Research progress of overseas Chinese architecture in China since the 1980s:a bibliometric analysis
The overseas Chinese architecture is the product of a specific historical period and the display of the integration and exchange of local culture and foreign culture in overseas Chinese towns.CiteSpace and VOS-viewer software were used to visually analyze the literature related to overseas Chinese architecture retrieved from CNKI database from 1987 to 2022.Results show that the total number of publications in this field is rela-tively small,showing a fluctuating upward trend;the cooperation between authors and institutions is weak and has significant regional characteristics.The research topics are mainly divided into five categories:regional distribution and architectural categories,protection and development of historical buildings,architectural styles and cultural characteristics,architectural decoration techniques,and architectural settlements in overseas Chi-nese towns;the research is divided into three stages:germination,start and expansion.The future research should focus on the following four aspects:the historical and cultural theory of overseas Chinese architecture,the linkage between overseas Chinese settlements and their hometowns,the identification and value assessment methods of overseas Chinese architecture,and the inheritance and innovation of overseas Chinese architectural design concepts.
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