The traditional settlement landscape of the Miao Nationality is an important part of China's excellent traditional culture.However,with the acceleration of urbanization,many Miao traditional settlements are irreversibly declining,and the regional characteristic cultural landscapes are disappearing gradually.China's rural revitalization strategy emphasizes protecting villages'traditional site selection,layout,style,and natural and pastoral landscapes.Therefore,deep research on the historical and cultural landscape heritage and regional characteristic style features of Miao traditional settlements is an important part of the current rural revitalization.Guizhou Province,the main habitat for Miao people worldwide,is one of the most important sources of associated research data.Leishan County is a primary habitat for Miao people in the southeastern region of Guizhou.The Miao traditional settlements in Leishan County still possess a well-preserved and stable settlement landscape and are known as the center of Miao culture and a living"historical textbook of Miao culture".Landscape gene theory can deconstruct the characteristic factors of cultural landscape types in a certain region from the perspective of cultural geography to explore the genetic commonalities among landscape features and analyze the regional cultural characteristics behind the traditional settlement landscape imagery,providing a reference for the protection and inheritance of traditional settlement landscapes.This study chose 38 typical Miao traditional settlements in Leishan County to investigate their cultural landscapes based on the landscape gene theory.The results are presented as follows:(1)a landscape gene identification indicator system for Miao traditional settlements was established from the material cultural landscape and intangible cultural landscape.(2)The landscape genes of Miao traditional settlements in Leishan County were identified and extracted,and the relevant information coding table was built using graphic extraction,element extraction,and other techniques.(3)The landscape genes under the material cultural landscape features of Miao traditional settlements in Leishan County were analyzed and visualized as landscape gene prototype maps.(4)The distribution status of landscape genes of Miao traditional settlements in Leishan County was further studied to explore their distribution patterns and formation reasons.The extracted landscape gene prototypes can analyze and display the basic morphological characteristics of various material landscape genes from a more microscopic perspective.The obtained landscape gene encoding sequences can clarify the current status of the landscape genes of each settlement and serve as an important reference and information source for protecting,restoring,and continuing the landscape style of Miao traditional settlements in Leishan County,thereby providing theoretical support for local landscape protection planning.The regional landscape gene distribution statistical map can cognize the common distribution patterns of landscape genes in the overall and local areas from a more macro perspective.The summarized distribution patterns can guide the protection and inheritance of traditional settlement landscapes in each sub-regional area during rural revitalization.This can protect the diversity of traditional settlement landscapes while ensuring their overall style consistency.
Miao Nationalitytraditional settlementslandscape genemap construction