The article systematically summarizes the characteristics of ancient towns in northern Anhui,including the lagging protection of cultural heritage,lack of regional culture,and low cultural and tourism output value.It also analyzes the causes of these ancient towns from a historical perspective.On this basis,the landscape gene theory is applied to iden-tify and express the landscape genes of Zhengyangguan Ancient Town,which are identified and expressed into five dimen-sions:landscape gene domain,landscape gene network,landscape gene chain,landscape gene point,landscape gene ele-ment,etc.From these dimensions,guided by the theory of urban catalysts activation measures such as planning and positioning,transportation and commerce,commercial blocks,and landscape nodes of Zhengyangguan Ancient Town are proposed.
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