The Characteristics and Protection Strategies of Cultural Ancestral Temple Building in Hebei village fortresses——the case of Yuxian

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10.2991/iccet-15.2015.356How to use a DOI?

Keywords

The village fortresses, temple, culture psychology, protection strategy.

Abstract

In the traditional agricultural society, the temple is the religion-centric of the village settlement. In the villages of Yuxian fortresses, all have their own unique ancestral temple buildings which not only provide the place for residents praying, but also are local social place for defence, culture and education. With the time going, the temples become no longer the devotional, social, cultural and educational center for the local people and cultural significance of temple are gradually fading trend gradually. How to protect these unique geographical and cultural characteristics of village fortresses, historical and cultural values of these buildings and the spirit of traditional culture in village fortresses are all put forward in urgently .To solve these problems, through careful analysis in-depth, the appropriate protective measures are proposed.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Xiuping Zhao
AU  - Rui Nie
AU  - Hui Zhang
AU  - Dan Xie
PY  - 2015/11
DA  - 2015/11
TI  - The Characteristics and Protection Strategies of Cultural Ancestral Temple Building in Hebei village fortresses——the case of Yuxian
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Transportation 2015
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1912
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SN  - 2352-5401
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DO  - 10.2991/iccet-15.2015.356
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