditional village, through the information consultation and field
research, the influence of religion and belief on the spatial structure, street
structure and public space structure of the traditional village is discussed,
and the investigation and research provide the foundation for the renewal and
development of the research and development of the traditional village of
religion in our country.